by Tara Stiles | Jul 22, 2013 | Blog, Recipes
Google+ When I was a kid my cousin Shelah and I would make sinckerdoodles every time we got to hang out. It was our tradition. We were kids so our job was limited to rolling the cookie dough into balls, and my favorite part, rolling the little nuggets into a bowl of cinnamon and sugar. Snickerdoodles contain a lot of butter and sugar and other not-so-good-to-eat-tons-of ingredients, but I'm not about to give up my love of making and eating them that easily. I found a non-dairy, healthier recipe that tastes just as good as I remember they did in… 
by Tara Stiles | Jul 22, 2013 | Blog
Hi Friends, It's Monday Morning and I'm sure you have a TON to get done. Before panic mode sets in, I want to help ease your work load and help you get more done with a lot less effort. And yes, it's totally realistic, possible, and going to be an easy ride. I take a perspective of Strala studio in NYC being a laboratory for research on health, happiness and growth. It's amazing to see people's live change, evolve and grow over time and what role moving with ease plays. Often it's immediate response, "OMG I feel crazy amazing" right… by Tara Stiles | Jul 21, 2013 | Blog
Hey runners, some thoughts on how you can use yoga to your advantage. 1) Take your movability test. Find a kind of yoga that moves, rather than just holds poses. You can do Strala Online if that's tough to find. Take a class, and see how you feel. Can you move every inch of your body pretty easily? If yes, good, you're ready for the open road. Better yet, head for the hills. But if you find it's tough to get all your inches working happily together, then move along to part 2. 2) If moving in… 
by Tara Stiles | Jul 6, 2013 | Blog
Hey Yoga Teacher: Don't Adjust Me, Just Support Me! Adjustments are big talk around the yoga world. Teachers want to get me in the right position. They want to fix me! There are even trainings for yoga teachers on how to correct me out of where I am, into where someone else wants me to be!! Luckily, I'm a tough one to correct. Tara and I both have our history of walking into traditional environments where the rules are unbreakable, breaking them, and proving that it works better this way! But for most of us who are relatively new… 
by Tara Stiles | Jul 6, 2013 | Blog
Hi Friends, We all feel great when we have space for ourselves. Room to breathe, feel, think, and exist. When we lack that space we get cramped, boxed in, and form destructive habits to provide the temporary illusion of space. We can’t escape our need for space, but we can change how we create and sustain room for ourselves that enables a happy, healthy, life. You are a space maker. Every big inhale you take in creates space and room inside your body and mind. Each exhale you release, moves you right in. The deeper you breathe the more space…