Ask Strala: Are yoga teacher trainings just for teachers?

  Question Are yoga teacher trainings just for teachers?  What if I just want to get into my yoga and bring it more practically into my life?   Answer   Strala is practice for accomplishing great challenges with inspiring ease, while dropping the push, stress and struggle from your yoga. It's also practice for being the best in the world at being you, while dropping the push, stress and struggle from your life.   Whether you're leading yoga, leading at work, or leading your life, Strala gives you practice time for being capable in your body and life. It's usual…
Ask Strala: How do I do that?

Ask Strala: How do I do that?

  Question How do I do that pose he's doing?  How do I get the shape she has?   Answer Sometimes the question is more important than the answer. It's pretty usual around the yoga room to hear people asking "How do I do that pose he was doing over there?" If you want to pose, or do anything at all for that matter, there's an even better question to ask. It's,   "How do I do me, in my body?"   You might see someone do a pose. And then spend months, maybe years, working to get yourself into…

Ask Strala: Am I doing it right?

  Question Am I doing it right? I always feel like I'm doing it wrong! What can I do?   Answer Am I doing it right? It's normal to want to do things right. It's also normal to worry about doing it wrong. How often do you worry and second-guess yourself? With your work, relationships, kids, big decisions, or even small decisions? How often do you worry you're doing it wrong in your yoga?   Most yoga traditions have extensive rules about how to do things right. How to point, twist and turn every inch of your body. How to…
Ask Strala: How do Foods Affect My Body?

Ask Strala: How do Foods Affect My Body?

  Question : How do foods affect my body? Hey Mike, I was trying to find an article, maybe a series considering the topic, or some other resources I could purchase on nutrition and foods affect on the body. I follow TaraEats on Tumblr and looked through some of your MindBodyGreen posts, but couldn't find anything to provide some strong information on the various affects different foods have on the body. - David   Answer Hi David, good question. There a couple of ways you can explore here   a) You are your own best laboratory, so experiment. Play with…
How to work with your body

How to work with your body

  Your body assumes you're a good boss.   If you run a lot, it gives you the strength and endurance to make those runs more enjoyable.   If you eat a lot, it gets ready to give you lots of energy for what's coming up. If you don't use that energy, your body even assumes you know what you're doing, and adjusts to prepare for a long winter.   If you keep doing things your body doesn't like, it might call some meetings with you. Eventually it might also up and look for new management.   To keep things…