by Tara Stiles | Nov 15, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
What happens when things get worse instead of better? I'm talking with a Strala friend who stopped practicing yoga for a while. And coming back to it now, things aren't feeling so good. We've all been here in different ways. Maybe it's with yoga, the piano, or a sport. I'm aiming to get back in a scull after 20 years. And Tara always likes to remind me that boxing might be just a bit different for me now than what I remember. So I'll share a bit of our talk with you here, because we all have this experience, in… 
by Tara Stiles | Nov 9, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
We're having a conversation in the Online Leadership Training group about getting started with your own classes. There's so much amazing feedback you're all getting, just showing people there's an easier way to do so much more, across all of life. But, it's important to remember that feedback might not always sound good at first, and this has its place in our growth too. So what happens if that feedback pushes us in a direction we don't want to go? What if people say - "Hey, we want you to be strict, push us around, and make us feel stressed and uncomfortable.… 
by Tara Stiles | Nov 6, 2017 | Blog, Move
What's the best way to teach hard things in yoga? Whether it's right-side-up or up-side-down, on foot or hand, is it all alignment, anatomy, crunches and pushups? Is there a better way? It's a good question. And since what we do in yoga is the same as what we do everywhere - probably a good answer is in finding what works well across our whole lives. If we're not too careful, we carry all our old habits that don't work so well right into our health and healing practices. Suddenly in the middle of our yoga or tai chi, we're… 
by Tara Stiles | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
Is this place right for me? Is this person right for me? A friend asked this morning if it was right for her to go on a yoga retreat for a few months. It's a style I did a long while back, with a leader I don't know so much about. And it's a really common question. Should I be here? Is this a good community? Am I doing the right thing? I'll share some of our discussion about this yoga community and leader below. The questions, and how we find our own answers, can likely carry us a bit… 
by Tara Stiles | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move, Healing
Community is everything. Tara and I are about to begin our course in Amsterdam, and we're thinking of everyone coming together to share this experience. We're lucky to have people from so wide a range of backgrounds and experience - beginners and long-time practicers, teachers of all styles, people looking to run faster or strengthen their game, perform better at work, heal what needs healing, and just all-around feel amazing. The diversity makes good ground for learning from each other. We look different, speak different languages, come from different places, work different jobs. And we're all in this community together,…