by Tara Stiles | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, Be
It's not up to the world to put less pressure on you to be perfect. The world will always feel to you like you feel, in some part of you or the other. Ease off. If you feel pressure to be perfect, it's not that improvement and progress are a bad thing. We all want this in our life, it's part of being human. It's just that we misdirect it sometimes. When our idea of perfect has something to do with the endpoints and outsides of things, we wind up pointing in the wrong direction. We wind up aiming… 
by Tara Stiles | Aug 6, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
Most of us have a bias toward more studying, and less doing. We need to read more. Collect more information. Later on, we'll get to the doing. If I just get some more books about tai chi and meridians and energy, then I'll feel more confident. I'll be more ready, to take my own first steps. Maybe it's because we're risk-averse. Or we just like getting things right. So we keep going this way, arming ourselves with more and more information. This can get heavy sometimes. It's a lot on the mind. Maybe we could try something different. Right… 
by Tara Stiles | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
What happens when you hit a wall in yoga? What happens when you hit a wall at work, or in whatever you're training to do? A few substantial challenges can come up, and it's all the same whether talking about yoga or anything. One big one might be: you're supposed to be good at yoga! And you're strong!! And young!!! So the focus gets very much on the challenges. And you're seeing the problems, but it's tough from here to back off and fix the problems, without attacking the challenge head-on. What's needed isn't a head-on attack. And it's… 
by Tara Stiles | Jun 11, 2017 | Blog, Be
What kind of world do we live in? It might have something to do with what you see. People are doing so many crazy amazing uplifting inspiring wonderful things - for all of us, to help all of us - in every moment of every day. But it might always feel like this. Sometimes it feels like there's so much wrong, holding us down, hurting everything everywhere. It's important, what we see. If we only see what we think isn't right, things become more difficult. And it's important that we not look too far away. So begin where… 
by Tara Stiles | Jun 8, 2017 | Online, Blog, Strala Training
Learn to practice and share a way of being, moving and healing that people love, all around the world. Just like our in-person trainings, this course gives everything you need get started and keep progressing, in both your personal practice and your leadership - with yoga, work, relationships, and across your whole life. You can take this course on its own, or together with Part 2 (please click here for Part 2 info) to provide you with a complete 200+Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification. With over 50 sessions and 15 classes, plus a 100-Page Guidebook, we've designed this training…