by Mike Taylor | Dec 24, 2019 | Blog
This is a good question partly because it comes up so much. Lots of people do yoga, and lots of people do crossfit. It's also a good question because it's much bigger than yoga and crossfit. "Can i do this thing I like doing, even if it's totally different from this other thing I like doing?" In some ways I think the answer is simple, and the same, for yoga, for crossfit, and for life: Do what you love doing, and do it in the best way you can. So the challenge with crossfit is about the same as the… 
by Tara Stiles | Dec 19, 2019 | Blog
Hi Friends, Give yourself the gift of ease. The holidays can be hectic - there's no denying that. And whether you celebrate this season or not, the collective energy is undoubtedly unsettled. New routines, new environments, and new interactions abound - which holds the potential for a lot of fun... and a lot of disconnect. To help you stay tethered to your center throughout the holiday season and beyond, we're making all online classes, workshops & retreats 50% off until January 3rd! Think of our programs as your mindfulness toolkit - a deep breath of fresh air to help you flow… 
by Mike Taylor | Dec 16, 2019 | Blog
If you're teaching yoga, avoid telling people what to feel. Just teach people to go where they want to go, then get out of their way. And if you're practicing yoga, it's really the same. Avoid telling yourself what to feel. Learn to move in harmony, without all the noise and limitation created by stress and struggle. Hear what you're feeling, and believe that it's true. Move in response to what you hear. This one is important, and it keeps coming up alongside so many good questions. A long-time yoga teacher recently asked, "If you're in stillness, how can you… 
by Mike Taylor | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog
Hi everybody, a question sometimes comes up about when it's good to take more yoga teacher trainings, and when it might be repeating what you already know. It's come up again more recently with the new Online Yoga Training, so thought I would share some answers with you all together here. And to begin there's a short answer: Each of our yoga trainings is different every year. It depends on what you're wanting from education. For some people in yoga teacher trainings, you want to gather some interesting new ideas for thought. Or maybe you want to learn how to… 
by Tara Stiles | Nov 26, 2019 | Blog
Hi Friends, My goal with Strala Yoga, a decade go and today, is to help people connect to themselves and feel better. When you feel better all kinds of awesome things happen. You start to treat yourself better, treat others better and do better in the world. In my experience, this doesn't happen with just starting a yoga practice. It matters how you practice yoga. Ease is our secret to moving in a way that tunes you in, instead of tuning you out. Ease is the foundation of East Asian arts and sciences, way before yoga poses came into the… 
by Tara Stiles | Nov 23, 2019 | Blog
Hi Friends, Chatting about how to create a life out of our passion is the single most silence and lean in topic in our In Person Yoga Trainings. It's natural to want to feel fulfilled, rewarded and happy doing what we do with most of our time. I believe, we all deserve that. I'm not a fan of up and quitting your job (if you are fortunate enough to have a secure job) to go after your passion. Although that might work in rare cases, it's very unusual and puts an extreme amount of pressure, creativity squashing pressure on needing…