by Tara Stiles | Jan 20, 2018 | Blog, Be, Move
We're having a conversation about movement, tension, and softness in our online training group. It comes up quite a lot. I think there's a belief that we have to flex our muscles to be strong. Lock our joints to be safe. Push ourselves into alignment to be aligned. There's so… 
by Tara Stiles | Jan 20, 2018 | Blog, Be, Move
There are so many reasons we find our way to practices like yoga, qi gong, tai chi. Maybe it's to get more flexible, more mobile, or just more feeling good. Maybe it's to let go of stress, and make a positive connection with our bodies, our selves. Maybe we create… 
by Tara Stiles | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog, Be
Tara and I have watched a few movies lately. Frozen. Pocahontas. Ice Age. Our 11-month-old Daisy even watches with us sometimes. And of course hands down, Moana is my favorite. Competing even with Love Actually. So one of them has me thinking now about the phrase "I've got your back."… 
by Tara Stiles | Jan 13, 2018 | Blog, Be
There's a wonderful opportunity we all have as teachers. It could be yoga we're teaching, or tai chi, or anything at all. We have this opportunity to help each other find our own way. To discover some of the biggest things there are to learn - some of the most important… 
by Tara Stiles | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog, Be, Move, Healing
Bruises, strains and sprains come up a lot. Could be from a fall, over-stretching, or just regular everyday life. So what's the best way to heal when these injuries keep sticking around? What's the best thing to do when you're trying everything - therapies, exercises, treatments, specialists, yoga, the whole… 
by Mike Taylor | Jan 3, 2018 | Blog
When we introduced tai chi as a practice in our 300+Hour Advanced Leadership Training last July, it had an unexpected result. We wanted to give everyone a new way of practicing the same set of principles for releasing stress, healing what needs healing, and moving with grace and harmony in… 