by Mike Taylor | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move, Healing
Strala follows a mindset and approach for moving well in your life, releasing stress, and finding ease even when the challenges get big. We practice by combining the movement and healing wisdom of tai chi with the form vocabularies of yoga, tai chi, qigong, and Traditional Chinese and Japanese Medicine. It… 
by Mike Taylor | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
Is it a good idea to combine different forms - like tai chi and yoga - together in one class? This idea of fusion comes up quite a lot, and the answer might have something to do with purpose. What do we want to share with people? Why are we… 
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… 
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… 
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… 
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… 