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… 
by Tara Stiles | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move, Healing
Dr. Rudolph Tanzi - Harvard Professor of Neurology and Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital - wrote the foreword. He's doing amazing work, and it's wonderful to hear everything he has to say. I'll copy some for you below, that he wrote about his work and… 
by Tara Stiles | Sep 26, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move, Healing
Approaching the mind through the mind can be pretty tough. Especially when things get challenging. So we can go through our body, first. And we need something more. Something that combines the simplicity of meditation with the energy of movement. Here's a practice for this. It's not yoga or tai… by Tara Stiles | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
You don't need to move beyond your comfort zone. That would be uncomfortable. For progress to happen, you just need to move your comfort zone. There was a time way back when I would hear this a lot in yoga classes. "Push beyond your edge!" I never understood… 
by Tara Stiles | Sep 19, 2017 | Blog, Be, Move
Of course we can begin with a topic. It could be quantum physics or geology. Calligraphy. Poetry. Or maybe it's Traditional Chinese Medicine, or Yoga, or Taiji. There's also what we teach through how we teach. How we are. This one is important. Because how we are - the beliefs, mindset,… 
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,… 