I have found the inspiration to start doing yoga consistently again! This is a big deal to me because I am not a gym person at all and yoga classes in Los Angeles ( I have found) can sometimes be highly political and really rather negative energetically. I am really sensitive to energy and I would find myself recoiling in horror watching people race to throw their mats down, practically knocking others out of their way, behaving really badly, and it was all just too much for me. Not a peaceful, spiritual environment- which is what I need to practice in public. Kind of the opposite of that, actually. I am a solitary type anyway, so I retreated to my mat at home. What happened next was LIFE and I found myself really distracted and undisciplined until it finally came to the point where my pretty blue yoga mat went untouched for way too long. Flash forward to finding this amazing yoga teacher in NYC named Tara Stiles. She has a studio called Strala Yoga and I have yet to make it there in person, but I have been devouring her videos online ( she has a book coming out August 2010 called Slim Calm Sexy) and I will tell you that her style and her teachings resonate with me to the point that I am on it full force again! I have been practicing twice daily at home and I can actually touch my toes again. You can watch her videos on Youtube, or purchase her video Yoga Anywhere. Visit her website for more information.
http://tarastiles.com/
*Tara Stiles
Tara- I love you- thank you for inspiring me to get my yoga practice going again. Cheers!
xc
