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Stråla Yoga® - Notice how you feel

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Notice how you feel.
Yoga, tai chi & strength.
Daily practice to help you do more with less tension.

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Other than doing my best for my family, my goal has always been to use myself for good.

Being in these rooms with you, practicing softness, connecting, chatting, hanging, getting to know each other, helps us find balance, ease, and practice being together in a positive way so we can take that with us into our families, work, and everywhere we go. The goal of yoga isn’t to get good at yoga, it’s to get good at being you, in harmony, so you can use your gifts for good.

When I’m here with you, I feel like I’m where I am meant to be. Thank you for showing up online and in person to take good care of you, together with me and everyone. It’s a together project always.

A few ways we can practice, connect, and live softly together right now 🌿

📖 LIVING SOFTLY
My new book is coming March 2027 and is available for pre-order now. It’s about dropping the No Pain No Gain mindset and accomplishing more with less tension. I can’t wait to share this one with you.

📱 PRACTICE WITH ME ANYTIME
Come join us on the Strala Yoga app. There’s something new every day, from yoga and tai chi to weights, restorative practices, and our LIVE classes.

🌿 COME PRACTICE IN PERSON

Effingham, Illinois
Saturdays at 10am when I’m in town. Everyone is welcome.

Amsterdam — September 19–20
A whole weekend together exploring inspired life, work, movement, and wellbeing. So excited to be back.

Metzingen, Germany — September 26–27
Weekend of Softness! Yoga, talks, practice, community, and lots of time together.

London — October 16–18
I’m back at the OM Yoga Show at Alexandra Palace leading three workshops throughout the weekend. Use TSYOGA2026 for free entry to the show. Workshops are registered separately.

And of course there are our online trainings if you want to go deeper with Strala, yoga, tai chi, shiatsu, and healing practices from wherever you are.

Everything is connected by the same idea I keep coming back to: accomplish more with less tension.

All the links to practice, join an event, train with us, and pre-order Living Softly are in my bio.

Hope to see you somewhere soon ❤️

xo
Tara

#stralayoga #stralaberlin #stralafamily #wellbeing by @stralayoga

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6 months ago

Softness is a super power 🚀

It’s time to relearn how to work, achieve, practice, enjoy, connect, and progress without force, rigidity and the excess tension that gets in the way of accomplishing what’s possible and leaves you hurt, disconnected and burned out.

It’s easy to be relaxed when things are easy, although sometimes we fill our easy moments with over effort too. How to make this wonderful for your life is to soften. Allow yourself to be moveable to your breath can move you, support you and help you. Move from center and let the rest of you go along for the ride. Use what you meed. Rest what you don’t. Never suffer a bad position. Practice all the time alignment with moving well. There is a lot to do, but when you begin, you remember you.

Anything is possible when you take good care of you.

From our @stralayoga festival in Metzingen 🇩🇪 thanks to @anna_rampf @yolie.de @juliakupke @taichimiket and everyone who came from near and far to practice and enjoy the time together. More soon, always.

Everyone is invited. Reach out to us always for any way we can help.

📷 by the awesome @slataschmutzer

#stralayoga #softness #livingsoftly #taichi #metzingen #metzingenoutletcity #yogalife #yogafestival #yogateachertraining #yogaretreat #selfcare #shiatsu by @stralayoga

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2 years ago

Being good looks good on you. ❤️

My goal is simple. Be good, do good, and be with the people.

Some of us have known each other for decades. Some friends are new, and everyone is always invited. The best gift is getting to be together, practicing softness and bringing something good to each other along the way.

A friend told me this weekend she can feel softness in herself, see it in me, and see it in the friends we practice with. How we feel about ourselves spreads to those around us. Good attention is the gift to continue.

Huge thank you to the @omyogashow for bringing us together in London, putting me on the cover of @omyogamagazine and featuring Living Softly in print for the first time! So grateful for all of it. I hope to be back next year and keep expanding goodness for all of us.

Stay soft, my friends. See you out in the world.

#livingsoftly #omyogamagazine #omyogashow #stralalondon #stralayoga taken in Alexandra Palace by @stralayoga

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9 hours ago

Sanftheit ist keine Schwäche, sondern die Freiheit, beweglich zu bleiben.

‚Mobility‘ ist aktuell in aller Munde. @stralayoga lebt und vermittelt diese Idee schon seit Jahren durch Bewegung, die nicht auf Härte, sondern auf Leichtigkeit, Intuition und Anpassungsfähigkeit basiert.

Beweglichkeit beginnt nicht nur im Körper, sondern auch in der Art, wie wir uns bewegen, denken und dem Leben begegnen.

#strala #yoga #lebenspraxis #yolie #metzingen taken in YOLIE by @stralayoga

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Time for more softness! 🌿 And introducing Le Meux 🐈‍⬛

Our Berlin 2027 Strala Yoga Training is coming, and the SUPER EARLY BIRD ends soon!

Mike and I do our best to keep things sustainable so everyone who wants to practice with us and the Strala community, online or in person, has the opportunity to join. Our super early bird is one way we make it a little easier to come together.

We’re bringing people from all around the world together in Berlin to explore the foundations of softness, build strength with less tension, and bring more ease into our lives, work, families, and communities.

Whether you’re a yoga teacher, a leader, or simply someone who wants to feel better and do more good in the world, there’s a place for you here.

Come join us in Berlin! 🌿 Super Early Bird pricing ends soon. Link in bio to reserve your space!

In the meantime, I have regular Softness Breaks for you right here, daily practices waiting for you on the Strala Yoga app, and I’d so appreciate your support by pre-ordering my new book, Living Softly, if you haven’t already.

Our wellbeing is connected, and I’m so grateful for you. ✨

#stralayoga #livingsoftly #softness #berlin2027 #yogateachertraining by @stralayoga

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8 days ago

Chez @nowreformer tous les mardis à 16:00 et tous les vendredis à 9:00 🧘🏻‍♀️✨🫶🏼 taken in Paris, France by @stralayoga

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12 days ago

Schon fast eine Woche ist es her, dass wir für unser „Weekend of Softness“ mit @tarastiles in Metzingen zusammengekommen sind.

Für mich war das mal wieder die beste Bestätigung dafür, dass wir mit @stralayoga eine Praxis üben, die nie mehr oder weniger Relevanz hat, sondern uns immer wieder genau dort abholt, wo wir gerade stehen.

Eine Praxis, die uns an die Bewegungen erinnert, die sich gut anfühlen und uns hilft, mit dem in Kontakt zu kommen, was gerade da ist. Eine Philosophie, die Weichheit nicht als Gegenpol zu Stärke sieht, sondern als eine ganz eigene Form davon.

Ich bin auf jeden Fall mit ziemlich viel Dankbarkeit aus diesem Wochenende gegangen. Für die Begegnungen, für die beste Community und für all die kleinen Momente zwischendrin.

…ich glaube, das machen wir bald wieder ✨🪐

#strala #stralayoga #yoga #yolie yogapraxis

Bilder von der tollen @slataschmutzer taken in Metzingen by @stralayoga

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17 days ago

On this episode of disruptive conversations, my guest, Tara Stiles and I discuss how softness can be the path to greater strength. by @stralayoga

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It’s too wonderful for words, but language is incredible when it supports the feeling of what’s going on. And the feeling of what’s going on here is softness in action.

Allowing ourselves to let go of No Pain No Gain. Being movable so we can be moved by our breath, our ideas, and each other. Moving well from center. Using only the energy we need, so we can feel more connected and accomplish more.

It’s healing, energizing, and just plain feels incredible to allow ourselves to be fully ourselves, around each other.

I don’t take for granted the energy it takes to come from near and far to be together for a weekend of practice. Lots of this group have known each other through the past 10 years of @stralayoga teaching, classes, and the work they do to share ease and softness around the world. Lots of new friends were here too, practicing and leading wonderful things in their local communities and in the world.

We learn so much from each other’s stories, lessons, and chapters of life. It’s a joy to be around so many people who are different from each other when we have the practice of softness to help us stay in our own center.

Healing the whole world starts with being on your center and taking good care of you, continually. Not just during your self-care practices, but all the time.

Come back to a Softness Break. Notice what’s going on with you. Notice when you have extra tension, when you’re meeting force with resistance, and gently guide yourself right back to center.

It’s an all-the-time practice.

Focus on moving well when you’re walking around, getting the groceries, with your family, at work, and when you do your practice. So much more becomes possible.

It’s like sprinkling sparkly goodness around everywhere you go. ✨

Hugs to this beautiful crew who came from near and far. 🇳🇱 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇷🇸 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇨🇭 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇸🇬

Netherlands, America, Germany, Serbia, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Singapore... did I miss anyone? ❤️

Thank you, Amsterdam. What a weekend.

#stralaamsterdam #stralayoga #livingsoftly by @stralayoga

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a month ago

I can’t play it cool anymore.

Twenty years of study, talking with people, reading, practice, workshopping, letting things soak in, and endless repeating.

Six years of writing, scrapping, and writing again.

One year to get the publishing deal, eventually at auction. A dream.

This coming spring, Living Softly will be in the world.

The pre-order pages are officially up.

And I got the cover of my dreams, with a lot of patience and softness.

If Living Softly speaks to you, I’d be so grateful if you’d consider pre-ordering. Every pre-order truly helps. It helps bookstores decide whether to carry a book, feature it, and ultimately get it into the hands of more readers.

Thank you. I’m so grateful to be at this point in the journey, and so grateful you’re here with me.

Lots of love and softness,
Tara

#livingsoftly #softness #wellbeing #livingsoftlybook by @stralayoga

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Slow down.
Soften.
Breathe deep.
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@stralayoga moving with ease instead of forcing the body
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@jubileumsparken Gothenburg - Sweden 🇸🇪 taken in Jubileumsparken, Frihamnen by @stralayoga

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📅 COURS EN DIRECT GRATUIT

Après une (trop) longue pause, les cours d'essai en direct reprendront le dimanche 1er mars à 17h.

Retrouve-nous sur Zoom pour 1h de pratique tous ensemble !

L'occasion de faire connaissance et de découvrir le @stralayoga.

La session ouvrira 10 minutes avant le cours si tu souhaites échanger avec nous en amont.

⚠️ Petite précision (qui a son importance) : la séance ne sera pas enregistrée.

Pour t'inscrire, retrouve le lien dans notre story à la une "live gratuit".

📷 @kirthana.amirthavasani

#coursdeyoga #yogaenligne #coursdeyogagratuit #yogaendirect #stralayoga flowlife by @stralayoga

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