Tara Stiles

Shifting into fall schedules can be exciting and filled with new focus and adventure, or downright terrifying mourning the loss of more relaxed summer days and nights. I'm happy to share my best tips for creating a schedule with ease that works for you and your family, and also includes that much needed self care time. I hope your fall is filled with ease. The goal here is simply, to help you feel...

Get your pencils and papers ready friends. Jeff Krasno is gracing us with his generosity in all things about building a mindful and powerful business, while living a life of meaning, purpose, and fun. Jeff is the founder of Commune, a master class community for wellbeing. He was also the founder of the Wanderlust yoga and music festivals, which brought people together everywhere around these same...

Recently our home was broken into, and I was home alone. I'm very lucky and grateful I'm ok and my family and home are ok. I'm sharing this here because a few practices, specifically awareness practices, had a hand in keeping me safe and calm during the invasion, and healthy in my recovery from the event. I'm sharing here in case useful for anyone who has gone through something similar to use for...

When you hold extra tension, when you essentially "go to war" with yourself, things don't work out. Tai Chi shows us you can physically do something to create peace with yourself, and make things better. Enjoy this practice of dropping tension, finding a good body position, connecting your breath and body together, and creating sustainable ease that carries you through your whole day. The goal her...

Every one of you is busy. You have things to check off your list, goals to work toward, and a million things in between. So, you need a break. The kind that makes it all better. Taking an office break is more than just a chance to stretch out your shoulders. It’s a big opportunity to reset your whole self, and change the way you approach all your work for the better. Practice along with this offic...

Let's invite in some self love. I have a profound practice for you. Change the way you move and everything changes. We begin with moving like you love yourself. How often have you found yourself tensing and clenching your body when you feel stress? These little habits, when gone unchecked can turn into what feels like never ending tension loop. Thankfully there is a practice where you can obs...

Whether your goal is to gain strength, mobility, a calm mind, reach your career goals, or anything else, our practice shows us there is always a path forward, to go where we want to go. There is always a habit to change, a way of moving to improve, or a better connection to be made with yourself and those around you. And when you practice regularly, you’ll be surprised again and again by how much...

Let's invite in some calm. Enjoy this simple breath body connected practice you can do anytime. If you are driving or getting ready for the day, feel free to listen and let the calm soak into you. When you have some time, crawl down to the ground, or settle into a chair, or rest down on the ground and enjoy this calm practice. The goal here is simply, to help you feel better. When we feel better,...

It's in our culture to stress, force, struggle to where we have to go, and leave ourselves for last. Most of us understand that self care is good for us. But making it a priority rarely happens.  Of course it's great to make time for you, for your yoga practice, a walk in nature, and activities that step you outside of your daily routine. It's good to have these special moments for...

Having confidence isn't always natural or easy, especially if you feel different than most people around you. I'm proud to celebrate all our friends and listeners and everyone in the LGBTQ+ community and everyone else to build and sustain healthy confidence and self worth. If you deal with wavering self confidence or imposter syndrome this episode is also for you. Even if you normally be...

Being Yourself is easier said than done, especially when you are a little or a whole lot different from those around you. I'm proud to celebrate all our friends and listeners and everyone in the LGBTQ+ community, and everyone in a healing practice to help you connect with and be your most authentic self. This practice episode is a good one to pass around, for anyone struggling with self acceptance...

Setting healthy boundaries with yourself, technology, and the people in your life, is a radical act of self care. My good friend Terri Cole is the Boundary Boss, and my guest on this week's Feel Better podcast. Terri Cole MSW, LSCW, is a licensed psychotherapist, and global relationship and empowerment expert. For over two decades, Terri has worked with a diverse group of clients - moms, celebriti...

Founding member of the band Our Last Night, Yoga Teacher and Author Woody aka Alexander Woodrow is here to teach us that YOU are the Rock Star. We've known Woody over a decade since he walked into a Strala Intensive weekend in Boston and stood out as someone who believed he could do the thing when he gets out of his own way. We've been cheering him on in his actual Rock Star life, as a founding me...

This softness practice with affirmations is designed to calm, center and bring you in a positive mindset for your day. Every episode of Feel Better ends with a meditation but this episode expands that into a practice you can move along with or listen to and soak in the ease while you get ready or are doing a simple task. I'm so grateful for your feedback and a request we are constantly getting is...

Slow down. Soften. Notice how you feel. Respond. This is the magic formula for making a good connection with yourself and those around you. It's simple but challenging to practice. The feeling part can be the hardest part. In today's practice episode we slide right into the feeling zone. Just like a good friend wants you to listen, notice and respond, we need to do this for ourselves as well....

I absolutely loved this conversation with Tricia Huffman on F the Shoulds. Do the Wants . Removing one word from your vocabulary can have such a big impact on your thoughts and actions. I plowed through her book, put this into practice, and have noticed how often I lean into the bad habit of "I should," instead of "What do I want" or "What can I do?" If you're a human with a beating heart, yo...

Looking at how we move, in our yoga or any other movement practice, is a great opportunity to shift how we go through challenge. We can accomplish so much more when we move in alignment with ourselves in every moment. The biggest challenge can be looking at ourselves enough, to see and decide to change how we do what we do. We can shift from struggling with what's not working, to finding a better...

I'm so thrilled to share this conversation with my friend Kathryn Judge about her new book Direct , The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of going to the Source. I met Kate in our downtown NYC studio about 10 years ago. Her calm presence and practice effected everyone so positively. I knew she was a whip-smart law professor, but I was so drawn into how she genuinely cared about people in...

Enjoy this special practice episode I designed to help you feel better. The movements are simple, every day movements. The practice is grounded in breath body connection and the moving well that tai chi teaches us. I'm excited to see how this practices changes your experience of everything else. The goal here is to simply, help you feel better. When we feel better, we do better and everything...

When it comes to balance we often think of a fixed point or optimal place when really balance is a direction we can move toward. When we are brave enough to notice not only what comes easy, but what is a challenge on and off the mat, we can use our practice to head toward a more whole place. The goal here is to simply, help you feel better. When we feel better, we do better and everything is...

Whether it's your family or chosen community of friends, healing group or colleagues, being in community is a great opportunity to learn about ourselves. We dive into a big secret of sustainable community building and participating on today's episode, How Can I Help over What Can I Prove? I believe in nurturing the feeling that we are all connected. My feelings are repeatedly affirmed by my own pe...

Having a practice in your life is necessary to carry a calm, peaceful state of being through the easy and challenging times alike. Your practice is like your GPS system, guiding you on your path. It adds value to your life in countless ways, reinforcing your good habits, and gently tugging you away from harmful thoughts and actions. This episode dives into how to find and maintain a practice that...

I'm overjoyed to catch up with my dear friend Gabby Bernstein and talk about her new book Happy Days. This conversation will help you soften, connect to yourself and learn tools to help on your healing journey. I'm so proud of Gabby for the work on herself she has done over the years. I feel like we kind of grew up together in the beginning of our career phase of our lives. Many rightfully so, adm...

Creating and Building a Peaceful Business and Life is a worthy challenge. I'm happy to share my journey together with Mike in believing in a peaceful way for us to work and life. We hear from Doug on his experience practicing ease. The goal here is to simply, help you feel better. When we feel better, we do better and everything is better. Our wellbeing is connected. Leave Tara a voice messag...

Bring more ease, abundance, love and joy into your life with feng shui. Modern Feng Shui Master, and my good friend, Dana Claudat shows us how to transform our lives through the healing art of feng shui. Follow along the show notes here. https://www.tarastiles.com/blog/fengshuidana Connect with Dana Claudat https://fengshuidana.com/ The goal here is to simply, help you feel better. When we fe...