Tara Stiles Quotes
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You are whole body, whole mind, whole spirit, all the time. When you experience all of you at once, anything is possible.
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A successful tree pose probably won't change your life. Learning how to keep your breath easy, long, and deep no matter what the circumstance? That absolutely will.
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Your tree pose is going crazy and you're falling; and your leg is burning; and it feels impossible to maintain any sort of stability practice observing what's happening instead of getting wrapped up in the circumstance. If you can learn to be easy with your breath in these moments, your body and mind will follow.
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Go after what gives you goosebumps.
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It takes an honest look to observe our selves without judgment, and then to do something about it. Observing without judgment is the practice of yoga. Doing something about it is the stuff that makes up your life.
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All the body's systems and processes - your nerves, your emotions - take instruction from what is going on with your breath.
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Believing in yourself is essential to creating lasting change and a happy life.
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That's what yoga teaches: how to be fully present now, no matter the circumstance.
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There are no rules in life. It’s a mind-set that limits people dramatically.
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Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.
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You can tell a lot about yourself by how you go about things.
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When we practice paying attention, whether in meditation, yoga (moving mediation), or simply walking down the street, we can choose to be at ease, or choose to be tense. It's a choice, and that choice is up to no one but us to decide.
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When your breathing is easy and deep, your body works efficiently, and your mind settles. That doesn't mean that your balance (in tree pose or anywhere else) will be perfect and your life will be seamless, but you'll be better equipped to deal with the wobbles and earthquakes that get thrown into the mix.
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Each exhale allows us to let go of the moment that has just passed.
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There is a big lesson in experiencing uncertainty and calamity with a sober focus - the most chaotic moments are the ones from which we can learn the most.
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When you are balancing perfectly in a tree pose, everything is easy; your breath is deep and relaxed, and your muscles are working for you just as you'd like. It's pure and simple. Efficient. When you are having a great day, the same things occur. Your breathing is relaxed, your body is working harmoniously with your mind; everything just feels easier because you are in a state of balance.
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Each inhale creates more space in our bodies.
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What you practice on the mat is what you end up doing in your life.
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When you are plugged into you, anything is possible.
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When your life is not in balance and you're struggling to achieve stability, practicing observation without judgment gets really interesting, and very useful. How? Because you can learn to distance yourself from the roller coaster ride of your emotions and circumstances but still enjoy the ride of life.
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Everything we need is already there. The challenge is letting go of all our stuff in the way.
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External means of escape like alcohol, drug use, and even overeating are a means of pushing uncertainty away and covering it up temporarily. And they may feel comforting for a moment, but I don't need to tell you that eventually they will cause more trouble than they ever solve.
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With meditation, you become a sensitized superhero, completely in control, with endless possibilities at your fingertips.
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When we are at ease, our bodies work efficiently, our minds settle, and space opens up for us to connect to our intuition, creativity, and sense of connectedness.
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Our attention to each breath keeps us in the now.
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Say you're doing a headstand. The moment you think to yourself, "Wow, I'm doing this pose!" is usually the moment you'll topple out of it.
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Each movement reminds us that every moment invites a new opportunity for change.
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You can fall out of a tree pose with ease, or with frustration and a sense of defeat. Just like you can take a spill in your life and decide to dust yourself off - with a chuckle or an annoyed grunt - and get back up, or you can stay down, lie there, and give up. It's entirely up to you. It's your life, and your practice.
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The practice of being at ease also gives you the strength and stamina to pursue all that you find when you connect inward.
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Any of the yoga poses could be substituted in this analogy. How you practice is much more meaningful than what yoga moves you can or cannot do.
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