Go after what gives you goosebumps. Tara Stiles More Quotes by Tara Stiles More Quotes From Tara Stiles All the body's systems and processes - your nerves, your emotions - take instruction from what is going on with your breath. Tara Stiles systems-and-processes nerves body 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. Tara Stiles yoga meaningful moving 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. Tara Stiles yoga practice moving Each inhale creates more space in our bodies. Tara Stiles inhale space body When we practice paying attention, moving with ease of body and mind, and being efficient, our body becomes very capable and strong, and the mind is able to be calm and travel further inward, where we have direct access to your unique creativity, intuition, and feelings of connectivity. Tara Stiles creativity strong moving The practice of being at ease also gives you the strength and stamina to pursue all that you find when you connect inward. Tara Stiles inward practice giving You take yourself out of the moment and knock yourself off balance when you judge and think about what you are doing, rather than experiencing and enjoying what you are doing. Tara Stiles balance judging thinking What you practice on the mat is what you end up doing in your life. Tara Stiles ends practice 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. Tara Stiles wow moments thinking That's what yoga teaches: how to be fully present now, no matter the circumstance. Tara Stiles yoga circumstances matter 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. Tara Stiles crazy practice fall 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. Tara Stiles breathing earthquakes mean 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. Tara Stiles giving-up lying fall 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. Tara Stiles drug-use alcohol mean Our attention to each breath keeps us in the now. Tara Stiles breaths attention We experience happiness as a series of pleasing moments. They come and go like clouds, unpredictable, fleeting, and without responsibility to our desires. Through honest self-work, reflection, and meditation, we begin to string more of these moments together, creating a web-like design of happiness that drapes around our lives. Tara Stiles experience together clouds happiness We all strive for balance, often moving to extremes to find ourselves somewhere in the middle where we can sustainably exist in optimal inspiration. Working toward balance takes a lot of ingredients. We need courage, reflection, attention, action, and a push-and-pull relationship between effort and relaxation. Tara Stiles find reflection courage relationship There is no limit on life besides the one we put on ourselves. Tara Stiles no-limit limit ourselves life Time moves along at its own pace for as long as we are on this planet, and then some. So why try to beat it anymore? Maybe it's better to meet time head on and chill ourselves out so we can exist in harmony with the passing days. Tara Stiles harmony chill time long Yoga and mediation exist whether we choose to acknowledge or practice. It's like a tree. You can walk by the tree and inhale the oxygen it provides consciously or unconsciously. You'll still be benefiting from the tree. Tara Stiles walk you practice tree
