Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Life Happens podcast with Barb and Michelle. We are so, so excited to

have you with us this week because we have a super special guest. I'm actually like bursting at the

seams that we have the fabulous, amazing, wonderful, every positive adjective under the sun,

Tara Stiles with us here this week. And we're going to have

an amazing conversation about living with ease, finding your practice and so much more because

there's so much to talk about. So let's dive into it. Hi, Mom. Hi, Tara. Hi, Michelle. Hello,

friends. I know, I know. I could not be more excited, Tara. Hi, Michelle. Hello, friends. I know, I know. I cannot be more excited,

Tara. We go way, way back with you and you've helped me. We'll talk about it in this episode,

but you've helped me more than I think you even know. Oh my gosh. I actually have to say when I was

in the bathroom before we started recording, I was thinking about this and this is going to sound

super cheesy and maybe a little bit weird. But when I was in the bathroom before we started recording, I was thinking about this, and this is going to sound super cheesy and maybe a little bit weird. But when I first started learning yoga from you

and seeing you on Instagram, even before I moved to New York and before I met you, I was like,

I remember writing down your name in like a journal that this is

someone who I really want to meet because she is so, just everything about you was something

that inspired me. And so thinking about it now that you're here with us is kind of like.

Dream come true.

Feels a little crazy to me. But thank you for being here. I love you, girls. I mean, we go way back and we just feel like your family. So thanks for adopting me in this way. We are family. We are family. Yeah, I don't even know where we want to start. Tell them a little bit about. So for those of you who don't know, Tara is an amazing yoga guide who has, who created Strala Yoga, which if you haven't checked it out or done any of her, her classes, go to Strala Yoga because she is all about living with ease and getting connected with your body in a way that feels good and that works with you,

not against you. And I know, Mom, you had such an amazing experience when I first took

you to one of Tara's classes like over a decade ago. Yeah, definitely. And it changed your life.

Completely changed my life because Tara, besides your grace and your just beauty and how you help teach us, you connect to me with my body.

You know, you all know that I've talked about it so often that I'm recovering from bulimia for the past 40 years.

And I always had a hard time connecting to my body. Whatever reason, you know, I had the food situation, you know, under control with the 12

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