ABOUT TARA PHILIPPS
Yoga has been part of my life for close to 30 years. I grew up as a dancer, starting at age 4, specializing in ballet throughout high school. I went on to get a BA in Dance Teaching at the University at Buffalo. That was where I first experienced yoga-like movement and meditation. Guided meditation was a part of my modern dance and acting classes. I was reintroduced to it again in the form of some of the physical therapy exercises I was given when I returned from performing at Tokyo Disneyland with a knee injury. When my boys were young, I started taking actual yoga classes at a local gym and eventually at local yoga studios. Around this time I started incorporating guided meditation into my boys' lives to help them relax and go to sleep at night.
Yoga was the form of exercise I returned to again and again whenever I experienced injuries as a dog trainer, as a practitioner of Karate, and after getting injured in a car accident. I have had the pleasure of training with teachers who have studied styles such as Kripalu, Iyengar, Forrest, and Bikram.
When the opportunity arose to take a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training course, the timing was optimal and it just seemed serendipitous. I had already been incorporating aspects of yoga into my ballet and karate teachings for years. This gave me the opportunity to expand on my love and passion for teaching and bring much more to my students. My goal in teaching yoga, and incorporating it into dance and karate classes too, is to inspire others who have suffered injuries, or have mobility issues, to find ways to move and work with their bodies, where they are at. I have also received my Reiki I and II Certification and continue to take as many seminars and courses I can, in order to expand my education in the healing arts. The more I learn, the more I can share with my student.
Always learning, always growing, always healing!
Namaste
Tara
