Tara Porter Teacher

About Tara

TEACHING STYLE: elemental | light-hearted | playful

ON ROTATION: allll the jams bluegrass on weekends, anything I can dance to, maybe some jazz flute if I’m feeling crazy or some Celtic music. I love it all.

INSPIRED BY: nature and creativity

FAVORITE POSE: Wheel

MORNING RITUAL: cat snuggles and coffee

FIRST YOGA EXPERIENCE: grade 7 – community college basement with my sisters and mother. I remember falling asleep in savasana every time and faking it through the breathing exercises

SIGN: Cuspian! Capricorn/Aquarius (whoa!)

A RECURRING THOUGHT: Where’s my cat?

HOMETOWN: Clarenville, NFLD (but I grew up mostly in Truro, NS!)

A NONNEGOTIABLE: Coffee | laughing

FAVOURITE COFFEE SHOP: Equator, Little Victories, Ministry and Bridgehead

FAVOURITE RESTAURANT: This is like asking me my fave song

FAVOURITE YOGA TEACHER: Michael Stone

FAVOURITE COMPLIMENT TO YOGA: Dance

FAVOURITE PODCAST: Armchair Expert | True Crime podcasts | Bulletproof Radio

SAVASANA OR CHATARAUNGA: Come on. Savasana

FAVOURITE BOOK: Rupi Kaur and Mary Oliver poetry books.

IF YOU COULD HAVE DINNER WITH ANYONE (DEAD OR ALIVE) WHO WOULD IT BE: Brene Brown! And maybe Chris Hemsworth ;)