Tara's Wellness Garden

12/11/2025

Om Shanti Om.
Shanti means peace, and Shantinivas means “a house of peace,”
a name my grandfather once gave my mom’s childhood home.

With so much flooding and uncertainty in our local community tonight,
I found myself returning to a conversation I’ve been having with one of my sons:
we don’t have to outsource our steadiness to anyone else.
Even when people around us feel ungrounded or overwhelmed,
we don’t have to fix their energy to find our own center.
We can stay present and alert to local safety concerns,
and still remain steady within ourselves.

We can become our own Shantinivas, our own house of peace.

Om Shanti Om. 💗💧🌿
Peace within, peace around, peace for our valley.

12/10/2025

Due to inclement weather and flooding in the forecast for this evening, we’ve decided to postpone tonight’s Yoga Nidra + Sound Bath to next Wednesday, December 17 from 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Your safety and ease are our priority.
All registrations will automatically carry over to the new date. If you can no longer attend, just send me a message and we’ll take care of you.

Stay warm, safe, and cozy tonight. 🤍

12/09/2025

8 minutes of cozy.
Make tea, light a candle, sit by the window, breathe.
Joy doesn’t need hours — just intention.
A soft reminder that the simplest rituals often hold the most magic ✨

12/09/2025

12/09/2025

A sweet Day 7 ritual:
List seven things that made you smile today.
Tiny acknowledgments shift your entire frequency - joy grows in those quiet, gentle moments.
Here are my seven today… ☕️✨

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12/09/2025

Tiny movements, big energetic shifts.
Today’s Gift of Joy invites you to soften your body with six gentle motions - a sweet reset for your mood, your breath, and your whole inner landscape.
Roll, stretch, lengthen, soften… and feel yourself come home. ✨

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12/09/2025

✨ This Wednesday ✨
Yoga Nidra + Sound Bath with Tara & Tassin is happening this Wednesday, Dec 6th at 8:30 p.m. at Lavender at Stillwater Farm.
Cost: $44

Scan the QR code (or go to www.TarasWellnessGarden.com to save your spot).
Bring your cozy blankets, warm socks, and anything that helps you build your perfect little nest — the floor is concrete and can get chilly, so bundle up and get comfy. 💗✨

Can’t wait to rest and restore with you.

12/05/2025

Day 5: Choose Joy First
It’s okay if your holiday to-do list isn’t checked off yet.
It’s okay if your tree is up but the bins of ornaments are still untouched.
It’s okay if the house is sitting somewhere between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Today’s practice is simple:
Choose one small thing that brings you joy.
Something that makes you smile, laugh, or feel that warm spark in your chest.
Do that first.
Then return to what’s required.

Joy softens the edges.
Joy shifts the whole nervous system.
Joy makes the rest feel lighter.

12/05/2025

Today I wrapped up the fourth and final class of my Four Soul Intentions (Deepak Chopra) series, and my heart feels full.

There’s something about the quiet winter energy - softer, slower, more reflective, that makes completion feel extra meaningful. I felt so much gratitude for the experience we shared and for the growth that unfolded.

✨ Joy Practice:
Celebrate one thing you completed this week.
Big or small.
Completion carries its own kind of joy, pause long enough to feel it.

— Tara 🤍

12/03/2025

✨ 12 Days of Joy - Day 3

Eat a Nourishing Meal

Sometimes joy looks like the simplest thing:
a meal that grounds you, fuels you, and feels good in your body.

Today’s practice is to choose one high-protein, nourishing meal that supports your energy — nothing complicated, nothing fancy.

My go-to nourishing bowl looks like:
• a base of rice or greens
• a protein I love
• veggies or something fresh

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12/02/2025

✨ 12 Days to Spark Joy — Day 2

The 4–6 Breath
Inhale for 4… exhale for 6.
A tiny ritual to soften your edges and shift your whole nervous system.

Longer exhales cue your body:
It’s safe to relax. I can come back home to myself.

Try 3 rounds.
Feel the spaciousness return.
Joy lives in the quiet seconds. ✨