Comments on: Tara Stiles Models For American Apparel Yoga, Keeps Clothes On

By: Naked Judgement: What Are We Really Buying from Nude Yoga Ads?

Naked Judgement: What Are We Really Buying from Nude Yoga Ads? — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:22:37 +0000

[...] bodies. We even view them in art quite frequently. We also know taking your clothes off is a cheap, easy way to get attention. Can an ad trying to sell us something, whether a product, a gym membership or a [...]

By: sheila brands

sheila brands — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:37:21 +0000

Tara is rock solid. The controversy comes from the small minded. Put your energy on feeding the hungry or solving some of the worlds real problems.

By: On the Yoga Path? Pravahi, Maryada, Pushti Margs « the grounded universe

On the Yoga Path? Pravahi, Maryada, Pushti Margs « the grounded universe — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:10:45 +0000

[...] or whether paying almost a hundred dollars for yoga pants is unethical, or if a yoga instructor is selling out to model nonyoga [...]

By: Sadhurishi

Sadhurishi — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:08:11 +0000

Great looking woman with the body to show it – nothing wrong about that. It’s about time that someone has broken this sacred cult thinking of Yoga and helps it into mainstream. A look over to India (!) will show, that they have long left behind the chanting and holy approach for the physical reasons. Not everybody is or wants to be a Yogi in that holy sense, and thank God, not everybody is. So if with an ad like this, more people can be made pay attention, even if only because of a beautiful girl, so be it – but some of them may just hang in and do something for their bodies with Tara’s Yoga and AA’s clothes (what do I care). Great thing, do your thing, girl!

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:28:20 +0000

Who are any of us to judge? No true yoga practitioner would. I have never done her type of yoga but she sounds like a fortunate soul who is doing good work.

By: trrish

trrish — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:06:57 +0000

If I had a body that looked like Tara’s, I’d wear a white leotard and white ‘see-through stockings’ every time I could, no matter what the decade.

By: Montino

Montino — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:14:57 +0000

The essence of yoga is liberation, and that includes liberation from dogma. There is Western dogma and there is Eastern dogma, and they’re both cages. Tara Looks great; there’s no need to put her, or ourselves, in a cage called “yoga dogma”. We do our best to liberate all sentient beings, and if we can’t do that we do all we can to make them happy. Keep it simple. And yes, yoga can be simple, enjoyable, and just a bunch of nice stretches, or it can be a totally absorbing physical, mental, and spiritual practice. It’s an individual choice, and either choice is right. The main thing is just to practice.

By: vanessa

vanessa — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:41:57 +0000

p.s. it’s interesting to see so many yogis and yoginis issuing judgments here.

By: vanessa

vanessa — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:40:30 +0000

i appreciate Ananda Bhavani’s comment and agree–these are beautiful photos and opening to our whole selves as humans means embracing the divine energy of sexuality. to be embodied is to be alive to sensation and why not express the joy and pleasure of that embodiment. we don’t have to be austere to prove our worthiness….all of life is IT, no matter how it expresses itself. sexuality is IT. these poses. all of it…it’s one person’s choice on how to express herself in that moment. wonderful! and the viewer can connect in admiration and appreciation for the sensuality of the image.

By: Santa Monica fitness buff

Santa Monica fitness buff — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:22:03 +0000

FYI….Most of the young women and occasional young man featured in the Hard Tail ads are students/teachers at Yogaworks in Santa Monica. Many of the ads feature Cortney Cantrell, daughter of Dick Cantrell the CEO of Hard Tail.