The Complete Guide To Tai Chi

About Michael Taylor

Mike Taylor is the co-founder of Strala along with his wife Tara Stiles. He studied mind-body medicine at Harvard, and complementary medicine at Oxford. Mike has practiced Eastern movement and healing, including tai chi and qi gong, for more than 30 years. In his younger years, Mike challenged centuries of reasonable and well-tested martial traditions in hundreds of competitions, by applying unruly imagination to a world where rules were unbreakable. His record established the strength of finding your own way in your own body, rather than copying the techniques of other people’s traditions. As he got older, Mike continued on to medical applications of the mind-body connection in university. After running into walls with standard medical practice in the U.S. and England, he left his healthcare roots for a little while. As the first internet boom was getting started, he joined the startup team of one company, then founded a couple more. Now through Strala, Mike has found his way back to health care done right: helping people let go of stress in their bodies and minds, enable their lives, and become their own best caregivers. Mike has climbed some of the world’s largest mountains in Alaska, the Alps, and Himalaya. He’s now a cyclist and runner, and spends as much free time as possible exploring the back country on foot, ski and snowboard. He lives in New York with his wife Tara, and baby Daisy.