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I began working with Maestra TARA in 2015, when I felt I had reached the bottom of my depression. On the surface, I had everything a woman could want to be happy — and yet, I wasn’t. I met TARA through a friend and came to her hoping she would offer me a “magic pill” — something to make the depression disappear, to fix my relationship, to “repair” me so I wouldn’t suffer anymore, to help me understand what was happening to me. But what I received was far beyond my naive expectations. TARA taught me to reclaim my life — a life from which I had been completely disconnected. She took me by the hand, step by step, through the darkness of my being, teaching and supporting me constantly, so that I could have the courage to see the causes of my unhappiness. She guided me to understand how I function, to remove the many masks I wore, and to discover myself — the real Nadia. She didn’t give me any magic pill, but she taught me numerous techniques to live an authentic and conscious life. By consistently practicing my teacher’s teachings, I transformed suffering into the JOY OF BEING ALIVE. She helped me come out of illusion and discover the Truth of my being. There is no greater gift! I was light-years away from such a way of living. I had been operating for so long according to distorted patterns, believing that was what life meant. In reality, I had been asleep for a long time — and that sleep had become painful, because the Life within me was crying out to be heard, to be freed, to express itself. TARA taught me to recognize and peel away layer after layer of lies, pretense, arrogance, indifference, selfishness, and pride that I had been feeding with my life energy. TARA is a living model of profound inner work — for over 30 years. This has been possible thanks to her special structure and the guidance of her own Master. I have received far more than I ever asked for, and I am forever grateful for her unconditional love, for her patience, support, and professionalism with which she “operated” on my mind and soul, helping me heal. The journey continues, and I consider it a great honor and blessing to have such a MASTER, a GUIDE, a WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING by my side, leading me toward my true nature. Each individual session, camp, and group course has been a tremendous step in discovering my inner self: – I’ve learned what it means and how it feels to be aware of myself — my thoughts, my body, my emotions. – I’ve gained clarity of feeling and thought. – I’ve learned not to run from unpleasant states, but to reach my authentic self through them. – I’ve greatly improved my relationships by first changing myself. – I’ve opened my heart to receive and give love. My teacher is my model every single moment — I feel the joy of living, and I know that whenever things get hard, I have the tools to take care of myself and can always count on the loving and dedicated support of the community created by TARA. In turn, I want to be a healthy model for my children and for every living being I interact with. The example Maestra TARA showed me is one of giving and receiving unconditionally — love, compassion, attention, gentleness, understanding, and help. Love is fluid, and we must allow it to flow — from heart to heart, to all of God’s creation. And for that, “Thank you” is far too simple a word to express the gratitude I feel and carry for TARA.

My experience with Maestra TARA began at a time in my life filled with confusion — full of questions without answers, to which I never thought I would find meaning. Through the personal development programs that Maestra TARA created for me — where my attention was focused on how I could change — many aspects of my life began to improve noticeably, from the people around me to the way those people started behaving toward me. By identifying, showing me, and working together with me on the unconscious mechanisms running through my mind, TARA taught me to observe my mind and to engage it consciously. As a result, I have come to experience a calmer, clearer, and more organized mind — even though the work does not end here. This sense of mental clarity has always given me the motivation to keep working as much as needed so that I can cultivate even more clarity in my life. Although the process of educating the mind requires time, patience with myself has brought a wonderful benefit to my life — the ability to savor life’s moments with that state of presence (which is difficult to describe in words), in which I feel, see, taste, and realize that I am one with everything around me — and that makes all the effort worthwhile. Working with Maestra TARA has brought added value to my life. It has given meaning to what I live and has helped remove what was not truly mine, allowing me to gradually discover the hidden qualities within me — qualities I wasn’t even aware I possessed. Love and care for people are at the top of the list of qualities that Maestra TARA shares through her own example among her students — and they are truly contagious!

As a child, I loved to explore — I was curious and poked my nose into everything. But as I grew up, I realized I had lost that childlike joy and curiosity. I began to feel like a prisoner in my own life — no matter what I did or where I went, I felt empty and without real direction, trying to convince myself that the way I was living had a purpose. In 2013, after a series of health problems and two moves from one city to another, I reached the point where I knew I needed specialized help. That’s when I met TARA. We began working together in individual sessions, and later I started attending all the courses and retreats she organized. The effects were immediate — I felt that the way she worked with me and what she taught me were, in fact, the answers I had been searching for. I came to understand what it truly means to work with a Master — to follow and apply her teachings, to do things with patience, in their own time, and consistently. This completely changed my life. I rediscovered my natural joy, curiosity, and desire to explore, to search, to dive deeper. The difference is that now I seek balance and harmony within myself, not outside of me. In 2014, I heard TARA speak about how wonderful it would be to have a Center where we could hold all the courses and retreats she was already organizing — a place where we could, through shared effort, help as many people of all ages as possible. At the time, I thought it was a beautiful dream, but I couldn’t imagine how someone like me — who at the beginning was concerned only with herself and her own needs, cold and analytical, uninterested in helping others — could ever become someone who genuinely cared about the greater good. But by following my Maestra, I began to feel that what she said — about the need for a Center where we can work together as human beings, learn, and fundamentally transform our beliefs and behaviors, breaking free from destructive patterns — is the most natural and human thing to do. And so, Centrul Armonia became that place — where Maestra TARA gathered us, continues to gather us, and will keep gathering all who wish to work on themselves and change, each of us carrying forward this model of transformation into the world around us. For me, Maestra TARA, Centrul Armonia, and the Integral Yoga group are home.

Once upon a time, there was a Fairy who carried in her little mind the idea of spiritual evolution. And so Fairy Raluca said to herself (in a gentle voice): “What could I do now to finally get closer to what this path — the path of spiritual evolution — truly means?” And then she answered herself (in a firm voice): “Look, dear Fairy, you’ve tried all sorts of therapies, each more wonderful, sweet, and rosy than the last, yet you feel that none of them have given you what you really needed. In fact, whatever you do, you seem to be spinning in the same endless vicious circle!” And so, God listened to her prayer, and Fairy Raluca found her way to Maestra TARA and Centrul Armonia, where she began practicing yoga and participating in group therapy with people eager for change. Why did I choose to tell my story this way — about how I found my Maestra? So you can understand how deeply I needed that someone — someone to pull me out of my own opinions about how things should be, how life should happen! How much I needed someone to free me from the obsessive search for peace and sweetness and comfort! Even though this desire for inner work had existed in me for a long time, only when Maestra TARA began working with me did I realize how important the time I had lost chasing illusions was — and how much I could have already done for my Soul! Without pure guidance, I had simply been circling around the same point, trying to understand: “Why is this happening to me? Why do others have something I don’t?” In just a few months of working with Maestra TARA, I understood that without discipline in everything related to inner work, the effort becomes infinitely harder — time stands still, and I find myself falling back into old habits. Because if I don’t move forward, I either stay in the same place or regress. Staying in comfort and refusing to change is no longer an option — it only keeps alive the same vicious circle I long to escape. What Maestra TARA teaches me: – To be an empty cup so I can truly receive. – To let go of opinions. – To work with joy — because I work for myself. – To be honest with myself and with others. – To observe myself constantly. – To stay anchored in the present. – To keep working on myself so I never forget the purpose of my life. – To open my heart and begin to give. I feel that I am finally on the right path — and that my search is truly just beginning, because now I am learning what it means to live in Wholeness and Togetherness. Maestra TARA has given me a multitude of inner work techniques, shared with honesty and gentleness, filled with emotions that embody Love of Life and Truth. Every moment spent in her presence brings a leap in consciousness — and with each one, another veil is lifted from my eyes. With deep gratitude for all I have received so far from TARA, I urge you: stop wasting your life and start truly living it!

A year ago, an acquaintance told me she was practicing Yoga (back then, I thought yoga meant meditation and/or pilates) and invited me to meet the Maestra she was working with — saying she was a being unlike any other one could encounter in life. Curious by nature and proud to the core, I said to myself, “Fine, I’ll go and see what’s so special.” Coming from that state of arrogance and ready to “put her in her place” with logical arguments, I found myself completely disarmed by her presence — by her face, her expression — and suddenly, I couldn’t do it anymore. I didn’t understand why, but at the same time, I felt strangely good, because I had never experienced that kind of state before, at least not in that way. After the meditation ended, I knew clearly that I wanted to get to know Maestra TARA. My respect and attraction for her teachings grew as I began attending every Saturday regularly. Since then, I have learned many lessons, but what is most important for me is that she could answer any question I asked — and explain it in a way that made me truly understand things beyond their surface appearance. Now I understand that effort has made her the person I admire, appreciate, and even envy (in a positive way). I’m grateful to have met such a Maestra — one who teaches from her own experience, not from having read a few books. Because everything she teaches, TARA lives herself, she can offer those fine, subtle details that one can discover only through practice. Her humility is deeply admirable. For many years, I had my own “philosophy” about love, but with TARA, I have seen what true self-sacrifice really means. What I’ve understood after all this time working with her is that the path TARA offers — to anyone who truly wants to discover what Yoga is — requires constant effort: to let go of opinions, prejudices, and the limits of our own helplessness. In conclusion, I am deeply grateful to TARA for existing, for the chance to meet her, and for accepting me as I am — guiding me with gentleness and effectiveness.

Hello to all who are curious and courageous enough to make a change! I started attending Yoga classes out of curiosity — at first, simply wanting to gain new information and learn how to apply the teachings in my everyday life. Over time, I learned how to observe myself and become aware of my own behaviors, to truly know myself. It’s a very interesting experience — like a story, a film in which you watch yourself, your thoughts, your actions, your steps, your decisions. Sometimes, it even feels as if you are the spectator of your own life. This discovery, this renewed interest in your life and in the life around you, comes from the techniques that Maestra TARA joyfully shares. Through her courses, I’ve learned to recognize how selfishness manifests and how many faces it can have, how pride takes shape, and many other behaviors I once avoided or didn’t have the courage — or awareness — to face. The 10-day retreats and shorter 3-day mini-retreats have been a great help for me. I’ve learned how to organize my days so that I can live in the present moment, as well as various techniques for clearing the respiratory passages and other practical tools for living a more structured and conscious life. Through the techniques received from Maestra TARA during the retreats, I’ve learned to give attention to my body and to listen to it — because our body is truly our best friend. I wholeheartedly recommend that you find the courage to know yourself and discover who you really are!

Maestra TARA found me hidden and locked inside my own cage — a place where I believed that “I’m fine, thank you, I can handle everything on my own.” From our very first meeting, Maestra TARA managed to show me an unknown truth about myself, helping me understand where I truly was. With gentleness, patience, and deep love, she took me by the hand back then... and she hasn’t let go since. That was when my journey of transformation began. For this reason, I consider that I have two birthdays: one in 1989, when I came into the world, and another in 2019, on April 11, when TARA began working with me. Through her own life experience and her work with people, Maestra TARA helps me evolve and cultivate awareness — both toward myself and toward others. After all, how can I believe I’m evolving if I don’t have even a spark of attention for the people around me? The answer is simple — I can’t. We can grow and evolve only together: we suffer, laugh, cry, fall, get hurt, rise again, work, play, love, and hurt — we experience real feelings together. Because, as Maestra TARA says, “only through feeling do we transform.” From her, I constantly receive the impulse to remain in continuous change — because life itself never stands still, not even for a moment. Maestra TARA gives us everything we need to walk the right path — to make responsible choices, to think clearly, to speak from the heart, to set pure intentions, and to love ourselves. It is her heart that always guides us.

During the courses and retreats I’ve attended, I received much more than ideas — I received experiences and, above all, a living example of a life lived with authenticity and truth. I was given guiding principles, values, asanas, and practices to help me build a healthy life — from the mental level to the physical one — all offered with love and professionalism. I have never encountered such depth and dedication in working with people anywhere else.

Before attending Maestra TARA’s courses, I believed I had a good life — financial independence, friends, trips, hobbies — and that I only needed a few small improvements here and there in my relationships. I also thought that “the others” were the ones to blame and that they were the ones who needed to change, so it wasn’t really my responsibility. Then, little by little, I began to feel — through my own experience — that when I change, my relationships with those around me begin to change as well, for the better, of course. First, I had to admit that I didn’t truly know myself. Step by step, I started letting go of the image I had built about who I was. That’s when I began to feel an inner satisfaction I had never felt before. Since then, I keep discovering that the human being is far more complex than I ever imagined — and it’s wonderful that there is someone who can guide us along this path.

Why do my moods and emotions keep changing? Why do I keep making the same kind of mistakes? Why do I feel strong and confident one day, and pessimistic or indifferent the next?” These were some of the recurring questions that came up for me. I had read many books — both on psychology and personal development — but they were mostly theoretical or superficial pieces of information that I couldn’t really apply. I somewhat understood that emotions don’t just happen by chance, but I didn’t know how to manage or interpret them. Even though I’m not a religious person, I’ve always believed that behind every religion there is something powerful that keeps it alive. I don’t think it’s possible for someone to invent a story that could influence billions of lives over thousands of years — there must be a universal truth behind them all. I knew very little about Yoga, and even less about Buddha. From what I had heard, they were related to introspection and self-analysis. So, I decided to attend my first course, “Introduction to the Noble Path of Buddha.” From the very beginning, I noticed the welcoming attitude of both the Master and the other participants. By practicing asanas under the Master’s guidance, I began to see much more deeply into the details of my own nature. I discovered the rough edges I need to work on and received dozens of tools (teachings) to help me build and maintain my inner balance. I received — or perhaps uncovered — a new model of life, one that lies hidden within each of us: a Truth. Through this work, I often felt like a child again — playful and enthusiastic, just as I was in my childhood. Over time, I began to find answers to my questions — not just theoretical ones, but practical teachings that, when applied, help you regain control over your life and your emotions. The Master is someone who deeply perceives the needs of each participant and, with a special gift and a parental attitude, shares teachings meant for both the whole group and each individual. Centrul Armonia is truly a wonderful space for self-work. The course participants are like a real family — they accepted me just as I am, and in their presence, any fear of being judged or misunderstood simply disappears.