{"id":93046,"date":"2025-02-14T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=93046"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:19:25","slug":"id-be-nowhere-near-a-stage-if-it-wasnt-for-yoga-how-tara-bandito-got-back-on-her-feet-after-losing-her-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/14\/id-be-nowhere-near-a-stage-if-it-wasnt-for-yoga-how-tara-bandito-got-back-on-her-feet-after-losing-her-father\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I&#8217;d be nowhere near a stage if it wasn\u2019t for yoga\u2019: How Tara Bandito got back on her feet after losing her father"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The musician is teaching yoga from her Grangetown back garden <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>TARA Bethan is a shapeshifter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s been a ballerina, TV presenter, actress and a podcast host. These days, she is best known for her eccentric musical alter-ego Tara Bandito, who shimmered onto the Welsh music scene in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three years later, Tara has shifted again, but this time she is returning to something that has helped her cope with life for over a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tara qualified as a yoga teacher nine years ago. After 200 hours of intense tuition in India she returned to the UK and taught intermittently until her music career took off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her musical success meant the makeshift yoga studio in her back garden had to be transformed into a rehearsal space full of instruments. Now, after a major clear-out operation, she has reopened it as a yoga studio and is running classes every Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.24.29-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Tara teaches classes in her studio, Y Shala, which used to be an old coach house.<\/strong> Credit: Tara Bethan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Tara has been admirably open about her struggles with mental health and says yoga and meditation have played a \u201chuge\u201d role in helping her deal with panic attacks and depression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While she was first drawn to yoga as a form of stretching &#8211; something which she needed after her teenage years as a ballerina &#8211; she soon realised its power in helping to calm her nervous system and work through difficult emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the wake of the death of her father, the professional wrestler Orig \u2018El Bandito\u2019 Williams, Tara says there was a time when her anxiety could have derailed her entire career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy job was performing and for years I couldn\u2019t go on stage because of the panic attacks and the anxiety of it all,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My dad had died when I was doing a big touring show as the narrator for <em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em>. I took a week off to deal with everything and then went back on stage, and it created a barrier between me and my ability to perform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was meditation &#8211; which she did \u201chard-core\u201d for half an hour before going on stage &#8211; that eventually helped bring her back round. The practice remains an essential part of her ability to perform. Without yoga, she says, there would be no music. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.25.40-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Before her music career, Tara qualified as a yoga teacher in India<\/strong>. Credit: Tara Bethan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is absolutely no way I would be anywhere near a stage or writing music or working as an artist unless I had yoga in my life. I have to have both. One can\u2019t exist without the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have suffered depression, I have been dark. I still have days of despair, but I have this toolbox now. And in that toolbox is Indian music, meditation and the memories of the wellest I\u2019d ever been, which was the month I spent in India. No matter how stressful our lives get, if you\u2019ve got this tool box it really helps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her experience in India has had a direct influence on the sound of her music, too. One of her songs, <em>Drama Queen<\/em>, even features a Sanskrit chorus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know that thing when you smell a perfume or hear a song and it catapults you back to something? There is something about Indian instruments that immediately soothes me. So when I\u2019m writing I will often bring in elements of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It might be hard to reconcile her high-voltage music performances with the serenity of a yoga instructor, but Tara says that to her they are two sides of the same coin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a real extremist, which is why on one end I\u2019m this very calm yoga teacher and bringing calm to other people. And on the other side I\u2019m on the stage being this wild human being. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93061\" style=\"width:503px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-293x391.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93061\" style=\"width:503px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-293x391.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-14-at-12.23.48-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Downward facing dog:<\/strong> <strong>Tara&#8217;s little fluff-ball, Snwp Dog, is a class regular <\/strong>Credit: Tara Bethan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In a way, performing is like a really high-energy version of a yoga class. It\u2019s everyone doing something together at the same time in order to release something. I hope that I will always have those two extremities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through her new classes in Grangetown she hopes to help others catch a break from the dizzying pace of modern life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone is running around like a headless chicken,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The things you learn in yoga teacher training is all about the more you can put on your own oxygen mask first, the more you can look after other people. And no one\u2019s got time to do that now. So I just want people, if they can spare an hour for themselves, to feel after that hour that they\u2019ve had a little break.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to the extravagant costumes she wears on stage, her yoga attire is usually a baggy t-shirt and bottoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The classes focus on the relaxation element of the practice and Tara says she wants them to be as inclusive and supportive as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I hate the idea of yoga only being for women in bikinis with their legs round their head.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Classes are an hour long and run every Wednesday at 7.30pm. You can book a class <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarabandito.com\/bandito-breathes\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The musician and TV presenter has started running yoga classes from her back garden in 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