GET TO KNOW TARA
About
Tara Rook grew up outside of Albany, New York and spent her youth exploring meditation and the arts. Her life has been a beautiful journey of producing music, creating artwork, curating a shop, traveling around the world, living in Maine, and becoming a guide for spirituality. She is now an interdisciplinary artist living in Brooklyn, New York specializing in pen illustrations, graphic design, producing electronic music, and DJing under the moniker Just Milk. In addition to being an artist she is also an active energy worker, meditation, and movement teacher, guiding others to become present and to feel safe in their body, mind, and heart.
Mission & Vision
Tara currently owns and operates Tara Rook Studios, LLC, established in 2022.
The studio’s mission is to explore the arts for guidance and is home to her role as an intuitive meditation guide, a visual artist, Just Milk, the art shop, and offering unique classes and workshops integrating the arts and meditation.
Her art is curated and created by illustrating themes of nature, anatomy and physiology, spirituality, flora and fauna, and her love of traveling to distant places. Her pieces emanate a positive, loving and healing quality.
Select art prints and more are available at the shop.
For music, she produces organic synth sounds with beats and vocals to create accessible, yet meaningful, tracks through her project Just Milk.
Her vision is to continue developing both a physical and virtual center for creative wellness, helping others find peace and alignment by interlacing art, music, movement, and meditation.
Meditation and Spirituality
As a Buddhist and devoted meditation practitioner with a blooming heart of compassion, Tara is dedicated to helping others form their own practice of awakening, self realization, and self liberation through mindful based practices. Growing up in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition helped form her daily practice of meditation and build empathy and compassion for all living beings. She enjoys learning about various traditions, philosophies, and other spiritualities.
Any feedback on her work is greatly appreciated and can be provided here.
List of Credentials
Resident Meditation Teacher (Virtual), Portland Yoga Collective, 2022-Present (Virtual)
Resident Meditation Teacher, BeTime Meditation Bus, 2024-Present
Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies of Music Business, State University of New York at Fredonia, 2011
Licensed Massage Therapist in the State of Maine, Spa Tech Institute, 2019
NCTMB Approved Certification in Thai Yoga Massage, Sunshine Massage School (Chiang Mai, Thailand), 2019
200HR Certified Yoga Teacher, The Portland Yoga Project, 2021
Tara has worked with these notable businesses for illustration and design work: Portland Dry Goods, Maine & Loire, Maine Healing Arts, and Scales.
Many thanks to all of Tara’s teachers, guides, mentors, family, and friends, supporting her along the path.
Discover more of Tara’s story here.