When Subtle Means Strong: Tias Little’s Teachings on the Yoga of the Subtle Body
At Prajna Studios, it’s a joy to witness our students’ experiences as they explore the deeper layers of yoga practice. Recently, one of our students, Courtney Zenner, shared her journey through Tias Little’s course, The Yoga of the Subtle Body. Her reflections reveal how the practice goes beyond the physical …
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Wise Compassion
In this time of bewilderment and loss, when the whole world seems to be caught in a tailspin, we must return to the one thing that never erodes— a compassionate mind and wakeful heart. Today many good friends succumb to fret and gloom, overcome by angst for the future. But yogis …
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Vote for That Which Can Never Be Elected
In the run up to election day, it has been difficult to avoid getting caught in the crossfire of the coast to coast campaigning. We have been marched through the landscape of projection—outcome projections in the battleground states and projected rhetoric loaded with inciteful speech and exaggerated claims. Have you …
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Satyagraha
Now is the time to hold to what is true. Gandhi in his famed march against oppression and tyranny coined the term satyagraha, a vow to stand firm in the service of truth. As the election here in the U.S. approaches amidst much distortion, lies and misinformation, we are called …
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Just Press Play
Each day when you get up in the morning, ready yourself for what is to come by opening your heart and mind. To welcome the world you need just press play and permit the day to unfold. Each circumstance beckons you to lean in and belong to it. This requires …
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All is Complete
This verse from the Isha Upanishad is radical. The notion that you and I and everything the world over is complete (purnam) seems absurd. Today you can find a million and one things wrong with the state of affairs—wars, famine, racial injustice, the high price of groceries. But this teaching …
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The Path of the Seeker
The path we travel is the path of the seeker. As you traipse down the long road of practice day after day, year after year, you have to have a deep yearning to see through the thick fog of delusion and confusion. When and exactly how the seeker manifests is …
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We live in a divided world, one that breaks and splinters into many pieces. In this election year this is all too evident. Issues of gender, race, class and religion take center stage. In a divided world whether it be in politics, family, or religion – people end up taking sides. …
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A Spolight on Surya’s Teaching
By Courtney Zenner, RYT-200 and MFA candidate Surya Little is the senior teacher who co-founded Prajna Yoga with her husband, Tias Little. Surya’s teaching foundation includes diverse influences: abundant experience in classical Astanga and Iyengar yoga, including four years of training in India; a complementary background in Five Element theory …
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Back to School
This is the time of year when I feel the old tug to go back to school. The lengthening shadows, the touch of color in the tree tops, and the crisp morning air switch on something in my brainstem: a time to hone in and be the student. It has …
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