We are deeply saddened by the loss of BKS Iyengar
We are deeply saddened by the loss of BKS Iyengar today. His remarkable eye for the body in asana was truly amazing. Like Ida Rolf and Moshe Feldenkrais, he was a pioneer in the internal arts. Intuitive, creative and relentless in pursuit of discovery, Iyengar has left all of us …
Read MoreBreathe for Joy – Yoga Journal Home Practice by Tias Little
Yoga Journal Home Practice: Breathe for Joy. Stretching sideways can activate core muscles, expand breathing, and bring feelings of spaciousness and levity. Yoga Journal, August 2014. View sequence by Tias Little > (PDF file)
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Romaine Kale Sea Caesar Salad
Crisp, hearty and tangy, this kale Caesar is one of my favorite dishes during the summer months. Prepare the salad by slicing the romaine into 1” ribbons. Transfer to a salad bowl and set aside. De-stem the kale by holding the stem in one hand and strip the leaves using …
Read MoreTias with Richard Freeman at Hanuman Festival
Saturday at the Hanuman Festival, this past week-end in Boulder, I was teaching a class entitled the Subtle Body outside in the tent by the river. A Colorado afternoon lightening storm swept over head 20 minutes into the class and we all had to evacuate the tent. I was stranded …
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Tias Featured in Psychology Today Magazine
This is an article by renowned psychiatrist Susan M. Pollak about her experience taking Tias’ class, The Fluid Body, at Majestic Yoga in Boston recently. To view the article, please go to: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-art-now/201406/yoga-and-the-art-listening.
Read MoreThe Gut and Intuition
In Taoist practices the source for all things is sometimes identified as the Original Dark, and the gut suggests this darkness, the underworld below the mantle of the diaphragm. It is a realm that includes the inscrutable, that which is just beyond one’s grasp. In Chan Buddhism, there is an …
Read MoreBrain Meditation
Begin sitting comfortably and follow a slow breath for 5 minutes. Then bring your awareness to fluid tides within your skull and brain. See if you can gain a sense of the slight expansion and contraction of your cranial bones and membranes. Sense the stretch receptors rhythmically expand and narrow …
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Insight Comes Slowly
Emily Dickinson The truth must dazzle gradually or all the world would be blind. Our process of gaining real insight comes so slowly. There is no way to force it, for that would be like “overexposure” of a photograph. We often wish that the truth would come and that all …
Read MoreTime on the Cape
After a week in Boston it is marvelous to have time on Cape Cod. it is sometimes dreary, yet even the grey feels nourishing. The light on the water, the spring winds on the dunes and the budding oak and maple leaves give much sign of promise. I am getting …
Read MoreThe Third Chakra: Gut Instinct
The belly brain within the third chakra, called the enteric nervous system, has the capacity to process independent of the cranial brain, yet its capacity to self-regulate is not fully understood by experts in the field of gastroenterology. Yet we know that the gut operates at times without direct signaling …
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