Yoga and the Art of Relaxing in Fine Lifestyles Santa Fe
“Tias Little opened one of the first yoga studios in Santa Fe back in 1994. He and Surya Little later opened another studio together in 2000, and have been providing spiritually grounded and heart-centered teachings and healing since then. Whether it’s in their own studio or in a studio in …
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Anantasana
This pose has an other world quality, as its name suggests the god Vishnu, the Sustainer, asleep on the cosmic serpent at the beginning of time. Vishnu is asleep on his raft in the primeval ocean, deep in his own subconscious. The raft is thought to be a couch (thus …
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Yoga, Food and the Urge to Be Light
Anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder that involves the rejection of food, is common in yoga, dance, and athletic communities, especially among women. In the yoga circles in which I travel, I often witness signs of eating disorders, and many women who are deeply committed to a yogic discipline have a …
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Easter at Christ in the Desert
We spent Easter Sunday in the high sandstone desert, an hour north of Santa Fe. The landscape of Abiquiu, New Mexico is spectacular. It is the country where Georgia O’ Keeffe spent many inspired hours at the canvas. We drove 13 miles up a dirt county road through the Chama …
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Prajna Yoga is a Studio “To Visit This Lifetime”
Deep bow to zenactivesports.com for including Prajna Yoga in their list of 30 Incredible Yoga Studios to Visit This Lifetime.
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Perfect Timing
Yoga is all about supporting the body’s inherent biorhythms and a fascinating report recently on NPR supports this. The piece is based on the research of a circadian scientist who studies how changes in our biology are linked to time. A “circadian scientist” strikes me as being a particularly cool job description. …
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The Bikram Scandal
It looks like at long last the Bikram empire is crumbling. After many years of playing powerball in the yoga world, it is not a surprise that Bikram should get caught in the steel trap of greed and power. What is surprising is that yoga students world wide should be …
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Yoga Infiltrates Insurance
It is remarkable how yoga and meditation are infiltrating corporate America. The fact that the conglomerate insurance company Aetna, based in Hartford Connecticut, is now offering daily yoga and meditation suggests the clear benefits to mind and body that the practice offers. See this New York Times article. This has positive …
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India and the Export/Import of Yoga
It is mind-boggling how enormous yoga has grown, like a sci-fi octopus, its sprawling tentacles invading popular culture. Educational institutions, media conglomerates, brand names and entrepreneurs have co-opted yoga to fit their own agendas. Perhaps it is yoga’s polymorphous nature that makes it so user friendly; a malleable commodity that …
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Senior Teacher Interview: Tias Little from Jennifer Raye on Vimeo.
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