Three-bean Chili
Three-bean Chili Yield: 4 to 6 serving Cooking time: 2 hours Ingredients: 1 cup black beans 1 cup kidney beans ½ cup green lentils 1 3-inch piece of Kombu 1 whole dried chipotle chiles (any hot, smokey-flavored chile can be substituted) ½ cup sundried tomatoes 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 …
Read MoreAnatomy of the Chakra at Moksha Yoga 11/19
Journey into dream time with Tias & students on Day #3 of his advanced teacher training course Anatomy of the Chakra. This session was recorded live on Nov. 19. 2012 at Moksha Yoga (Riverwest) in Chicago. Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, Tias conducted two teacher training intensives at Moksha. In …
Read MoreTias Little “Pratyahara & Yoga Asanas” Webinar Nov. 8th 8:30PM EST
Join us tonight, Thursday Nov. 8th (8:30EST / 5:30PST) for the second half of Tias’ YogaUOnline course “Pratyahara and Yoga Asanas – The Significance of the Fifth Limb of Yoga”. For more information on how to register visit YogaUOnline.com Click here to listen to a sample from Monday night’s lecture: …
Read MoreThe Path Is Made By Walking
The path was created long ago, and we are now following it. The word for path in Sanskrit is marga, so we follow the yoga marga, the way of yoga. The path has been cleared and made smooth and passable by the ancient ones who proceed us. So the instructions, …
Read MoreThe Camel Pose – Ushtrasana
It is strange to think that there were camels in North America, traipsing around North Dakota with their humpbacks and bad attitudes. They hung on until the end of the Pleistocene era and were called Camelops, a name reminiscent of a Dr. Seuss character, or a Camel that is …
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Sometimes High Notes, Sometimes Low Notes
Like in music sometimes there is harmony, sometimes there is dissonance. Our lives should flow like a piece of music and our mind and heart must be ready to embrace high notes and low notes and all the range of experience in between. If we reject the times when things …
Read MoreThe Sound of One Hand
In sitting just past dawn this morning by the estuary called Black Fish Creek, the koan “The sound of one hand” came to me. At that very moment a shore bird called out and its shrill pitch echoed over the water. The bird had been feeding, diving, under still water. …
Read MoreThe Couch Pose – Paryankasana
This pose may not seem so comfy or one that will allow for a quick snooze, but it offers a tremendous opening, with ease, when done supported. This pose is like supta virasana, and requires flexibility in the knees and ankles. If you are unable to do virasana, then the …
Read MoreBeyond Doing, Beyond Understanding
Tias Little writes another Yoga Koan article for Elephant Journal.
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