TIAS & SURYA LITTLE

OCTOBER 1 - 4, 2008

This course is an in-depth study of the effect of yoga on the internal organs. We study the way that postures, both dynamic and supported, effect the organs and the key ways to mobilize and improve circulation into the viscera. We study the digestive system in the abdomen, and the respiratory system in the chest with emphasis on the location, structure, function and energetic of each organ. We review the five vayus or “winds of breath” that relate to the organs and the chakras or nerve plexuses that relate to the organs. We also investigate the meridian pathways from the Chinese system of medicine that correlate to the organs and how yoga postures serve to activate these meridians. In addition, we review the effects of diet and nutrition on the digestive organs. The asana practice will emphasize the effects of inversions, twists, backbends and forward bends on the respiratory and digestive systems.

Tias’ events are full of creativity, insight, and marrow building tapas. He specializes in living anatomy and encourages students to discover key links between the legs and spine, the palms of the hands and the lungs, and much more. Tias has been steeped in Iyengar and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga since the mid 1980s. He is influenced by the profound and subtle wisdom teachings of the Buddha. Tias’ classes are a rare synthesis of poetry, sutras, meditation on formlessness and precise asana technique training. Tias lives in Santa Fe New Mexico where he directs his school Prajna Yoga.