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Tias Little

Insight Meditation · Prajna Yoga · Somatic Meditation

Founder of Prajna Yoga in Santa Fe, blending classical hatha yoga, Sanskrit and Buddhist meditation, trained in Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga and Eastern philosophy.

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About the teacher

Tias Little

Tias Little began studying Iyengar Yoga in 1984 and spent 1989 in Mysore, India training in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Pattabhi Jois. He holds a Master's degree in Eastern Philosophy from St. John's College in Santa Fe, and has long studied Buddhist meditative arts.

He co-founded Prajna Yoga and Healing Arts in 2000 with his wife Surya, blending yoga, somatics, dream work and Zen Buddhist meditation, and founded SATYA (Somatic Awareness Training for Yoga). His books include In the Space Between: The Poetry of Embodiment, The Thread of Breath, Meditations on a Dewdrop, Yoga of the Subtle Body, and Practice is the Path.

Silence, space, and time are really the greatest healers and allow us to drop in.
Tias Little
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9 min
Meditation

Meditation on the Body of Delight

Tias Little leads a guided meditation inviting a felt sense of ease and delight throughout the body.

6 min
Meditation

Meditation on Sound Vibration

Tias Little leads a short guided meditation using sound and vibration to deepen awareness of the body.

5 min
Meditation

Meditation on the Bones

Tias Little leads a short guided meditation bringing attention into the bones as a way of settling the body.

61 min
Interview

Tias Little on the Subtle Body

Tias Little discusses the subtle body and his interdisciplinary approach to yoga practice on the Embodied Philosophy CHITHEADS series.

45 min
Interview

Your Brain on Yoga

Tias Little explores how yogic practices align with a modern understanding of the body and brain, in an interview with YogaUOnline.

68 min
Interview

The Power of Listening

Tias Little discusses the practice of deep listening in the body and in teaching, in a long conversation on the yogahub podcast.

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Imaginary Realm of the Wisdom Path

Tias Little talks about the wisdom path within yoga practice in a long-form conversation on J. Brown Yoga Talks.

Podcast48 min

From the podcast J. Brown Yoga Talks

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A 30-Minute Pranayama Practice for Finding Your Unique Breathprint

Tias Little guides a thirty-minute pranayama practice to help the listener find their own natural breath pattern.

Guided meditation30 min

From the podcast The Practice

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The Intersection of Yoga and Zen

Tias Little and Zen teacher Henry Shukman discuss where the paths of yoga and Zen meet.

Podcast49 min

From the podcast in the Cloud

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Path

The wider context.

Lay practice, Burmese roots

Insight Meditation

The modern Insight movement that brought Theravada meditation practice to lay audiences in the West, largely independent of monastic robes and ritual forms.

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