Tias Little - Gut Feelings
For two hours, Tias Little, a remarkable yoga teacher with a masterful knowledge of anatomy, taught about the third chakra - aka the gut.
For the first hour, he led us through the following sequence of poses:
Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Dog -- with wide legs, heels spiraled outward).Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend),
Trikonasana (Triangle -- Tias said if you have only 1 minute to do a yoga practice, practice this pose, 30 seconds on each side),
Parsvakonasana (Side Angle Pose),
Prasarita Padottanasana (Wide Legged Forward Bend),
Parsvottanasana (Intense Side Stretch Pose),
Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolve Triangle),
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Facing Dog),
Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Dog),
Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Big Toe Pose),
Matsyandrasana (Lord of the Fish Pose),
Upavistha Konasana (Open Angle Pose).
We ended the first part of the class with Sukasana, (Easy Cross Legged Pose).
Tias Little's training is steeped in the classical yoga tradition, while his clear and insightful appraoch offers a contemporary perspective. His teaching reflects his expertise in yoga and anatomy, as well as his training in Buddhism, Iyengar, and Ashtanga. He teaches workships nationally and internationally and lives in Santa Fe, NM, where he codirects the studion Yogasource with his wife Surya.