TIAS LITTLE Yoga Therapeutic Intensive: Yoga for the Digestive Organs Date: Mon, Nov 17, 2008 Time: 9:30am-5pm Price: $165 Location: Moksha Riverwest Printable Flyer

This event will focus on the combined effects of yoga postures to optimize the health of the internal organs. We will look at the position and function of the digestive organs— liver, spleen, stomach, small and large intestine—as we study the way yoga postures have a powerful effect on the mobilization of each organ. Through direct and indirect stimulation of the organ, the practice of postures serves to increase the circulation of blood and lymph through the gut.
We cover some of the common digestive ailments that inhibit good digestion, such as IBS, constipation, acid reflux and indigestion. We practice active postures for the internal organs including inversions, twists and back-archings. We also practice restorative/supported postures to reduce inflammation and excess heat in the gut.

This intensive will include a 1-1/2 hour lunch break from 12:30-2 pm.

Tias Little has has been a student of Iyengar Yoga since 1985. He spent 6 months in Mysore in 1990 studying Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and again in 1996. He is a student of Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s in the Dzogchen practice of Vajrayana Buddhism. He is steeped in the Soto School of Zen Buddhism and is an avid student of Dogen.

Tias is trained in massage, cranial-sacral therapy and has studied extensively with Tom Myers in Anatomy Trains. In 1998 he earned a Master’s degree in Eastern Philosophy from St. John’s College. Since 2006 Tias has been studying trauma and recovery through Somatic Experiencing.

www.tiaslittle.com