![]() ![]() Tias is a long time student of the meditative arts and Buddhist studies beginning with Vipassana and continuing in Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. His practice and teaching is influenced by the work of Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais and Thomas Hanna. Tias is a licensed massage therapist and his somatic studies include in-depth training in cranial-sacral therapy. Thus his teaching brings together precision of alignment, anatomical detail and a profound meditative experience. Tias began studying the work of B.K.S Iyengar in 1984 and lived in Mysore, India in 1989 studying Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Pattabhi Jois. Tias synthesizes years of study in classical yoga, Sanskrit, Buddhist studies, anatomy, massage and trauma healing. His approach to the practice is inter-disciplinary, passionate, intelligent, innovative and full of insight. ![]() TIAS LITTLE’s unique and skillful approach enables students to find greater depth of understanding and awareness in their practice, both on and off the mat. The tiny bones and miniscule hairs of the ear provide us with a sense of exquisite internal equilibrium. When you make the sound of Ujjayi breath, you commune with the flow of breath. Every time you do half moon pose or crow, you are balancing your inner ear. Yoga is all really a training of the inner ear. This bloom opens us to boundless space and boundless time. Bloom like water born flowers, for the inner ear is suspended in fluid. I listened to the Big Nothingness, over the neighborhood houses, beyond the railway track and into the blackness of the distant hills. When sitting still, our ears should bloom. But I can distinctly recall other times when I would listen, my ear to the open window, far far into the night. At times I simply felt intimidated and fearful of the darkness and surrounding vastness. I remember as a seven year old the times when I would wake in the middle of a summertime night. ![]() Like listening to a fine piece of music, this leads to a sense of delight that travels through every nerve and fiber of our being. Do you know this expression, “my ears are burning”? When listening becomes finely tuned there is simultaneously inward absorption and outward expansion of consciousness. At least for a time, seated on the meditation cushion, we have to stop making sense and we do this by opening our ears wide. Listen so fine, so delicately, so intimately that “your ears burn”. But the song Stop Making Sense, says it all. I feel sorry for the millennial that missed David Byrne and the curious, questioning edge of his music. I have been a Talking Heads fan since their debut in the 70’s. Even if you listen to nothingness for 30 seconds….or 10 seconds…or 3 seconds….it allows your brain to hit the refresh button. Our brains are so accustomed to making sense of what we hear, interpreting, filing away, comparing. But listening to silence is rarely done yet for yogis it is the gateway to the subtle body. However, nothing is hard to hear. Typically we listen for something or to something. I like to imagine that the ears are high fidelity stethoscopes, attuned to any slight change in the nuance of the breath. If the ear is infected the alcohol will burn.In my recent book Yoga of the Subtle Body, I devote a chapter to the wonder of the ear, the ear that is delicate, semi divine and is a portal that connects us to the vital prana. ![]() CAUTION: itchy ears may be the first signal that an infection is developing. Another helpful treatment is the use of 70% alcohol (rubbing alcohol) as an ear drop. A few drops placed in the ear will help to decrease the amount of itching. Itching by itself without evidence of trauma or infection can be treated with a mild steroid ear drop. The ear will then become infected requiring it to be treated the same as swimmer’s ear. Any break in the skin can allow bacteria to enter through this protective barrier. This can produce abrasions of the ear canal. People aggravate the problem by using things such as bobby-pins, coat hangers and tooth picks to scratch the ear. The ear canal may be normal on examination or there may be scaling of the skin. Some people with allergies complain of Itchy ears. Other causes can be skin diseases such as psoriasis or dermatitis. The most common causes of itching are a nervous habit, fungal infection or the beginning of an infection. For some people the problem is so bad that they stick various objects into the ears, causing trauma to the ear canal. ![]()
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