Teacher, Author
Tias combines the techniques of yoga that
stem from the teaching of B.K.S
Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Tias is a licensed massage therapist. He specializes in yoga and anatomy, blending both Western and Eastern
perspectives. His somatic studies have include in depth training in
cranial-sacral therapy. His practice and teaching is influenced by the work of Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkreis and Thomas Hanna. Tias is a long time student of Tsoknyi Rinpoche in the Dzogchen practice of Tibetan Buddhism. He is trained in Vipassana meditation and currently studies koans within the Chan Buddhist tradition of China with Roshi Joan Sutherland. Tias earned a Masters degree in Eastern Philosophy from St. John’s College Santa Fe in 1998. He lives in Santa Fe New Mexico where he directs his school Prajna Yoga with his wife Surya