Developing a Psychic Shield: Protecting Your Mind and Heart with Yogic Tools for Modern Stress
For centuries, yoga practices have included strategic ways to protect the mind and heart. For instance, the word mantra means literally, “mind protection.” At this time in history, there are multiple forces—ecological, political and social-- that may cause aggravation and distress in our nervous systems. And we have all experienced people who “get under our skin” causing feelings of irritation and discontent.

This workshop with Tias Little is an invitation to explore practical ways to create a “psychic shield,” helping you navigate modern life with greater ease, clarity, and inner strength.
Why This Workshop is Unique
- An opportunity to train with Tias Little: Experience Tias’s renowned teachings at a fraction of the usual cost of an immersion, making this an accessible way to learn from a yoga expert.
- Timeless practices: Learn tools to maintain emotional balance and mental clarity amidst life’s challenges.
- Empowerment through insight: Strengthen your ability to filter, develop inner resilience, and stay grounded amidst external chaos.
- Practical and transformative: Leave with techniques to protect your mind, fortify your heart, and cultivate peace—tools you can use for a lifetime.
What You’ll Gain
This workshop offers powerful practices to protect the mind and body from invasive thinking and imagery.
Through meditation, visualisation, and somatic awareness, you’ll learn to:
- Build a "spam filter" for your mind to guard against mental overwhelm.
- Cultivate resiliency in the heart and nervous system.
- Connect with supportive energies like animal totems, ancestral wisdom, and light-filled guides.
- Bathe in the body of light to foster clarity and empowerment.
Workshop Features
- Recording Access: Can’t attend live? Enjoy access to the recording for 21 days, giving you flexibility to revisit and absorb the teachings at your own pace.
- Expert Guidance: Tias brings decades of experience in yoga, somatic awareness, Buddhist studies, and anatomy, weaving them into a practical and inspiring experience.
Meet the Teacher
A gifted orator, Tias brings metaphor and imagination to his classes. He weaves together poetic language, embodied wisdom and subtle body awareness in all his classes.
Tias synthesizes years of study in classical yoga, Sanskrit, Buddhist studies, somatic practices and anatomy in his dynamic and original style. He began studying Iyengar Yoga in 1984 and lived in Mysore, India in 1989 studying Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Pattabhi Jois. His teaching includes precision of alignment, anatomical detail and meditative awareness. He is the founder of SATYA, Somatic Awareness Training for Yoga, a somatic practice that complements yoga.
Tias is a long time student of the meditative arts and Buddhist studies beginning with Vipassana and continuing in Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. Tias earned a Master’s degree in Eastern Philosophy from St. John’s College in Santa Fe. Tias Little makes his home under the big skies of Santa Fe New Mexico where he co-directs Prajna Yoga with his wife Surya.
Tias is the author of five books, The Thread of Breath, Meditations on a Dewdrop, Yoga of the Subtle Body, The Practice is the Path (Shambhala Publications), and In the Space Between: The Poetry of Embodiment.