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Jacob Kyle

Jacob Kyle is a yoga and meditation teacher, writer, philosophy educator and the Founder of Embodied Philosophy, an online educational platform for wisdom studies and contemplative practices. Jacob holds three Masters Degrees: an MPhil in Sanskrit & Indian Philosophy and Religions from the University of Oxford (2023), an MA in the History of Philosophy from the New School for Social Research (2013), and an MSc in Political Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2007). Jacob received dīkṣā into a Tantric form of meditation in 2015, and has since that time been studying and practicing with Kashmir Shaivism scholar-practitioner Paul Muller-Ortega. In 2020, he was initiated as an Acharya (authorized teacher) of Neelakantha meditation and continues to dedicate his life to studying deeply the texts and traditions of the Śaiva-Śākta Darśana, as well as making available through the Embodied Philosophy platform transformative wisdom teachings, practices and perspectives.
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How to Live a Sacred Life Without Leaving the World with Mary Reilly Nichols (#185)

By Jacob Kyle

What does it really mean to live a meaningful life in the modern age? Is it found through political affiliation, consumer distraction, spiritual escapism — or something more grounded in conscious practice and integration? In this wide-ranging conversation, Jacob Kyle sits down with yoga teacher and contemplative guide Mary Reilly Nichols to explore the hero’s journey, spiritual community, and the role of embodied practice in navigating cultural chaos

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Why the Humanities Are Dying and the Revival of Holistic Education with Athena Potari (#183)

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Manifestation Isn’t Magic with Jacob Kyle (#182)

By Jacob Kyle
Nataraj Chaitanya

Everything is the Goddess with Nataraj Chaitanya (#181)

By Jacob Kyle
Philip Goldberg

What Karma Actually Means with Philip Goldberg (#184)

By Jacob Kyle

In this wide-ranging conversation, Jacob Kyle sits down with author and historian of spirituality Phil Goldberg to explore karma beyond pop clichés and New Age simplifications. Drawing from Goldberg’s latest book Karmic Relief, the discussion reframes karma not as a system of reward and punishment, but as a complex web of causality and interconnectedness — one that operates through intention, perception, habit, and collective life.

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The 8 Limbs: A Page from the Ashtanga Playbook

Whether you wish to argue the validity of a text that for hundreds of years fell out of practice in India or to full-heartedly embrace its philosophy, it is hard to argue that the eight-limbed path of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras does not bring both high-value and practical purpose to one’s sadhana.

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