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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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Subversive Sanskrit Studies with Bihani Sarkar (#166)

By Jacob Kyle

Bihani Sarkar is a Calcutta-born, Oxford-educated, scholar of classical Sanskrit literature and pre-modern Indian history and religious traditions. Her most recent book is Classical Sanskrit Tragedy: The Concept of Suffering and Pathos in Medieval India.

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The Luminous Self with Tracee Stanley (#164)

By Jacob Kyle

Body by Breath with Jill Miller (#163)

By Jacob Kyle

Options For Yoga Teachers Today with Ava Taylor (#161)

By Jacob Kyle

On the Role of the Guru with Hari-kirtana das, Ken Rose, Trish Tillman & Stephanie Corigliano (#165)

By Jacob Kyle

Hari-kirtana das, Ken Rose, Trish Tillman & Stephanie Corigliano discuss the role of the guru in present-day spheres of yoga and academia.

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Yoga World Past, Present & Future with Nikki Vilella (#151)

Nikki Vilella started teaching at Kula Yoga Project in New York City in 2005 and opened Kula Williamsburg (alongside Schuyler Grant) in 2010.

By Jacob Kyle
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Is Academia a Religion? with Marcy Braverman Goldstein (#150)

In this episode of the Tarka Journal Podcast republished on the Chitheads Podcast, Stephanie and Jacob speak to colleague and friend, Marcy Braverman Goldstein about an article she wrote for the Scholar-Practitioner Issue of Tarka, titled “Is Academia (Like) a Religion?”

By Jacob Kyle
#Philosophy #Yoga

Yoga & Western Esotericism with Anya Foxen (#148)

In her research, Anya Foxen focuses on the intersection of South Asian yogic and tantric traditions and Western esotericism and metaphysical spiritualities.

By Jacob Kyle
#Philosophy #Traditions

The Tao of Now with Diane Dreher (#147)

Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. This conversation focuses on her latest book, The Tao of Inner Peace.

By Jacob Kyle
#Philosophy #Traditions

Gavin Flood on Hindu Monotheism & the 12 Kalis (#146: Radical Theology Series)

Gavin Flood is the Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and author of the recent books Religion and the Philosophy of Life; Hindu Monotheism; and The Truth Within, a History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.

By Jacob Kyle
#Spirituality #Traditions

Matthew Fox on Creation Spirituality (#145: Radical Theology Series)

Theologian and activist, Matthew Fox, is reviving Creation Spirituality which blends teachings from the Christian mystics with science, the arts, social justice, environmentalism, and ideas from other spiritual traditions worldwide.

By Jacob Kyle
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A Queer Dharma with Jacoby Ballard (#144)

Jacoby Ballard’s book, A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation, offers a distinctly queer lens on yoga and meditation.

By Jacob Kyle
#Spirituality #Traditions

Body Theology with Michelle Voss Roberts (#142: Radical Theology Series)

Rev. Dr. Michelle Voss Roberts teaching and research invite others to imagine themselves in relation to diverse religious worlds, in which particularities of embodiment—such as gender, gender identity, and sexuality, racialization, dis/ability, and culture—matter.

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