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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.
Jacob Kyle
#Philosophy#Spirituality#Traditions

Spiritual Bypassing, Non-Dualism Explained, & the Fourth State of Consciousness (#180)

By Jacob Kyle

In this episode, Jacob Kyle offers a curated selection of teachings from Sādhana School, Embodied Philosophy’s year-long curriculum of contemplative study and practice. The episode weaves together reflections on states of consciousness, metaphysics, emotional transformation, and the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing, drawing deeply from Indian philosophical and Tantric traditions.

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

By Jacob Kyle

The Luminous Self with Tracee Stanley (#164)

By Jacob Kyle

Body by Breath with Jill Miller (#163)

By Jacob Kyle

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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#Philosophy #Traditions

Christopher Wallis on Tantra, Non-Dualism, and Awakening to Your True Nature (#14)

Hareesh is a Non-Dual Tantrik teacher and scholar.

By Jacob Kyle
#Cultures #Ethics

Bob Doto on Yogalebrity Culture, the Babarazzi, and the Spectacle (#13)

Bob is a modern yoga culture critic and writer in NYC.

By Jacob Kyle
#Practice #Yoga

Nikki Costello on Integration, Mother India, and Experiences of God (#12)

Nikki is a popular NYC Iyengar yoga teacher.

By Jacob Kyle
#Philosophy #Yoga

Edwin Bryant on the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and the Multiplicity of the Absolute (#11)

Edwin is a celebrated scholar of Indian philosophy.

By Jacob Kyle
#Philosophy #Yoga

Manorama on the Guru/Student Relationship, Sanskrit, and Renunciate vs. Householder Paths (#10)

Manorama is the Founder of Sanskrit Studies.

By Jacob Kyle
#Philosophy #Traditions

Christopher Tompkins on Tantra, the original Chakras, and the Real Age of the Asanas (#9)

Christopher is a Tantrik teacher and scholar.

By Jacob Kyle
#Ethics #Practice

Alex Auder on Counterculture, Critiques of a Commodified Yoga Scene, Vedanta and Facing Death (#8)

Alex is a yoga teacher and provocateur.

By Jacob Kyle
#Cultures #Ethics

The Culture War: Responding to a Homo/Transphobic Yogi

I recently encountered my first socially conservative yogi. It was in the context of one of those notorious Facebook debates, where people feel comfortable showing more fangs than perhaps they would in person.

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