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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.
#Philosophy#Traditions

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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#Interdisciplinary #Spirituality

Isa Gucciardi on Birth & Initiations (#133)

Isa Gucciardi is the author of the books “Return to the Great Mother” and “Coming to Peace”.

By Jacob Kyle
#Psychology #Spirituality

Richard Katz on Indigenous Psychology and Allyship (#132)

Richard Katz has written 7 books on Indigenous approaches to health and healing. His latest, Indigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples is a culmination of his work.

By Jacob Kyle
#Psychology #Spirituality

Françoise Bourzat on Consciousness Medicine (#131)

Françoise Bourzat has been bridging the divide between western psychology and indigenous wisdom in collaboration with healers in Huaulta de Jiminez, Mexico for the past 30 years.

By Jacob Kyle
#Practice #Yoga

What is Śavāsana?

Śavāsana is most popularly known as a haṭha yoga posture that completes the sequence of many modern yoga classes.

By Jacob Kyle
#Philosophy #Practice

Reflections on Death

Of all meditations, that on death is supreme.

By Jacob Kyle
#Healing #Psychology

Prentis Hemphill on Healing Justice & Queer Spiritual Purpose (#130)

Prentis Hemphill is a movement facilitator, Somatics teacher, and practitioner, and working at the convergence of healing, collective transformation, and political organizing.

By Jacob Kyle
Ganesh
#Book Reviews #Interdisciplinary

The Flip (Book Review)

According to the pervasive materialist ideology, the flip is nothing but a hallucination, a flight of fantasy, a delusory event that can easily be explained away as some less-than-rigorous thinker’s mistaken perception.

By Jacob Kyle
#Practice #Research

What is a Scholar-Practitioner?

The scholar-practitioner approaches her object of study by privileging the synergy of knowledge and experience.

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