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Part 1
On demand · Pay what you can
Body of Sādhana
From a body of stress to a body of sādhana. A half-day seminar on making daily practice the central pillar of your life, built on the yogic theory of sound and vibration.
4-hour seminar · Nāda Yoga workshop · start any time
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Hours of study and practice
The world moves a mile a minute. A slow trickle of daily news has become a torrent of media all clamoring for our attention, and attention is an easily depleted natural resource. Give it away too often and our inner seasons turn inhospitable, our bodily home polluted by stress and anxiety.
The faster we live, the more we put off the practices that keep us sane. Stepping off the householder hamster wheel for a few carefully curated moments every day is more important now than ever. But which form of meditation is right for me? What about the rituals before and after? And how do I fit it in when my day is already full?
Transform meditation from an occasional practice into a central pillar of your life.
What you’ll learn
A cycle of practice, from the gross body to the subtle
A daily cycle
A sequence that moves from light postural yoga to the subtle body in meditation.
The yoga of vibration
The theory of sound and vibration (spanda) in yoga, and how it shapes practice.
Sanskrit chants
A sequence of chants you can bring into your own daily practice.
Uccāra & nyāsa
The “upward enunciation” of mantra, and the practice of placing mantras on the body.
Nāda yoga
The philosophy and science of the “inner sound,” with Mary Reilly Nichols.
Integration
A journaling and reflection exercise that helps integrate the experience of meditation.
Workshop outline
The seminar, step by step
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Part 2
Japa Practice: A Sequence of Chants
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Part 3
Gross to Subtle Meditation Cycle
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Part 4
Creative Contemplation: Journaling & Reflection
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Part 5
Exploring Nāda Yoga, with Mary Reilly Nichols
A one-hour talk and workshop on the theory and science of nāda yoga. Using simple postures, prāṇāyāma and guided meditation, we discern the “unstruck sound” in some of its sublime varieties: a connection to the vibrational substrate of reality you can return to at any time.
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Part 6
Uccāra, Nyāsa & a Closing Intention Ceremony
Your teachers
Jacob Kyle
Founding Director, Embodied Philosophy
Meditation teacher, writer, philosophy educator, and Founding Director of Embodied Philosophy. His guiding mission is to re-imagine the modern role of the yoga teacher in alignment with the teachings, texts and traditions of yoga’s profound history.
Jacob is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford, researching Pratyabhijñā philosophy with Diwakar Acharya and Monima Chadha. He holds an MPhil in Classical Indian Religions from Oxford, an MA in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research, and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. He received dīkṣā into a Tantric form of meditation in 2015, studies with Kashmir Śaivism scholar-practitioner Paul Muller-Ortega, and is a devoted practitioner of the Śaiva-Śākta darśana.
Mary Reilly Nichols
Guest teacher
A yoga and meditation teacher for over 40 years, Mary offers yoga instruction emphasizing breath awareness, with insights from neuroscience and evolutionary biology as well as the philosophy of the Upaniṣads, Advaita Vedānta and the Tantric methods of Kashmir Śaivism.
Director of the Nalanda Institute’s yoga teacher training program, she has taught at Tibet House in New York City and the New York Open Center, and has been a keynote speaker at symposia sponsored by the Wonderstruck Webcast and Harvard Divinity School. Mary holds a BA in anthropology from Harvard University and completed five years of residency in meditation ashrams in India and the US.
What’s included
Everything, at any offering
- About 4 hours of video, recorded live
- Special guest talk & workshop: Nāda Yoga, with Mary Reilly Nichols
- Chant, uccāra and nyāsa practices
- Journaling and reflection exercise
- Lifetime access, at your own pace
Pay what you can
Choose the offering that fits your life
A seminar like this would usually be priced at $249. We offer it by donation so that anyone who wants to study these teachings can. If you’re in a more fluid financial position, you help subsidize those who aren’t. No one is turned away for lack of funds.
Supporter
$147
Covers your place and helps fund a scholarship for someone who needs it.
Community
$79
A meaningful offering that honors the exchange and keeps these teachings open.
Accessible
Any
Pay what you can, from $1. Your participation is the offering.
Enroll — choose your amount
You’ll enter your amount at checkout. Every offering receives the full seminar.
Refund requests within 30 days are fully honored.
Questions
Do I need experience with meditation or chant?
No. The seminar is designed for anyone who wants a steadier daily practice. Every chant and Sanskrit term is taught and explained.
How does the on-demand format work?
“Body of Sādhana” was recorded live and is now available to watch at your own pace. Access does not expire.
How does “pay what you can” work?
Choose the amount that fits your situation at checkout. The tiers are a guide: larger offerings help fund scholarships, and no one is turned away for lack of funds. Everyone receives the same course.
What happens after I register?
You’ll receive an email right away with your access details. If anything goes wrong, reply to that email and our team will help.
What if it isn’t right for me?
Refund requests made within 30 days of purchase are fully honored. Write to hello@embodiedphilosophy.com and we’ll issue your refund within 5 business days.
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Make practice the center of your day.
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