The Podcast
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Long-form conversations at the edge of the contemplative life, with the teachers, scholars and practitioners shaping how we understand these traditions.
Ep. 187No B.S. Loving Kindness
with Oneika Mays · 1h 08m
Ep. 186Kuṇḍalinī as the Power of Self-Recognition
with Igor Kufayev · 1h 23m
Ep. 185How to Live a Sacred Life Without Leaving the World
with Mary Reilly Nichols · 60 min
Ep. 184What Karma Actually Means
with Philip Goldberg · 1h 03m
Ep. 183Why the Humanities Are Dying and the Revival of Holistic Education
with Athena Potari · 1h 18m
Ep. 182Manifestation Isn't Magic
with Jacob Kyle · 1h 07m
Ep. 181Everything is the Goddess
with Nataraj Chaitanya · 1h 07m
Ep. 180Spiritual Bypassing, Non-Dualism Explained, and the 4th State of Consciousness
with Jacob Kyle · 42 min
Ep. 179The Power of Poetry in Medieval Kashmir
with James D. Reich · 1h 24m
Ritual, Reality & the Sri Yantra
with Kavitha Chinnaiyan · 1h 19m
Ep. 177Change Your Breath to Change Your Life
with Jacob Kyle · 17 min
Ep. 176Abhinavagupta, A.I., and the Matter of Wonder
with Loriliai Biernacki · 1h 40m
Ep. 175Anxiety from a Philosophical Perspective
with Samir Chopra · 1h 37m
Ep. 174Jain Philosophy Through its Primary Concepts
with Shree Nahata · 1h 30m
Ep. 173Bhāva: A Theory of Imagination
16 min
Ep. 172The Lineage of Immortals
with Jason Birch · 1h 44m
Ep. 171This Crack in Time
with Shambhavi Sarasvati · 1h 15m
Ep. 170Ancient Greek Wisdom
with Athena Potari · 1h 25m
Ep. 169The Wisdom of Zero
with Jacob Kyle · 1h 01m
Ep. 168Yoga Teacher Travails & Transformations
with Leslie Kaminoff · 1h 54m
Ep. 167The Vibratory Power of Sanskrit
with Lucy Crisfield · 1h 25m
Ep. 166Subversive Sanskrit Studies
with Bihani Sarkar · 1h 24m
Ep. 165On the Role of the Guru
with Hari-kirtana das, Ken Rose, Trish Tillman & Stephanie Corigliano · 1h 52m
Ep. 164The Luminous Self
with Tracee Stanley · 45 min
Ep. 163Body by Breath
with Jill Miller · 48 min
Ep. 162TRIBUTE [Best of]: Sally Kempton on the Divine Feminine, Deity Yoga and Spiritual Pragmatism
53 min
Ep. 161Options For Yoga Teachers Today
with Ava Taylor · 55 min
Ep. 160Knowledge, Experience, and the Yoga Teacher
with Daniel Simpson · 56 min
Ep. 159Best Of: Yoga for Recovery
with Nikki Myers · 55 min
Ep. 158Joe Loizzo on The New Mind-Body Research & the Yogic Science of Integration
1h 19m
Ep. 157Ashtanga Yoga in Sutras and the Gītā: A Comparison
with Edwin Bryant · 1h 39m
Ep. 156Is the West Ready for Tantra?
with Andrew Holecek · 1h 06m
Ep. 155Following the Non-Dual Path of the Divine Feminine
with Sally Kempton · 1h 14m
Ep. 154Nikki Costello on the New Yoga Classroom
1h 18m
Ep. 153Rabbi Rami Shapiro on Living the Golden Rule
1h 07m
Ep. 152Ketamine Therapy
with Christi Myers · 1h 21m
Ep. 151Yoga World Past, Present & Future
with Nikki Vilella · 1h 37m
Ep. 150Is Academia a Religion?
with Marcy Braverman Goldstein · 60 min
Ep. 149Shamanic Healing, Divine Feminine, Buddhist Meditation, and the 4 Yogas Mini-Trainings
28 min
Ep. 148Yoga & Western Esotericism
with Anya Foxen · 1h 04m
Ep. 147The Tao of Now
with Diane Dreher · 46 min
Ep. 146Gavin Flood on Hindu Monotheism & the 12 Kalis (Radical Theology Series)
1h 09m
Ep. 145Matthew Fox on Creation Spirituality (Radical Theology Series)
1h 29m
Ep. 144A Queer Dharma
with Jacoby Ballard · 51 min
Ep. 143Intellectual Bhakti (Tarka Journal Podcast Ep.1)
with Stephanie Corigliano & Jacob Kyle · 54 min
Ep. 142Body Theology
with Michelle Voss Roberts (Radical Theology) · 1h 09m
Ep. 141Theology Without Walls
with John J. Thatamanil (Radical Theology) · 1h 29m
Andrew Harvey on Sacred Activism and Radical Regeneration (#140)
1h 01m
Ep. 139Stephen Porges On Trauma & Polyvagal Theory (#139)
51 min
Ep. 138Krishna Das on Chanting Divine Names (#138)
1h 01m
Ep. 137Cornel West on Spiritual Citizenship (#137)
1h 17m
Ep. 136Raj Balkaran on the Wisdom of Stories (#136)
1h 08m
Ep. 135Michelle C. Johnson on Finding Refuge (#135)
59 min
Ep. 134Shreena Gandhi on White Supremacy (#134)
42 min
Ep. 133Isa Gucciardi on Birth & Initiations (#133)
59 min
Ep. 132Richard Katz on Indigenous Psychology and Allyship (#132)
1h 09m
Ep. 131Françoise Bourzat on Consciousness Medicine (#131)
1h 03m
Ep. 130Prentis Hemphill on Healing Justice & Queer Spiritual Purpose (#130)
58 min
Ep. 129Vineet Chander on Hindu Chaplaincy (#129)
1h 02m
Ep. 127Tracee Stanley on Yoga Nidra (#127)
52 min
Ep. 126Tias Little On Practice as the Path (#126)
58 min
Ep. 125Shailla Vaidya on Yoga for Stress & Burnout (#125)
54 min
Ep. 124Kulreet Chaudhary on Sound Medicine (#124)
56 min
Ep. 123Swami Swatmananda on Diwali, Vedanta & Shiva (#123)
55 min
Ep. 122Alberto Villoldo on Shamanism (#122)
44 min
Ep. 121Daniel Simpson on the Truth of Yoga (#121)
59 min
Ep. 120Philip Goldberg on Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times (#120)
1h 10m
Ep. 119Chris Walling on Yoga Therapy Research (#119)
42 min
Ep. 118Mirabai Starr on Feminine Mysticism (#118)
1h 08m
Ep. 117Lisa Danylchuk on Yoga for Trauma Recovery (#117)
1h 07m
Ep. 116Jeffrey Kripal on Flips of Perspective (#116)
1h 15m
Alex Auder on Socialist Yoga (#115)
1h 57m
Lama Rod Owens on Love & Anger (#114)
1h 01m
Ep. 113Nkem Ndefo on Trauma & Resilience (#113)
52 min
Ep. 112Greta Gaard on Mindful Ecofeminism (#112)
1h 05m
Ep. 111Georgi Y. Johnson on NonDual Therapy (#111)
1h 14m
Ep. 110Todd Norian on Unreasonable Happiness (#110)
1h 33m
Ep. 109Mary Reilly Nichols & Kavitha Chinnaiyan on Bhakti (#109)
59 min
Ep. 108Shambhavi Sarasvati on Expanding our View (#108)
1h 06m
Ep. 107Nina Rao & Hari-kirtana das on Bhakti (#107)
1h 25m
Ep. 106Stephen Porges on Polyvagal Theory (#106)
1h 21m
Ep. 105Coronavirus Contemplations
with Miles Neale & Isa Gucciardi (#105) · 1h 13m
Ep. 104Neil Dalal on Vedanta & Self-Inquiry (#104)
1h 25m
Ep. 103Joakim Vindenes on Virtual Reality (#103)
50 min
Ep. 102Andrew Holecek on Dreams & the Primary Delusion (#102)
1h 16m
Ep. 101Christine Caldwell on Bodyfulness (#101)
1h 18m
Ep. 100Vanamali on Sanatana Dharma & Religious Fundamentalism (#100)
55 min
Ep. 99Amit Goswami on Quantum Activism & Archetypal Living (#99)
1h 02m
Ep. 90Susanna Harwood Rubin on Pilgrimage, Kali & Cancer #98
1h 07m
Ep. 97Ekabhumi Ellik on Sacred Art (#97)
1h 07m
Ep. 96Sally Kempton, Judith Blackstone, Rae Johnson, Scott Lyons and Tara Judelle on Somatics and Spirituality (#96)
1h 44m
Ep. 95Nevine Michaan on Yoga as Practical Mysticism (#95)
1h 06m
Ep. 94David Regelin on Teaching & Yoga Nonsense (#94)
1h 16m
Ep. 93Oneika Mays on Privilege and Incarceration (#93)
1h 03m
Ep. 92Jill Purce on the Healing Voice (#92)
1h 06m
Julie Brown Yau on Rage and Trauma (#91)
55 min
Ep. 90Rupert Sheldrake on Materialist Assumptions (#90)
1h 16m
Ep. 89John Greer on Perennial Philosophy (#89)
1h 17m
Ep. 88David "Davidya" Buckland on Stages of Consciousness (#88)
1h 23m
Ep. 87Judith Blackstone on the Realization Process (#87)
49 min
Ep. 86Kenneth Rose on the Brain, Mystical Experience & Religious Studies (#86)
1h 17m
Ep. 85Rae Johnson on Embodying Social Justice (#85)
1h 06m
David Loy on Nonduality (#84)
1h 09m
Ep. 83Nikki Myers on Yoga for Recovery (#83)
54 min
Ep. 82David Bullard on Sex, Trauma and Intimacy (#82)
1h 12m
Ep. 81Bo Forbes on Diseases of Disembodiment (#81)
1h 18m
Ep. 80Philipp Maas on the Pātañjala Yogaśāstra (#80)
50 min
Ep. 79Pranada Comtois on Culturing Wise-Love (#79)
1h 00m
Ep. 78Amy Matthews on Embodied Learning & Developmental Anatomy (#78)
1h 04m
Mauro Zappaterra on the Cerebrospinal Fluid (#77)
1h 02m
Ep. 76Phil Hine on the Chakras & Western Esotericism (#76)
1h 15m
Lama Tsultrim on the Mandala & the Empowered Feminine (#75)
1h 07m
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati on the Yogi Code & Deep Mindfulness (#74)
1h 39m
Kavitha Chinnaiyan on Shakti, Mahavidyas & the Direct Path (#73)
52 min
Wlliam K. Mahony on the Vedic Imagination (#72)
1h 00m
Andrea Jain on Cultural Appropriation and Essentializing Yoga (#71)
54 min
Ian Whicher on the Integrity of the Yoga Sutras (#70)
1h 11m
Swami Umesh Yogi on Jyotish & the Vedic Worldview (#69)
60 min
Deborah L. Johnson on Polarization and LGBT Spirituality (#68)
51 min
Tias Little on the Subtle Body (#67)
1h 00m
Mark Singleton on Yoga Body (#66)
52 min
Andrew Harvey on Sacred Activism (#65)
54 min
Riccardo Manzotti on the Spread Mind & Modern Physics (#64)
45 min
Jude Currivan on the Cosmic Hologram (#62)
58 min
Bob Thurman & Isa Gucciardi on Peace & the Dalai Lama (#61)
1h 23m
Richard C. Miller on Yoga Nidra (#60)
57 min
Laura Amazzone on Goddess Durga and Female Empowerment (#59)
60 min
Dean Radin on Parapsychology and the Science on Superpowers (#58)
55 min
Constantina Rhodes on Invoking Lakshmi, Prosperity and Intuition (#57)
1h 13m
Christopher Key Chapple on Ritual, the Elements and Sanskrit (#56)
1h 38m
Jonathan Dickstein on Vegetarianism in Classical Yoga (#55)
1h 06m
Ken Wilber on Waking Up, Growing Up and the Religion of Tomorrow (#54)
1h 36m
Jonathan Edelmann on Evolution, the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and Vaiṣṇava Theology (#53)
1h 11m
James Mallinson on Hatha Yoga History, Philology and the Khecarīvidyā (#52)
1h 10m
JP Sears on JP Sears, Creativity & Vulnerability (#51)
56 min
Isa Gucciardi on Shamanism, Depth Hypnosis and Integration (#50)
1h 04m
Marianne Garneau on the Social Justice Warrior & Progressive Politics (#49)
1h 12m
Swami Sarvapriyananda on the Upanishads & the Hard Problem of Consciousness (#48)
1h 19m
Vera de Chalambert on Interspirituality and the Dark Night of the Soul (#47)
1h 11m
David Vago on Contemplative Neuroscience (#46)
1h 08m
Jeffrey Lidke on the Goddes, Nepal and the Sri Yantra (#45)
1h 22m
Angela Warburton on Chinese Medicine (#44)
1h 15m
Loren Fishman on Yoga as Medical Treatment (#43)
40 min
Nina Rao on Kirtan, Hanuman and Devotion (#42)
1h 22m
Chris Grosso on Compassion, Recovery and Spiritual Materialism (#41)
1h 05m
Livia Cohen-Shapiro on Yoga as Somatic Psychology (#40)
1h 03m
Igor Kufayev on Spanda, Quantum Physics, and the Role of the Teacher (#39)
2h 04m
Hari-kirtana das on Yoga Philosophy, Bhakti Yoga, and the Path to Self-Realization (#38)
1h 14m
Dr. Kelly Brogan on Holistic Psychiatry, Integrative Healing, and a Healthy Gut (#37)
32 min
Steven Peterson on Taoist Alchemy (#36)
56 min
Richard Smoley on Western Mysticism, Scientism, and God (#35)
58 min
Spring Washam on Ayahuasca, Healing and Meditation Practice (#34)
46 min
Eddie Stern on Ashtanga, Indian Thought and Injury (#33)
1h 23m
Jeffery D. Long on Reimagining Religion, Hinduism, & Spiritual Pluralism (#32)
1h 00m
Sally Kempton on the Divine Feminine, Deity Yoga & Spiritual Pragmatism (#31)
55 min
Rod Stryker on Tradition, the Goal of Practice, the Four Desires, and Politics (#30)
1h 05m
Shambhavi Sarasvati on Avatars, Devotion and the Wisdom of Reality (#29)
1h 08m
Mary Reilly Nichols on Ecstatic Experiences, Muktananda & Hatha Yoga (#28)
58 min
Jay Garfield on Non-Western & Western Philosophies (#27)
50 min
Matthew Remski on Eroticism in Yoga, Authority Structures and Accountability (#26)
1h 34m
Joe Loizzo on Meditation Research, Neuroplasticity and Contemplative Science (#25)
56 min
Sharon Salzberg on Faith, Meditation and Cultivating an Ethical Life (#24)
43 min
Leslie Kaminoff on Yoga Alliance, Anatomy Maps, and Free Will (#23)
1h 16m
Anneke Lucas on Being Sex Trafficked, Trauma, and Liberation (#22)
1h 23m
Dana Slamp on the Nervous System, our Cartesian Worldview, and Yoga Therapy (#21)
1h 22m
Ramesh Bjonnes on the Tantrik vs. Vedic Stream of History, the 4 Pillars of Tantra, and Environmentalism (#20)
1h 11m
Miles Neale on Buddhist Psychotherapy, Karma, & Nirvana (#19)
1h 18m
Kiki Flynn on the Early New NYC Yoga Scene, Ashtanga, and the Detriments of Plastic (#18)
1h 23m
Philip Goldberg on Appropriation, Pragmatic Mysticism and the Americanization of Yoga (#17)
1h 20m
Zachery Dacuk on Conscious Embodiment, Anatomy as a Story, and the 45 Minute Movement Rule (#16)
1h 11m
Matt Lombardo on Spiritual Bypassing, Cults, and Recent Yoga Scandals (#15)
1h 11m
Christopher Wallis on Tantra, Non-Dualism, and Awakening to Your True Nature (#14)
1h 23m
Bob Doto on Yogalebrity Culture, the Babarazzi, and the Spectacle (#13)
1h 01m
Nikki Costello on Integration, Mother India, and Experiences of God (#12)
1h 34m
Edwin Bryant on the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, & the Multiplicity of the Absolute (#11)
1h 20m
Manorama on the Guru/Student Relationship, Sanskrit, and Renunciate vs. Householder Paths (#10)
1h 09m
Christopher Tompkins on Tantra, the original Chakras, and the Real Age of the Asanas (#9)
1h 15m
Alex Auder on Counterculture, Critiques of a Commodified Yoga Scene, Vedanta and Facing Death (#8)
1h 25m
Michael Stone on Intimacy
with Life and the Space of Non-Reactivity (#7) · 1h 15m
Anodea Judith on the Chakras, Body Armor, and Global Transformation (#6)
1h 12m
Jillian Turecki on Relationships from a Place of Abundance (#5)
1h 05m
Ralph De La Rosa on Neuroplasticity, Substance Abuse, and Myths about Meditation (#4)
1h 22m
Gabriel Halpern on Iyengar, being a Ritual Elder and the Initiatory Transitions of Life (#3)
1h 29m
Dhanurdhara Swami on Being Kidnapped, Mantra, Kirtan, and the Personality of Godhead (#2)
1h 21m
Rima Rabbath on Karma, the Middle East, and "Sama Darshana" (#1)
1h 17m