Episode 3: What is Yoga? Interview with Dr Ankur Barua, Part 1.

In this episode, the first interview episode of the Embodying Philosophy podcast, I am joined by Dr Ankur Barua, Senior Lecturer in Hindu and Buddhist Studies at the University of Cambridge. In part 1 of our discussion, we ask 'what is yoga?' exploring different understandings of yoga across time and space - as practice, tradition-specific path(s) with distinct theories or philosophies, and as a way of being that may transcend the specificity of path, tradition, and category. Check out Episode 4 of the podcast for the second part of our discussion, where we explore yoga more practically as a discipline for helping us address the perennial human condition of fragmentation and distraction through the mind-body connection. (Hint - you will discover human distraction is not a new phenomenon specific only to our own modern age!). You don't want to miss it! Check out Ankur's YouTube Channel here: The Bhakti of Saint Andrews (youtube.com) And his University of Cambridge academic profile here: Dr Ankur Barua | Faculty of Divinity (cam.ac.uk)