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CHITHEADS with Jacob Kyle (Embodied Philosophy) — 185 episodes

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1

No B.S. Loving Kindness with Oneika Mays

2

Kuṇḍalinī as the Power of Self-Recognition with Igor Kufayev

3

How to Live a Sacred Life Without Leaving the World with Mary Reilly Nichols

4

What Karma Actually Means with Philip Goldberg

5

Why the Humanities Are Dying and the Revival of Holistic Education with Athena Potari

6

Manifestation Isn't Magic with Jacob Kyle

7

Everything is the Goddess with Nataraj Chaitanya

8

Spiritual Bypassing, Non-Dualism Explained, and the 4th State of Consciousness with Jacob Kyle

9

The Power of Poetry in Medieval Kashmir with James D. Reich

10

Ritual, Reality & the Sri Yantra with Kavitha Chinnaiyan

11

Change Your Breath to Change Your Life with Jacob Kyle

12

Abhinavagupta, A.I., and the Matter of Wonder with Loriliai Biernacki

13

Anxiety from a Philosophical Perspective with Samir Chopra

14

Jain Philosophy Through its Primary Concepts with Shree Nahata

15

Bhāva: A Theory of Imagination

16

The Lineage of Immortals with Jason Birch

17

This Crack in Time with Shambhavi Sarasvati

18

Ancient Greek Wisdom with Athena Potari

19

The Wisdom of Zero with Jacob Kyle

20

Yoga Teacher Travails & Transformations with Leslie Kaminoff

21

The Vibratory Power of Sanskrit with Lucy Crisfield

22

Subversive Sanskrit Studies with Bihani Sarkar

23

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

24

The Luminous Self with Tracee Stanley

25

Body by Breath with Jill Miller

26

TRIBUTE [Best of]: Sally Kempton on the Divine Feminine, Deity Yoga and Spiritual Pragmatism

27

Options For Yoga Teachers Today with Ava Taylor

28

Knowledge, Experience, and the Yoga Teacher with Daniel Simpson

29

Best Of: Yoga for Recovery with Nikki Myers

30

Joe Loizzo on The New Mind-Body Research & the Yogic Science of Integration

31

Ashtanga Yoga in Sutras and the Gītā: A Comparison with Edwin Bryant

32

Is the West Ready for Tantra? with Andrew Holecek

33

Following the Non-Dual Path of the Divine Feminine with Sally Kempton

34

Nikki Costello on the New Yoga Classroom

35

Rabbi Rami Shapiro on Living the Golden Rule

36

Ketamine Therapy with Christi Myers

37

Yoga World Past, Present & Future with Nikki Vilella

38

Is Academia a Religion? with Marcy Braverman Goldstein

39

Shamanic Healing, Divine Feminine, Buddhist Meditation, and the 4 Yogas Mini-Trainings

40

Yoga & Western Esotericism with Anya Foxen

41

The Tao of Now with Diane Dreher

42

Gavin Flood on Hindu Monotheism & the 12 Kalis (Radical Theology Series)

43

Matthew Fox on Creation Spirituality (Radical Theology Series)

44

A Queer Dharma with Jacoby Ballard

45

Intellectual Bhakti (Tarka Journal Podcast Ep.1) with Stephanie Corigliano & Jacob Kyle

46

Body Theology with Michelle Voss Roberts (Radical Theology)

47

Theology Without Walls with John J. Thatamanil (Radical Theology)

48

Andrew Harvey on Sacred Activism and Radical Regeneration (#140)

49

Stephen Porges On Trauma & Polyvagal Theory (#139)

50

Krishna Das on Chanting Divine Names (#138)

51

Cornel West on Spiritual Citizenship (#137)

52

Raj Balkaran on the Wisdom of Stories (#136)

53

Michelle C. Johnson on Finding Refuge (#135)

54

Shreena Gandhi on White Supremacy (#134)

55

Isa Gucciardi on Birth & Initiations (#133)

56

Richard Katz on Indigenous Psychology and Allyship (#132)

57

Françoise Bourzat on Consciousness Medicine (#131)

58

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

59

Vineet Chander on Hindu Chaplaincy (#129)

60

Tracee Stanley on Yoga Nidra (#127)

61

Tias Little On Practice as the Path (#126)

62

Shailla Vaidya on Yoga for Stress & Burnout (#125)

63

Kulreet Chaudhary on Sound Medicine (#124)

64

Swami Swatmananda on Diwali, Vedanta & Shiva (#123)

65

Alberto Villoldo on Shamanism (#122)

66

Daniel Simpson on the Truth of Yoga (#121)

67

Philip Goldberg on Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times (#120)

68

Chris Walling on Yoga Therapy Research (#119)

69

Mirabai Starr on Feminine Mysticism (#118)

70

Lisa Danylchuk on Yoga for Trauma Recovery (#117)

71

Jeffrey Kripal on Flips of Perspective (#116)

72

Alex Auder on Socialist Yoga (#115)

73

Lama Rod Owens on Love & Anger (#114)

74

Nkem Ndefo on Trauma & Resilience (#113)

75

Greta Gaard on Mindful Ecofeminism (#112)

76

Georgi Y. Johnson on NonDual Therapy (#111)

77

Todd Norian on Unreasonable Happiness (#110)

78

Mary Reilly Nichols & Kavitha Chinnaiyan on Bhakti (#109)

79

Shambhavi Sarasvati on Expanding our View (#108)

80

Nina Rao & Hari-kirtana das on Bhakti (#107)

81

Stephen Porges on Polyvagal Theory (#106)

82

Coronavirus Contemplations with Miles Neale & Isa Gucciardi (#105)

83

Neil Dalal on Vedanta & Self-Inquiry (#104)

84

Joakim Vindenes on Virtual Reality (#103)

85

Andrew Holecek on Dreams & the Primary Delusion (#102)

86

Christine Caldwell on Bodyfulness (#101)

87

Vanamali on Sanatana Dharma & Religious Fundamentalism (#100)

88

Amit Goswami on Quantum Activism & Archetypal Living (#99)

89

Susanna Harwood Rubin on Pilgrimage, Kali & Cancer #98

90

Ekabhumi Ellik on Sacred Art (#97)

91

Sally Kempton, Judith Blackstone, Rae Johnson, Scott Lyons and Tara Judelle on Somatics and Spirituality (#96)

92

Nevine Michaan on Yoga as Practical Mysticism (#95)

93

David Regelin on Teaching & Yoga Nonsense (#94)

94

Oneika Mays on Privilege and Incarceration (#93)

95

Jill Purce on the Healing Voice (#92)

96

Julie Brown Yau on Rage and Trauma (#91)

97

Rupert Sheldrake on Materialist Assumptions (#90)

98

John Greer on Perennial Philosophy (#89)

99

David "Davidya" Buckland on Stages of Consciousness (#88)

100

Judith Blackstone on the Realization Process (#87)

101

Kenneth Rose on the Brain, Mystical Experience & Religious Studies (#86)

102

Rae Johnson on Embodying Social Justice (#85)

103

David Loy on Nonduality (#84)

104

Nikki Myers on Yoga for Recovery (#83)

105

David Bullard on Sex, Trauma and Intimacy (#82)

106

Bo Forbes on Diseases of Disembodiment (#81)

107

Philipp Maas on the Pātañjala Yogaśāstra (#80)

108

Pranada Comtois on Culturing Wise-Love (#79)

109

Amy Matthews on Embodied Learning & Developmental Anatomy (#78)

110

Mauro Zappaterra on the Cerebrospinal Fluid (#77)

111

Phil Hine on the Chakras & Western Esotericism (#76)

112

Lama Tsultrim on the Mandala & the Empowered Feminine (#75)

113

Swami Brahmananda Saraswati on the Yogi Code & Deep Mindfulness (#74)

114

Kavitha Chinnaiyan on Shakti, Mahavidyas & the Direct Path (#73)

115

Wlliam K. Mahony on the Vedic Imagination (#72)

116

Andrea Jain on Cultural Appropriation and Essentializing Yoga (#71)

117

Ian Whicher on the Integrity of the Yoga Sutras (#70)

118

Swami Umesh Yogi on Jyotish & the Vedic Worldview (#69)

119

Deborah L. Johnson on Polarization and LGBT Spirituality (#68)

120

Tias Little on the Subtle Body (#67)

121

Mark Singleton on Yoga Body (#66)

122

Andrew Harvey on Sacred Activism (#65)

123

Riccardo Manzotti on the Spread Mind & Modern Physics (#64)

124

Jude Currivan on the Cosmic Hologram (#62)

125

Bob Thurman & Isa Gucciardi on Peace & the Dalai Lama (#61)

126

Richard C. Miller on Yoga Nidra (#60)

127

Laura Amazzone on Goddess Durga and Female Empowerment (#59)

128

Dean Radin on Parapsychology and the Science on Superpowers (#58)

129

Constantina Rhodes on Invoking Lakshmi, Prosperity and Intuition (#57)

130

Christopher Key Chapple on Ritual, the Elements and Sanskrit (#56)

131

Jonathan Dickstein on Vegetarianism in Classical Yoga (#55)

132

Ken Wilber on Waking Up, Growing Up and the Religion of Tomorrow (#54)

133

Jonathan Edelmann on Evolution, the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and Vaiṣṇava Theology (#53)

134

James Mallinson on Hatha Yoga History, Philology and the Khecarīvidyā (#52)

135

JP Sears on JP Sears, Creativity & Vulnerability (#51)

136

Isa Gucciardi on Shamanism, Depth Hypnosis and Integration (#50)

137

Marianne Garneau on the Social Justice Warrior & Progressive Politics (#49)

138

Swami Sarvapriyananda on the Upanishads & the Hard Problem of Consciousness (#48)

139

Vera de Chalambert on Interspirituality and the Dark Night of the Soul (#47)

140

David Vago on Contemplative Neuroscience (#46)

141

Jeffrey Lidke on the Goddes, Nepal and the Sri Yantra (#45)

142

Angela Warburton on Chinese Medicine (#44)

143

Loren Fishman on Yoga as Medical Treatment (#43)

144

Nina Rao on Kirtan, Hanuman and Devotion (#42)

145

Chris Grosso on Compassion, Recovery and Spiritual Materialism (#41)

146

Livia Cohen-Shapiro on Yoga as Somatic Psychology (#40)

147

Igor Kufayev on Spanda, Quantum Physics, and the Role of the Teacher (#39)

148

Hari-kirtana das on Yoga Philosophy, Bhakti Yoga, and the Path to Self-Realization (#38)

149

Dr. Kelly Brogan on Holistic Psychiatry, Integrative Healing, and a Healthy Gut (#37)

150

Steven Peterson on Taoist Alchemy (#36)

151

Richard Smoley on Western Mysticism, Scientism, and God (#35)

152

Spring Washam on Ayahuasca, Healing and Meditation Practice (#34)

153

Eddie Stern on Ashtanga, Indian Thought and Injury (#33)

154

Jeffery D. Long on Reimagining Religion, Hinduism, & Spiritual Pluralism (#32)

155

Sally Kempton on the Divine Feminine, Deity Yoga & Spiritual Pragmatism (#31)

156

Rod Stryker on Tradition, the Goal of Practice, the Four Desires, and Politics (#30)

157

Shambhavi Sarasvati on Avatars, Devotion and the Wisdom of Reality (#29)

158

Mary Reilly Nichols on Ecstatic Experiences, Muktananda & Hatha Yoga (#28)

159

Jay Garfield on Non-Western & Western Philosophies (#27)

160

Matthew Remski on Eroticism in Yoga, Authority Structures and Accountability (#26)

161

Joe Loizzo on Meditation Research, Neuroplasticity and Contemplative Science (#25)

162

Sharon Salzberg on Faith, Meditation and Cultivating an Ethical Life (#24)

163

Leslie Kaminoff on Yoga Alliance, Anatomy Maps, and Free Will (#23)

164

Anneke Lucas on Being Sex Trafficked, Trauma, and Liberation (#22)

165

Dana Slamp on the Nervous System, our Cartesian Worldview, and Yoga Therapy (#21)

166

Ramesh Bjonnes on the Tantrik vs. Vedic Stream of History, the 4 Pillars of Tantra, and Environmentalism (#20)

167

Miles Neale on Buddhist Psychotherapy, Karma, & Nirvana (#19)

168

Kiki Flynn on the Early New NYC Yoga Scene, Ashtanga, and the Detriments of Plastic (#18)

169

Philip Goldberg on Appropriation, Pragmatic Mysticism and the Americanization of Yoga (#17)

170

Zachery Dacuk on Conscious Embodiment, Anatomy as a Story, and the 45 Minute Movement Rule (#16)

171

Matt Lombardo on Spiritual Bypassing, Cults, and Recent Yoga Scandals (#15)

172

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

173

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

174

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

175

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

176

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

177

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

178

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

179

Michael Stone on Intimacy with Life and the Space of Non-Reactivity (#7)

180

Anodea Judith on the Chakras, Body Armor, and Global Transformation (#6)

181

Jillian Turecki on Relationships from a Place of Abundance (#5)

182

Ralph De La Rosa on Neuroplasticity, Substance Abuse, and Myths about Meditation (#4)

183

Gabriel Halpern on Iyengar, being a Ritual Elder and the Initiatory Transitions of Life (#3)

184

Dhanurdhara Swami on Being Kidnapped, Mantra, Kirtan, and the Personality of Godhead (#2)

185

Rima Rabbath on Karma, the Middle East, and "Sama Darshana" (#1)