philosophy and meditation
Episode 216: Unity in Yoga & Embracing Yoga’s Roots
Today's guest, Susanna Barkataki, is the author of a new book on yoga's history and culture called Embrace Yoga's Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice. This book is a call for all who study yoga to take a deeper look at how we interact with Indian...
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Episode 215: Andrea Jain on her new book, “Peace Love Yoga”
Religious Studies professor Andrea Jain is back on the podcast -- this time to talk to Jason about her new book, "Peace Love Yoga: The Politics of Global Spiritualization." Jain's book explores the connection between global spirituality and neoliberalism. While Jain...
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On today's episode, I speak to author and religious studies professor Andrea Jain about her book, Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture. Her book is one of the best I've read in terms of tracing the globalization of yoga without oversimplifying it or...
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Episode 160: The Science of Stretching (and Strength!) with Jules Mitchell
For our season two finale episode, we’re talking to Las Vegas-based yoga teacher and author Jules Mitchell. We dive deep into yoga biomechanics in this episode and talk about Jules’ new book, which is a comprehensive look at the science of stretching. It's impossible...
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Episode 103: Jason and Andrea Talk Meditation
Why don't you have a seat and stay awhile? If you think meditation is boring, hard, pointless, or too time consuming, this meditation podcast episode is for you. This week, Jason and I discuss everything meditation. We unpack why it's important for yoga students to...
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Episode 72: Change Your Day With a Lovingkindness Meditation
Last week, I talked about the science of self-compassion and how self-compassion practice has more favorable outcomes than boosting self-esteem. On this episode, I offer a way to put self-compassion into practice by sharing a 10-minute guided Lovingkindness...
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Episode 13: Claire Missingham – Finding Flow and Having Faith
Hello, Hello -- I am so excited to share this week's podcast with you and I can 100% guarantee that this guest has the most beautiful voice/accent of anyone I will interview. My guest is London-based teacher, Claire Missingham. Claire has over 16 years teaching...
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Episode 4: Sally Kempton – Ideas, Insights, & Self-Inquiry Practices for Fear
I have a distinct memory of the very first time I meditated. It wasn't my first attempt, rather it was the first time I felt surrender and contentment that I hadn't yet experienced. It was in a decidedly unglamorous setting -- I was sitting in a folding chair in an...
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