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Chitheads is a smorgasbord of contemplative education. Each episode is like a mini masterclass, exploring the diverse landscapes of spiritual practice, philosophy, and the transformative power of embodied knowledge. Each episode is crafted with the curious and open heart in mind, aiming to illuminate the path of self-inquiry and empowerment for yoga teachers, scholar-practitioners, meditators and other spiritual seekers and contemplative folks from around the world. From the profound teachings of Yoga and Buddhism to the sometimes complex theories of contemplative psychology and the vibrant tapestry of indigenous wisdom, our guests share insights that awaken, challenge, and inspire. With every episode, we dive into discussions that matter, exploring questions that guide us closer to our true selves and to a deeper understanding of the world around us. Our mission is to create a space where wisdom (and not fame, power, or money) is the center of gravity and what we are most concerned about cultivating in this lifetime. Join us on Chitheads as we explore the liminal spaces of consciousness, embrace the complexities of the human experience without dogma or self-righteousness, and discover the beauty again and again of the interconnectedness of all things. If you’ve felt like you’re the only one full of chit – full of consciousness or awareness – welcome home. This community of listeners, seekers, and scholar-practitioners is for you.
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- Jun 8, 20261h 8m
No B.S. Loving Kindness with Oneika Mays
What does it really mean to practice loving kindness — not as a spiritual platitude, but as the radical act of meeting yourself and others with unconditional ease?Is metta just wishful thinking, a form of spiritual bypassing, or something far more demanding and transformative than modern wellness culture tends to acknowledge?In this wide-ranging conversation, Jacob Kyle sits down with meditation teacher and author Oneika Russell to explore metta — loving kindness — as a living practice of self-recognition, accountability, and opening. Drawing from Oneika's decades of practice and teaching, including six years of volunteer and full-time work at Rikers Island, and her newly released book Sit With Me: A No-BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation, the discussion moves through the philosophy of unconditional friendliness, the difference between liking and loving, and what it truly means to begin with yourself.Together, they examine the four Brahmavihāras — loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity — the practice of metta as a radically political act, and why genuine transformation requires sitting with what's in the way, not leaping over it. The conversation also explores Oneika's journey from bookstore worker to prison chaplain to author, the challenge of writing accessibly without losing depth, the tension between personal practice and systemic complicity, and why nuance may be the most urgent spiritual capacity we need right now.At its core, this episode treats metta not as a feel-good meditation technique, but as a practice of honest reckoning — one that asks us to extend the same tenderness to those who frustrate us as we offer to those we love, and to recognize that how we meet ourselves shapes how we meet the world.Discussed in This Episode: Why metta is not affirmation — and what makes it a gesture rather than a declarationThe crucial difference between liking and loving, and why it matters for how we show up politicallyWhat it means to work with the difficult person — and why it frees us more than it helps themThe four Brahmavihāras: metta, karuna, mudita, and equanimity — and why equanimity is a place, not a stateThe familiar stranger practice and how it dissolves the boundary between in-group and out-groupWhy practicing without attachment to outcome is both the hardest and most essential instructionOneika's six years at Rikers Island — what she gained, what it cost, and when she knew it was time to leaveHow metta practice and the George Floyd uprisings collided in Oneika's understanding of complicityThe danger of progressive movements using the master's toolsBeginner's mind as a practice for seasoned practitioners — and why skipping foundational wisdom is its own trapWriting as a portal: what Oneika discovered about grief, self-celebration, and the intellectual bypassWhy accessibility is not a lesser form of teaching — and how it became Oneika's laneOn Susannah Rubin: grief, ancestry, and the wisdom we leave behind–––––To deepen your knowledge of yoga philosophy, grab our Yoga Philosophy Reading List, a curated PDF of all the books that will give you a comprehensive overview of the yoga philosophical traditions.GET YOUR LIST HERE: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/yp-list––––– 30-DAY SĀDHANA: 30 Days of Practices to help refine the nervous system, alleviate negative patterns, and foster a contemplative and spiritually-informed life.MANTRA Sādhana: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/30-day-sadhanaCHAKRA Sādhana: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/chakra-sadhanaOr join Sādhana School to enroll in all of our sādhanas held throughout the year. To check that out, go here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/sadhana-school-2025-2026-25 ––––– WISDOM SCHOOL:Over 100 courses (1000+ hours) in yoga, meditation, somatics, and dharma studies for spiritual seekers, yoga teachers and, body workers, healers and therapists.Features:→ A new course every month on a variety of topics→ Learning pathways that help you digest the content→ Weekly study emails→ Interactive member spacehttps://enroll.embodiedphi
- May 21, 20261h 23m
Kuṇḍalinī as the Power of Self-Recognition with Igor Kufayev
What does it really mean to understand Kuṇḍalinī — beyond the myths, the misconceptions, and the mass-market awakenings? Is it a spontaneous physiological event, an irreversible shift in consciousness, or something far more subtle, rare, and demanding than modern spiritual culture acknowledges? In this wide-ranging conversation, Jacob Kyle sits down with Igor Kufayev to explore Kuṇḍalinī as the living power of self-recognition within Kashmir Śaivism. Drawing from Igor's decades of study, practice, and his newly released book Kundalini: The Goddess as the Power of Self-Recognition in Tantric Śaivism, the discussion moves through the philosophy of the goddess, the subtle anatomy of rising, and the radical difference between heightened pranic activity and genuine Kundalini awakening. Together, they examine the three Kuṇḍalinīs — Parā, Cit, and Prāṇa — the six nāḍīs through which Kuṇḍalinī may ascend, and why true awakening involves an irreversible dismantling of the individual sense of self. The conversation also explores the legacy of Lillian Silburn's Kuṇḍalinī: The Energy of the Depths, the esoteric dilemma of disseminating sacred knowledge, the painful rising of Ganapati Muni, and why the Shaiva approach differs fundamentally from the warrior-like methods of Hatha yoga. At its core, this episode treats Kuṇḍalinī not as a trending awakening experience, but as the very power of consciousness itself — the goddess who both conceals and reveals, and whose movement toward liberation unfolds on her own terms, in her own time. Discussed in This Episode: Why genuine Kuṇḍalinī awakening is far rarer than modern culture suggestsThe difference between heightened prāṇic activity (prāṇa-śakti) and true Kuṇḍalinī risingWhat irreversible synaptic rewiring really means in the context of awakening The three Kuṇḍalinīs: Parā, Chit (Śakti), and Prāṇa KuṇḍalinīThe six nāḍīs of ascent — and why only three are considered safe and appropriateThe case of Ganapati Muni and the danger of unprepared or misdirected risingWhy Lillian Silburn's Kuṇḍalinī: Energy of the Depths is both indispensable and potentially harmfulThe tension between scholarly dissemination and the tradition of esoteric gatekeeping How Kashmir Śaivism differs from Haṭha yoga in its approach to Kuṇḍalinī The role of adhikāra (readiness) and the autonomous nature of Śakti's graceAbhinavagupta's aesthetic vision and the philosophy of wonder (camatkāra)Creativity, consciousness, and why the natural state is inherently creative The myth of churning the cosmic ocean — nectar, poison, and collective liberationKuṇḍalinī as inseparable from the question of what it means to be fully human–––––To deepen your knowledge of yoga philosophy, grab our Yoga Philosophy Reading List, a curated PDF of all the books that will give you a comprehensive overview of the yoga philosophical traditions.GET YOUR LIST HERE: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/yp-list––––– 30-DAY SĀDHANA: 30 Days of Practices to help refine the nervous system, alleviate negative patterns, and foster a contemplative and spiritually-informed life.MANTRA Sādhana: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/30-day-sadhanaCHAKRA Sādhana: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/chakra-sadhanaOr join Sādhana School to enroll in all of our sādhanas held throughout the year. To check that out, go here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/sadhana-school-2025-2026-25 ––––– WISDOM SCHOOL:Over 100 courses (1000+ hours) in yoga, meditation, somatics, and dharma studies for spiritual seekers, yoga teachers and, body workers, healers and therapists.Features:→ A new course every month on a variety of topics→ Learning pathways that help you digest the content→ Weekly study emails→ Interactive member spacehttps://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/wisdom-school ––––– THE INDIAN DARSÁNASTwelve Schools of Indian Philosophy Explained SimplyDownload PDF here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/twelve-schools</a
- Mar 17, 202659 min
How to Live a Sacred Life Without Leaving the World with Mary Reilly Nichols
What does it really mean to live a meaningful life in the modern age?Is it found through political affiliation, consumer distraction, spiritual escapism — or something more grounded in conscious practice and integration? In this wide-ranging conversation, Jacob Kyle sits down with yoga teacher and contemplative guide Mary Reilly Nichols to explore the hero's journey, spiritual community, and the role of embodied practice in navigating cultural chaos. Drawing from Mary's decades of teaching experience and her deep engagement with the Bhagavad Gita, tantra, and cross-traditional mysticism, the discussion moves through questions of virtue, shadow integration, karma yoga, and the sacred dimensions of ordinary life.Together, they examine why contemporary culture seems to resist viewing life as a sacred adventure, how conspiracy theories and rigid ideologies emerge from our hunger for meaning, and why spiritual practice requires more than philosophical understanding — it demands full participation in reality. The conversation also explores the figure of Arjuna as an archetypal hero, the erotic dimensions of devotional practice, and how breath itself can become a doorway to non-dual consciousness.At its core, this episode treats spirituality as embodied engagement, not transcendent escape: something practiced through attention, discipline, community, and the willingness to integrate both light and shadow — rather than something used to justify disengagement from the complexity of being human.Discussed in This Episode: • Why modern culture pushes against seeing life as a hero's journey• How conspiracy theories and political tribalism emerge from a crisis of meaning• The difference between spiritual escapism and embodied engagement• Why Mary returned to the Bhagavad Gita and what it revealed about depression and action• Arjuna's reluctance and Krishna's challenge to rise to the occasion• Karma yoga as service and the practice of acting without attachment to results• The three gunas (tamas, rajas, sattva) and why even purity can become binding• How the serpent in Genesis relates to kundalini in tantric traditions• The integration of shadow and the necessity of harnessing our "evil" vitality• Why seeing God in each other is the foundation of virtue — and how rarely it's practiced • The erotic dimension of breath and devotional practice• Jesus, Krishna, and the guru principle as different masks of the formless• Speech, naming, and the power of labels to bind or liberate consciousness • Why contemplative practice is an antidote to social manipulation and contagion• The importance of spiritual community and the evolution of sangha in the digital age• Sound baths, resonance, and expedient devices for accessing depth consciousness• The HAṂSA mantra and breath as the most accessible doorway to non-duality–––––To deepen your knowledge of yoga philosophy, grab our Yoga Philosophy Reading List, a curated PDF of all the books that will give you a comprehensive overview of the yoga philosophical traditions.GET YOUR LIST HERE: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/yp-list––––– 30-DAY SĀDHANA: 30 Days of Practices to help refine the nervous system, alleviate negative patterns, and foster a contemplative and spiritually-informed life.MANTRA Sādhana: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/30-day-sadhanaCHAKRA Sādhana: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/chakra-sadhanaOr join Sādhana School to enroll in all of our sādhanas held throughout the year. To check that out, go here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/sadhana-school-2025-2026-25 ––––– WISDOM SCHOOL:Over 100 courses (1000+ hours) in yoga, meditation, somatics, and dharma studies for spiritual seekers, yoga teachers and, body workers, healers and therapists.Features:→ A new course every month on a variety of topics→ Learning pathways that help you digest the content→ Weekly study emails→ Interactive member spacehttps://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/wisdom-school ––––– THE INDIAN DARSÁNASTwelve Schools of Indian Philosophy Explained SimplyDownload PDF here: <a href="https://enroll.embodiedphi
- Jan 26, 20261h 3m
What Karma Actually Means with Philip Goldberg
Is it cosmic punishment, moral bookkeeping, spiritual fatalism — or something far more subtle and practical?In this wide-ranging conversation, Jacob Kyle sits down with author and historian of spirituality Phil Goldberg to explore karma beyond pop clichés and New Age simplifications. Drawing from Goldberg’s latest book Karmic Relief, the discussion reframes karma not as a system of reward and punishment, but as a complex web of causality and interconnectedness — one that operates through intention, perception, habit, and collective life.Together, they examine why karma became axiomatic in Indian philosophical traditions, how it relates (and doesn’t neatly reduce) to reincarnation, and why modern moralized uses of karma often lead to spiritual bypassing, apathy, or quiet cruelty. The conversation also moves into contemporary territory, asking what kinds of collective karma we may be generating today — politically, culturally, and spiritually — and what responsibility that places on us as conscious participants rather than passive observers.At its core, this episode treats karma as a practice, not merely as belief: something worked with through attention, ethical discernment, meditation, and embodied discipline — rather than something used to explain away suffering or justify indifference.Discussed in This Episode:Why karma is not cosmic retribution or moral punishmentHow Indian traditions understood karma as cause and effect, not judgmentCommon Western misconceptions: fatalism, determinism, and “karma as excuse”The difference between individual karma and collective karma-Why suffering cannot be cleanly traced to specific past actionsKarma as a learning process rather than a sentence to be servedThe relationship between karma and reincarnation—and why it remains debatedHow intention (saṅkalpa), not just action, shapes karmic outcomesWhy spiritual explanations can become tools for disengagement or bypassingMeditation, yoga, and ethical cultivation as ways of transforming karmaModern identity, politics, and the karmic consequences of cultural narrativesWhy discernment matters in a spiritually “normalized” but diluted landscape–––––To deepen your knowledge of yoga philosophy, grab our Yoga Philosophy Reading List, a curated PDF of all the books that will give you a comprehensive overview of the yoga philosophical traditions.GET YOUR LIST HERE: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/yp-list–––––30-DAY SĀDHANA: 30 Days of Practices to help refine the nervous system, alleviate negative patterns, and foster a contemplative and spiritually-informed life - https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/chakra-sadhana–––––WISDOM SCHOOL: Over 100 courses (1000+ hours) in yoga, meditation, somatics, and dharma studies for spiritual seekers, yoga teachers and, body workers, healers and therapists.Features:→ A new course every month on a variety of topics→ Learning pathways that help you digest the content→ Weekly study emails → Interactive member spaceLearn more and enroll: enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/wisdom-school–––––THE INDIAN DARSÁNAS: Twelve Schools of Indian Philosophy Explained Simply Download PDF here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/twelve-schools
- Dec 2, 20251h 18m
Why the Humanities Are Dying and the Revival of Holistic Education with Athena Potari
In this timely and energizing conversation, Jacob speaks with philosopher and Hellenic wisdom teacher Athena Potari about the crisis and rebirth of the humanities. Drawing on her work with the Galileo Commission and her training in ancient Greek philosophy, Athena describes how modern academia has reduced the human being to brain chemistry and data—creating what she calls a “skeleton of the humanities,” stripped of imagination, soul, and contemplative depth.Jacob and Athena explore how ancient traditions — from Greece to Kashmir — once united rigorous philosophy with esoteric practice, ritual literacy, and inner transformation. Together they consider how the humanities lost their spiritual foundation, how identity frameworks rose to fill the vacuum, and why the future demands a renewed, cross-cultural, contemplative humanism.This episode is both a diagnosis and an invitation: a call to restore the inner life, symbolic imagination, and spiritual inquiry at the heart of humanistic study.Discussed in This Episode:The “skeleton of the humanities” and how scientism hollowed out imagination, soul, and interiorityHow modern academia exiled esoteric, mystical, and contemplative forms of knowledgeThe ancient Greek roots of the humanities and their integration of philosophy, ritual, and inner practiceParallels between Greek contemplative traditions and nondual Śaiva-Śākta TantraWhy identity-based frameworks have become a surrogate moral system in the absence of spiritual teleologyThe crisis of meaning in the modern world and the hunger for renewed forms of wisdomThe need for a new humanities centered on psyche, spirit, and embodied inquiryHow contemplative education can rebuild depth, discernment, and symbolic imaginationAthena’s upcoming role in Wisdom School 2026, including her Learning Pathway on Hellenic esoteric traditionsWhat a renaissance of the contemplative humanities could look like in our time–––––To deepen your knowledge of yoga philosophy, grab our Yoga Philosophy Reading List, a curated PDF of all the books that will give you a comprehensive overview of the yoga philosophical traditions.GET YOUR LIST HERE: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/yp-list–––––30-DAY SĀDHANA: 30 Days of Practices to help refine the nervous system, alleviate negative patterns, and foster a contemplative and spiritually-informed life - https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/chakra-sadhana–––––WISDOM SCHOOL: Over 100 courses (1000+ hours) in yoga, meditation, somatics, and dharma studies for spiritual seekers, yoga teachers and, body workers, healers and therapists.Features:→ A new course every month on a variety of topics→ Learning pathways that help you digest the content→ Weekly study emails → Interactive member spaceStart your 7-Day Free Trial: enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/wisdom-school–––––THE INDIAN DARSÁNAS: Twelve Schools of Indian Philosophy Explained Simply Download PDF here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/twelve-schools
- Nov 26, 20251h 7m
Manifestation Isn't Magic with Jacob Kyle
In the highest view, the fruit of practice is not the attainment of something new but the effortless recognition of what has always been — ānanda, the bliss inherent in awareness itself. The Anupāya — the “methodless method” — is not about doing but about relaxing into this truth. In this final talk, we’ll explore how genuine manifestation flows not from craving or control, but from resting in the blissful creativity that is your true nature.To join the Sādhana School, as we discuss it in the seminar, go here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/sadhana-school-2025-2026-25–––––To deepen your knowledge of yoga philosophy, grab our Yoga Philosophy Reading List, a curated PDF of all the books that will give you a comprehensive overview of the yoga philosophical traditions.GET YOUR LIST HERE: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/yp-list–––––30-DAY SĀDHANA: 30 Days of Practices to help refine the nervous system, alleviate negative patterns, and foster a contemplative and spiritually-informed life - https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/chakra-sadhana–––––WISDOM SCHOOL: Over 100 courses (1000+ hours) in yoga, meditation, somatics, and dharma studies for spiritual seekers, yoga teachers and, body workers, healers and therapists.Features:→ A new course every month on a variety of topics→ Learning pathways that help you digest the content→ Weekly study emails → Interactive member spaceStart your 7-Day Free Trial: enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/wisdom-school–––––THE INDIAN DARSÁNAS: Twelve Schools of Indian Philosophy Explained Simply Download PDF here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/twelve-schools
- Oct 8, 20251h 6m
Everything is the Goddess with Nataraj Chaitanya
In this episode, Jacob Kyle sits down with his longtime friend and collaborator Nataraj Chaitanya, whose early creative influence helped shape the founding vision of Embodied Philosophy and even inspired the name CHITHEADS.Ten years after those first late-night conversations about yoga, consciousness, and modern spirituality, Jacob and Nataraj reunite to explore what it means to live a tantric life—one that embraces devotion, awareness, creativity, and radical honesty as integral parts of the spiritual path.From the story of Nataraj’s early encounter with mantra practice as a young gay teenager in Virginia to his life as a teacher, devotee, and lineage-holder in the meditation tradition of Bhagavan Nityananda, this conversation moves through the full terrain of sādhana as both an art and a science of awakening.Together they discuss:The origins of Embodied Philosophy and the early spirit of CHITHEADSSādhana as alchemy: how awareness and aliveness generate bliss (ānanda)Aesthetics and yoga: why āsana is more like theatre than therapyLineage and transmission: the living power of a genuine spiritual traditionDevotion and nonduality: giving reality a personality and meeting the divine in all formsQueerness as contemplative opportunity: living between identities as a form of freedomPilgrimage as a way of life: learning to meet every moment as the Goddess herselfThroughout the conversation, the two reflect on their parallel journeys—academic, creative, and spiritual—and on the importance of rebuilding Embodied Philosophy around its original vision: to make philosophy and practice inseparable, and to honor both the scholar and the practitioner within each of us.The episode also marks a new chapter for Embodied Philosophy: Nataraj will be joining the faculty of Wisdom School and Sādhana School, contributing his decades of experience in yoga, mantra, and contemplative education to a new generation of seeker-teachers.This is a conversation about devotion, transformation, and friendship—about what it means to practice in a world that needs both scholarship and surrender, intellect and love.Guest Bio: Nataraj ChaitanyaNataraj Chaitanya has led retreats, workshops, kīrtans, and teacher training programs around the world for more than twenty years.After beginning a daily meditation and yoga practice at the age of thirteen, Nataraj immersed himself in the teachings of yoga and tantra and, by sixteen, began sharing these nectarean teachings with others. Over two decades, he has inspired countless seekers to take up a committed spiritual practice and has dedicated his life to bringing the wisdom of yoga into everyday life.His love of teaching is evident in the devotional and enthusiastic spirit with which he leads his sessions, creating environments where people from all walks of life can directly contact the fullness of their own Being.In January 2019, Nataraj became a formal initiate and custodian of the meditation tradition of Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, under Mahamandaleshwar Swami Shankarananda, one of Swami Muktananda’s senior disciples.He currently lives and teaches in Melbourne, Australia.Episode LinksFollow Nataraj Chaitanya: Website →Instagram →Explore Embodied Philosophy:Wisdom School →Sādhana School →Watch CHITHEADS on YouTube →
- Jun 16, 202542 min
Spiritual Bypassing, Non-Dualism Explained, and the 4th State of Consciousness with Jacob Kyle
In this episode, Jacob Kyle offers a curated selection of teachings from Sādhana School, Embodied Philosophy’s year-long curriculum of contemplative study and practice. The episode weaves together reflections on states of consciousness, metaphysics, emotional transformation, and the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing, drawing deeply from Indian philosophical and Tantric traditions.Jacob begins by exploring the concept of Turiya, the “fourth state” of consciousness beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, and its Tantric extension in Turiyatita—a state where meditative awareness permeates ordinary perception. He connects these insights to śānta-rasa, the rasa of peace or equanimity, positioning it as the rasa that can suffuse all other experiences when integrated through practice. The episode offers a critique of materialist metaphysics, highlighting how modern scientism struggles to account for consciousness. Jacob contrasts this with Indian philosophical frameworks—including dualism, monism, and non-dualism—that offer richer ontologies for understanding consciousness and its relation to the world.Finally, the episode delves into spiritual bypassing: the tendency to use spiritual ideals to avoid emotional challenges. Jacob presents rasa theory as an antidote, showing how emotions—whether grief, fear, anger, or joy—are not obstacles but sacred expressions of consciousness. Through aesthetic contemplation (bhāvanā), these emotions can be transmuted into rasa, universalized flavors of awareness that guide the practitioner toward deeper Self-realization and the peace of śānta-rasa. To learn about the comprehensive contemplative curriculum in next year's Sādhana School (2025-2026), and to use coupon code CHITHEADS250, go here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/ss-2025-2026-early-enrollmentOr to learn more and enroll in the Kuṇḍalinī & Radical Embodiment Summer Retreat, go here: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/kundalini-summer-retreatTo deepen your knowledge of yoga philosophy, grab our Yoga Philosophy Reading List, a curated PDF of all the books that will give you a comprehensive overview of the yoga philosophical traditions. GET YOUR LIST HERE: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/yp-list 30-DAY SĀDHANA: 30 Days of Practices to help refine the nervous system, alleviate negative patterns, and foster a contemplative and spiritually-informed life. MANTRA Sādhana: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/30-day-sadhana CHAKRA Sādhana: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/chakra-sadhana WISDOM SCHOOL: Over 100 courses (1000+ hours) in yoga, meditation, somatics, and dharma studies for spiritual seekers, yoga teachers, body workers, healers, and therapists. Features: → A new course every month on a variety of topics → Learning pathways that help you digest the content → Wisdom study emails → Interactive member space Start your 7-Day Free Trial: https://enroll.embodiedphilosophy.com/wisdom-school
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About CHITHEADS with Jacob Kyle (Embodied Philosophy)
Chitheads is a smorgasbord of contemplative education. Each episode is like a mini masterclass, exploring the diverse landscapes of spiritual practice, philosophy, and the transformative power of embodied knowledge. Each episode is crafted with the curious and open heart in mind, aiming to illuminate the path of self-inquiry and empowerment for yoga teachers, scholar-practitioners, meditators and other spiritual seekers and contemplative folks from around the world. From the profound teachings of Yoga and Buddhism to the sometimes complex theories of contemplative psychology and the vibrant tapestry of indigenous wisdom, our guests share insights that awaken, challenge, and inspire. With every episode, we dive into discussions that matter, exploring questions that guide us closer to our true selves and to a deeper understanding of the world around us. Our mission is to create a space where wisdom (and not fame, power, or money) is the center of gravity and what we are most concerned about cultivating in this lifetime. Join us on Chitheads as we explore the liminal spaces of consciousness, embrace the complexities of the human experience without dogma or self-righteousness, and discover the beauty again and again of the interconnectedness of all things. If you’ve felt like you’re the only one full of chit – full of consciousness or awareness – welcome home. This community of listeners, seekers, and scholar-practitioners is for you.
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