Dr Lauren Tober, creator and author of Mental Health Aware Yoga, talks with J about the intersection of psychology and yoga for mental health. They discuss the limitations of a clinical approach, the DSM5, doing an n=1 study, finding the right treatment methodology, differences in pedagogy, importance of relationship, mental health and the gunas, touch and consent, and understanding windows of tolerance to better cope with life.

Ryan Kurczak, host of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, talks with j about understanding and appreciating what is real. They discuss being ordained into Kriya Yoga by Roy Eugene Davis, the history of Self Realization Fellowship, scalability and maintaining direct connection, vedic astrology, occultism, dramatizing your spiritual path, Ishvara Pranidhana, Samahdi, Jesus Christ, and learning to pay attention to the essence of what is divine.

Tara Stiles, co-founder of Strala Yoga, returns to compare notes with J about the current state of the yoga world. They discuss the ray of humanity that brought them back together, letting go of brick and mortar spaces, online trends moving from brands to influence, opening up around spirituality, gentle yoga becoming trauma informed, curating your internet experience, appropriate use of touch, and reacclimating to in person teaching.

Jonathan FitzGordon, creator of the CoreWalking Program and Rejuvenation Movement Method, talks with J about learning how to move and be well. They discuss teaching people how to walk and stand, extreme sensitivity and hypermobility, Jonathan's three knee surgeries, alignment and choosing not to do certain poses, core tone, strength that comes from balance, how we see ourselves in space, and getting to know yourself and heal.

Paul JJ Alix, founder of Yoga for All, talks with J about his time during the formative years of yoga coming into the mainstream and the rifts between teaching and consumerism that emerged. They discuss the intersection of meditation and ballet, being an early adopter of pilates, meeting TKV Desichackar, setting conditions to attract only committed students, causing a raucous at Ananda Ashram, and the enduring power of practice.

Nate Klemp, author of OPEN: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World, talks with J about making your life your practice, digital realities, and political universes. They discuss the limitations of thinking to experiencing, the tradition of living philosophy, family life and yogic caves, the 80/80 marriage plan, radical generosity, strategies for addressing screen addiction, lethal mass partisanship, and surrendering to joy and possibility.

Josh Thomas is a friend of J's who joins the show to talk about intuitive facility and luminous darkness. They discuss transition states, being motivated by an undercurrent of "not good enough-ness," dissolving boundaries and destruction of ego structures, parapsychology proven real beyond probability, fear of being shunned by the culture, spiritual healing, radiating peacefulness, and marking your intention to be guided by love.

Weena Pauly, creator of SE+AM (Somatic Experiencing + Authentic Movement) and host of the Reverence for Impulse Podcast, talks with J about reclaiming how your body wants to move and the focus of seeing and being seen. They discuss sturdy containers, staying with trembling discomfort, distinguishing impulse from being impulsive, reciprocity of wisdom, hope for our children, and experience as a language of the divine.

Keith Parker, co-founder of Field Dynamics and host of the Field Dynamics Podcast, talks with J about energy healing, the human aura, and infinity exploring the finite. They discuss transitioning from music to yoga, being tamed by India, limits of a materialistic paradigm, seeing human auras, gross/subtle/causal relationships, the structure of a soul, Chakras and identity, and helping to bring subtlety into the foreground of perception.

J repeats his ritual of reflecting on where he’s at what he’s facing as the year comes to a close. He discusses his cat being diagnosed with diabetes, the feeling of not being able to say what you really think, trying to open a yoga center, predictions from the 2016 Yoga in America study, taking stock in the exchanges that make all the difficulties worthwhile, and somehow finding the resilience and fortitude needed to meet life's uncertainty.

Katie Hemphill, author of We Are The Forest, talks with J about expanding the scope of our understanding through embodied living and collective healing. They discuss deciding to study biomedical engineering, discovering yoga and marathon running, programming a cell, a problem/solution perspective, grey areas in risk analysis of medical devices, meaning in scientific process, nutrition science, and questioning the stories that shape our reality.

Radha Metro-Midkiff, Executive Director for the Integral Yoga Institute New York, talks with J about Swami Satchidananda, Integral Yoga, and the major shifts in the industry and culture that have taken place over the last few years. They discuss her childhood at Yogaville, her relationship to Swami Satchidananda, choosing faith or fear, the difference between the guru and the human being, and making sense of life’s complexity.

Brett Larkin, founder of an award-winning YouTube channel and Uplifted Online Yoga Teacher Training, talks with J about building her platform and the state of yoga online. They discuss graduating from NYU, exploring different styles of practice, creating fitness and dance video games, starting to post on YouTube, leveraging social media, legitimizing online training, the influence of kundalini yoga, and asking hard questions.

Diana May talks with J about yoga for the nervous system and somatic experiencing. They discuss moving to a big city before leaving and being closer to nature, dissociation from our bodies, being with the full range of human emotion, somatic experiencing based on the work of Dr Peter Levine, lowering levels of activation, honoring the value of anxiety, making a nervous system supported class, and maximizing capacity for connection.

John Stirk, author of Deeper Still, talks with J about formation, transformation, and the feeling of existence. They discuss changing expectations for careers in yoga, digging deeper to change your perspective, the condition of insightfulness, healing fragmentation, transformation instead of information, authentic intelligence, becoming more sensitive, knowing through direct perception, and relating to the unknown in an intelligent way.

Philip Deslippe, author of From Maharaj to Mahan Tantric, talks with J about his research into the real story behind Yogi Bhajan and the yoga empire he created. They discuss Philip's time as a Kundalini teacher, 3HO, legitimizing something by deferring to a false antiquity, value calculations within traditions, the significance of William Atkinson, benefiting from hucksters, and possibilities for what yoga teaching might look like in the future.

Ruth White, author of Presence: The Truth of Yoga, talks with J about the earliest days of BKS Iyengar coming to the UK and developing a practice that endures. They discuss practicing in a living room with BKS Iyengar, classes in Pune compared to the UK, whether or not Iyengar was an abusive teacher, why Iyengar focused primarily on postures, going inward, and the dropping away of ego identifications so we can see each other as one and the same.

Cristina & Diego, founders of Origo Shoes, talk with J about the philosophy behind barefoot shoes and our relationship to the natural world. They discuss the developmental issues their daughter faced and how that led to barefoot shoes, the detriment of conventional ideas about footwear, specifications that make a shoe barefoot, doing business according to your values, and the benefits of slower living and a return to basic principles.

Joe Simek, co-owner of Dragonfly Yoga and co-founder of The Fiaria Project, talks with J about coming back from the pandemic and moving forward with purpose. They discuss the reopening of his brick and mortar space, leases and sustainability, competition among centers, re-envisioning memberships and community, shifting from information to transformation, issues of accreditation, and the changing dynamics by which we measure success.

Mark Walsh, host of the The Embodiment Podcast and author of Embodiment: Working with the Body in Training and Coaching, talks with J about facilitating life skills and navigating the world around us. They discuss embodiment as a practice and a principle, creating the largest online embodiment conference ever, early days of trolling online, political trends, and the importance of finding ways to make sense and meaning.