CHITHEADS with Jacob Kyle (Embodied Philosophy)

By Jacob Kyle

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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. Subscribe to Chitheads on YouTube and your favorite podcast platform, and please consider leaving us a positive review on one iTunes, or your favorite podcast player. Come dive into these in-depth conversations that illuminate our path of contemplative discovery. If you’ve felt like you’re the only one full of chit – full of consciousness or awareness ˀ– welcome home. This community of listeners, seekers, and scholar-practitioners is for you.

Episode Date
Why the Humanities Are Dying and the Revival of Holistic Education with Athena Potari
Dec 02, 2025
Manifestation Isn't Magic with Jacob Kyle
Nov 26, 2025
Everything is the Goddess with Nataraj Chaitanya
Oct 08, 2025
Spiritual Bypassing, Non-Dualism Explained, and the 4th State of Consciousness with Jacob Kyle
Jun 16, 2025
The Power of Poetry in Medieval Kashmir with James D. Reich
Apr 10, 2025
Ritual, Reality & the Sri Yantra with Kavitha Chinnaiyan
Mar 12, 2025
Change Your Breath to Change Your Life with Jacob Kyle
Jan 24, 2025
Abhinavagupta, A.I., and the Matter of Wonder with Loriliai Biernacki
Dec 03, 2024
Anxiety from a Philosophical Perspective with Samir Chopra
Oct 14, 2024
Jain Philosophy Through its Primary Concepts with Shree Nahata
Aug 02, 2024
Bhāva: A Theory of Imagination
Jun 19, 2024
The Lineage of Immortals with Jason Birch
Jun 05, 2024
This Crack in Time with Shambhavi Sarasvati
Apr 19, 2024
Ancient Greek Wisdom with Athena Potari
Mar 12, 2024
The Wisdom of Zero with Jacob Kyle
Mar 04, 2024
Yoga Teacher Travails & Transformations with Leslie Kaminoff
Feb 21, 2024
The Vibratory Power of Sanskrit with Lucy Crisfield
Dec 14, 2023
Subversive Sanskrit Studies with Bihani Sarkar
Nov 29, 2023
On the Role of the Guru with Hari-kirtana das, Ken Rose, Trish Tillman & Stephanie Corigliano
Nov 14, 2023
The Luminous Self with Tracee Stanley
Oct 11, 2023
Body by Breath with Jill Miller
Sep 19, 2023
TRIBUTE [Best of]: Sally Kempton on the Divine Feminine, Deity Yoga and Spiritual Pragmatism
Jul 25, 2023
Options For Yoga Teachers Today with Ava Taylor
Jul 11, 2023
Knowledge, Experience, and the Yoga Teacher with Daniel Simpson
Jun 20, 2023
Best Of: Yoga for Recovery with Nikki Myers
Jun 06, 2023
Joe Loizzo on The New Mind-Body Research & the Yogic Science of Integration
May 16, 2023
Ashtanga Yoga in Sutras and the Gītā: A Comparison with Edwin Bryant
Apr 25, 2023
Is the West Ready for Tantra? with Andrew Holecek
Mar 28, 2023
Following the Non-Dual Path of the Divine Feminine with Sally Kempton
Mar 14, 2023
Nikki Costello on the New Yoga Classroom
Feb 14, 2023
Rabbi Rami Shapiro on Living the Golden Rule
Jan 24, 2023
Ketamine Therapy with Christi Myers
Aug 30, 2022
Yoga World Past, Present & Future with Nikki Vilella
Jul 12, 2022
Is Academia a Religion? with Marcy Braverman Goldstein
May 20, 2022
Shamanic Healing, Divine Feminine, Buddhist Meditation, and the 4 Yogas Mini-Trainings
May 08, 2022
Yoga & Western Esotericism with Anya Foxen
Apr 27, 2022
The Tao of Now with Diane Dreher
Apr 12, 2022
Gavin Flood on Hindu Monotheism & the 12 Kalis (Radical Theology Series)
Mar 30, 2022
Matthew Fox on Creation Spirituality (Radical Theology Series)
Mar 15, 2022
A Queer Dharma with Jacoby Ballard
Mar 01, 2022
Intellectual Bhakti (Tarka Journal Podcast Ep.1) with Stephanie Corigliano & Jacob Kyle
Feb 22, 2022
Body Theology with Michelle Voss Roberts (Radical Theology)
Feb 15, 2022
Theology Without Walls with John J. Thatamanil (Radical Theology)
Feb 01, 2022
Andrew Harvey on Sacred Activism and Radical Regeneration (#140)
Oct 12, 2021
Stephen Porges On Trauma & Polyvagal Theory (#139)
Sep 28, 2021
Krishna Das on Chanting Divine Names (#138)
Sep 23, 2021
Cornel West on Spiritual Citizenship (#137)
Sep 14, 2021
Raj Balkaran on the Wisdom of Stories (#136)
Jul 27, 2021
Michelle C. Johnson on Finding Refuge (#135)
Jul 06, 2021
Shreena Gandhi on White Supremacy (#134)
Jun 08, 2021
Isa Gucciardi on Birth & Initiations (#133)
May 25, 2021
Richard Katz on Indigenous Psychology and Allyship (#132)
May 11, 2021
Françoise Bourzat on Consciousness Medicine (#131)
Apr 20, 2021
Prentis Hemphill on Healing Justice & Queer Spiritual Purpose (#130)
Apr 06, 2021
Vineet Chander on Hindu Chaplaincy (#129)
Mar 09, 2021
Tracee Stanley on Yoga Nidra (#127)
Feb 09, 2021
Tias Little On Practice as the Path (#126)
Jan 12, 2021
Shailla Vaidya on Yoga for Stress & Burnout (#125)
Dec 30, 2020
Kulreet Chaudhary on Sound Medicine (#124)
Dec 15, 2020
Swami Swatmananda on Diwali, Vedanta & Shiva (#123)
Dec 01, 2020
Alberto Villoldo on Shamanism (#122)
Nov 18, 2020
Daniel Simpson on the Truth of Yoga (#121)
Oct 20, 2020
Philip Goldberg on Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times (#120)
Oct 13, 2020
Chris Walling on Yoga Therapy Research (#119)
Sep 16, 2020
Mirabai Starr on Feminine Mysticism (#118)
Sep 08, 2020
Lisa Danylchuk on Yoga for Trauma Recovery (#117)
Aug 25, 2020
Jeffrey Kripal on Flips of Perspective (#116)
Aug 11, 2020
Alex Auder on Socialist Yoga (#115)
Jul 21, 2020
Lama Rod Owens on Love & Anger (#114)
Jul 14, 2020
Nkem Ndefo on Trauma & Resilience (#113)
Jul 08, 2020
Greta Gaard on Mindful Ecofeminism (#112)
Jun 30, 2020
Georgi Y. Johnson on NonDual Therapy (#111)
Jun 09, 2020
Todd Norian on Unreasonable Happiness (#110)
Apr 21, 2020
Mary Reilly Nichols & Kavitha Chinnaiyan on Bhakti (#109)
Apr 14, 2020
Shambhavi Sarasvati on Expanding our View (#108)
Apr 07, 2020
Nina Rao & Hari-kirtana das on Bhakti (#107)
Mar 31, 2020
Stephen Porges on Polyvagal Theory (#106)
Mar 25, 2020
Coronavirus Contemplations with Miles Neale & Isa Gucciardi (#105)
Mar 17, 2020
Neil Dalal on Vedanta & Self-Inquiry (#104)
Feb 05, 2020
Joakim Vindenes on Virtual Reality (#103)
Jan 28, 2020
Andrew Holecek on Dreams & the Primary Delusion (#102)
Dec 24, 2019
Christine Caldwell on Bodyfulness (#101)
Dec 10, 2019
Vanamali on Sanatana Dharma & Religious Fundamentalism (#100)
Nov 26, 2019
Amit Goswami on Quantum Activism & Archetypal Living (#99)
Oct 29, 2019
Susanna Harwood Rubin on Pilgrimage, Kali & Cancer #98
Oct 01, 2019
Ekabhumi Ellik on Sacred Art (#97)
Aug 13, 2019
Sally Kempton, Judith Blackstone, Rae Johnson, Scott Lyons and Tara Judelle on Somatics and Spirituality (#96)
Jul 23, 2019
Nevine Michaan on Yoga as Practical Mysticism (#95)
Jul 09, 2019
David Regelin on Teaching & Yoga Nonsense (#94)
Jun 17, 2019
Oneika Mays on Privilege and Incarceration (#93)
Jun 04, 2019
Jill Purce on the Healing Voice (#92)
Apr 16, 2019
Julie Brown Yau on Rage and Trauma (#91)
Mar 19, 2019
Rupert Sheldrake on Materialist Assumptions (#90)
Feb 19, 2019
John Greer on Perennial Philosophy (#89)
Feb 12, 2019
David "Davidya" Buckland on Stages of Consciousness (#88)
Jan 12, 2019
Judith Blackstone on the Realization Process (#87)
Jan 08, 2019
Kenneth Rose on the Brain, Mystical Experience & Religious Studies (#86)
Jan 01, 2019
Rae Johnson on Embodying Social Justice (#85)
Dec 23, 2018
David Loy on Nonduality (#84)
Dec 12, 2018
Nikki Myers on Yoga for Recovery (#83)
Dec 10, 2018
David Bullard on Sex, Trauma and Intimacy (#82)
Dec 03, 2018
Bo Forbes on Diseases of Disembodiment (#81)
Nov 27, 2018
Philipp Maas on the Pātañjala Yogaśāstra (#80)
Nov 12, 2018
Pranada Comtois on Culturing Wise-Love (#79)
Nov 03, 2018
Amy Matthews on Embodied Learning & Developmental Anatomy (#78)
Oct 01, 2018
Mauro Zappaterra on the Cerebrospinal Fluid (#77)
Aug 28, 2018
Phil Hine on the Chakras & Western Esotericism (#76)
Aug 08, 2018
Lama Tsultrim on the Mandala & the Empowered Feminine (#75)
Jul 24, 2018
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati on the Yogi Code & Deep Mindfulness (#74)
Jun 22, 2018
Kavitha Chinnaiyan on Shakti, Mahavidyas & the Direct Path (#73)
May 25, 2018
Wlliam K. Mahony on the Vedic Imagination (#72)
May 18, 2018
Andrea Jain on Cultural Appropriation and Essentializing Yoga (#71)
May 03, 2018
Ian Whicher on the Integrity of the Yoga Sutras (#70)
Apr 27, 2018
Swami Umesh Yogi on Jyotish & the Vedic Worldview (#69)
Apr 13, 2018
Deborah L. Johnson on Polarization and LGBT Spirituality (#68)
Feb 19, 2018
Tias Little on the Subtle Body (#67)
Feb 12, 2018
Mark Singleton on Yoga Body (#66)
Feb 02, 2018
Andrew Harvey on Sacred Activism (#65)
Jan 18, 2018
Riccardo Manzotti on the Spread Mind & Modern Physics (#64)
Dec 23, 2017
Jude Currivan on the Cosmic Hologram (#62)
Nov 25, 2017
Bob Thurman & Isa Gucciardi on Peace & the Dalai Lama (#61)
Nov 11, 2017
Richard C. Miller on Yoga Nidra (#60)
Oct 29, 2017
Laura Amazzone on Goddess Durga and Female Empowerment (#59)
Oct 14, 2017
Dean Radin on Parapsychology and the Science on Superpowers (#58)
Oct 07, 2017
Constantina Rhodes on Invoking Lakshmi, Prosperity and Intuition (#57)
Sep 30, 2017
Christopher Key Chapple on Ritual, the Elements and Sanskrit (#56)
Sep 17, 2017
Jonathan Dickstein on Vegetarianism in Classical Yoga (#55)
Sep 09, 2017
Ken Wilber on Waking Up, Growing Up and the Religion of Tomorrow (#54)
Sep 01, 2017
Jonathan Edelmann on Evolution, the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and Vaiṣṇava Theology (#53)
Aug 26, 2017
James Mallinson on Hatha Yoga History, Philology and the Khecarīvidyā (#52)
Aug 19, 2017
JP Sears on JP Sears, Creativity & Vulnerability (#51)
Aug 12, 2017
Isa Gucciardi on Shamanism, Depth Hypnosis and Integration (#50)
Aug 05, 2017
Marianne Garneau on the Social Justice Warrior & Progressive Politics (#49)
Jul 29, 2017
Swami Sarvapriyananda on the Upanishads & the Hard Problem of Consciousness (#48)
Jul 22, 2017
Vera de Chalambert on Interspirituality and the Dark Night of the Soul (#47)
Jul 14, 2017
David Vago on Contemplative Neuroscience (#46)
Jul 08, 2017
Jeffrey Lidke on the Goddes, Nepal and the Sri Yantra (#45)
Jul 01, 2017
Angela Warburton on Chinese Medicine (#44)
Jun 23, 2017
Loren Fishman on Yoga as Medical Treatment (#43)
Jun 17, 2017
Nina Rao on Kirtan, Hanuman and Devotion (#42)
May 26, 2017
Chris Grosso on Compassion, Recovery and Spiritual Materialism (#41)
May 05, 2017
Livia Cohen-Shapiro on Yoga as Somatic Psychology (#40)
Apr 13, 2017
Igor Kufayev on Spanda, Quantum Physics, and the Role of the Teacher (#39)
Apr 08, 2017
Hari-kirtana das on Yoga Philosophy, Bhakti Yoga, and the Path to Self-Realization (#38)
Mar 24, 2017
Dr. Kelly Brogan on Holistic Psychiatry, Integrative Healing, and a Healthy Gut (#37)
Mar 18, 2017
Steven Peterson on Taoist Alchemy (#36)
Mar 12, 2017
Richard Smoley on Western Mysticism, Scientism, and God (#35)
Feb 18, 2017
Spring Washam on Ayahuasca, Healing and Meditation Practice (#34)
Feb 11, 2017
Eddie Stern on Ashtanga, Indian Thought and Injury (#33)
Jan 21, 2017
Jeffery D. Long on Reimagining Religion, Hinduism, & Spiritual Pluralism (#32)
Dec 17, 2016
Sally Kempton on the Divine Feminine, Deity Yoga & Spiritual Pragmatism (#31)
Dec 10, 2016
Rod Stryker on Tradition, the Goal of Practice, the Four Desires, and Politics (#30)
Nov 19, 2016
Shambhavi Sarasvati on Avatars, Devotion and the Wisdom of Reality (#29)
Nov 01, 2016
Mary Reilly Nichols on Ecstatic Experiences, Muktananda & Hatha Yoga (#28)
Oct 11, 2016
Jay Garfield on Non-Western & Western Philosophies (#27)
Oct 02, 2016
Matthew Remski on Eroticism in Yoga, Authority Structures and Accountability (#26)
Sep 20, 2016
Joe Loizzo on Meditation Research, Neuroplasticity and Contemplative Science (#25)
Sep 10, 2016
Sharon Salzberg on Faith, Meditation and Cultivating an Ethical Life (#24)
Aug 27, 2016
Leslie Kaminoff on Yoga Alliance, Anatomy Maps, and Free Will (#23)
Aug 20, 2016
Anneke Lucas on Being Sex Trafficked, Trauma, and Liberation (#22)
Aug 05, 2016
Dana Slamp on the Nervous System, our Cartesian Worldview, and Yoga Therapy (#21)
Jul 28, 2016
Ramesh Bjonnes on the Tantrik vs. Vedic Stream of History, the 4 Pillars of Tantra, and Environmentalism (#20)
Jul 20, 2016
Miles Neale on Buddhist Psychotherapy, Karma, & Nirvana (#19)
Jul 02, 2016
Kiki Flynn on the Early New NYC Yoga Scene, Ashtanga, and the Detriments of Plastic (#18)
Jun 11, 2016
Philip Goldberg on Appropriation, Pragmatic Mysticism and the Americanization of Yoga (#17)
Jun 04, 2016
Zachery Dacuk on Conscious Embodiment, Anatomy as a Story, and the 45 Minute Movement Rule (#16)
Jun 01, 2016
Matt Lombardo on Spiritual Bypassing, Cults, and Recent Yoga Scandals (#15)
May 05, 2016
Christopher Wallis on Tantra, Non-Dualism, and Awakening to Your True Nature (#14)
Apr 25, 2016
Bob Doto on Yogalebrity Culture, the Babarazzi, and the Spectacle (#13)
Mar 18, 2016
Nikki Costello on Integration, Mother India, and Experiences of God (#12)
Mar 13, 2016
Edwin Bryant on the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, & the Multiplicity of the Absolute (#11)
Feb 13, 2016
Manorama on the Guru/Student Relationship, Sanskrit, and Renunciate vs. Householder Paths (#10)
Feb 06, 2016
Christopher Tompkins on Tantra, the original Chakras, and the Real Age of the Asanas (#9)
Jan 30, 2016
Alex Auder on Counterculture, Critiques of a Commodified Yoga Scene, Vedanta and Facing Death (#8)
Jan 23, 2016
Michael Stone on Intimacy with Life and the Space of Non-Reactivity (#7)
Jan 16, 2016
Anodea Judith on the Chakras, Body Armor, and Global Transformation (#6)
Jan 07, 2016
Jillian Turecki on Relationships from a Place of Abundance (#5)
Dec 05, 2015
Ralph De La Rosa on Neuroplasticity, Substance Abuse, and Myths about Meditation (#4)
Nov 18, 2015
Gabriel Halpern on Iyengar, being a Ritual Elder and the Initiatory Transitions of Life (#3)
Nov 04, 2015
Dhanurdhara Swami on Being Kidnapped, Mantra, Kirtan, and the Personality of Godhead (#2)
Oct 17, 2015
Rima Rabbath on Karma, the Middle East, and "Sama Darshana" (#1)
Oct 05, 2015