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Whole Life Yoga Podcast
Bringing the ancient, timeless, perennial teachings of yoga to vivid life. Unscripted talks on whole life yoga. Considering life through a yogic lens. Exploring the yoga of the whole human being with reference to the classic Sanskṛt texts of the yoga tradition, mythology, poetry, literature and music, and to movement, meditation, kīrtan and the yoga of sound and song, language and communciation. www.jamesboagyoga.com
Episodes
Whole Life Yoga PodcastYOGA TOP 40 - I just don't know what to do with myself
YOGA TOP 40 - using song titles as platforms to explore practical teachings from the heart of the yoga tradition. I JUST DON"T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF What…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastClickbait doesn't work
So much useful information on the internet, and so much rubbish. There are lots of great channels sharing loads of great insights and information. However, so…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastBooks that changed my life - Baron in the Trees - Il Barone Rampante - On rasa and bhāva
Italo Calvino’s Il Barone Rampante / Baron in the Trees is one of my favourite ever books. It was one of the texts/aesthetic experiences/works of art that gave…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastAm I really practising yoga?
So do you have a yoga practice? This episode includes: What does sādhana mean? Is your practice helping keep your life orienting in the direction of your…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastYoga and the Sun at Casa Cuadrau
What is special about a whole life yoga retreat at Casa Cuadrau in the Spanish Pyrenees? From 2012-2019 I enjoyed the great boon of sharing retreats every year…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastDante, the Gītā and waking up in the dark wood
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai in una selva oscura perchè la dritta via mi era smarrità In the middle of the journey of our life, having lost…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastA different story of a new world order
Centralised control and domination? That's an outdated story. Past its use by date. Thinking we are smarter than Life? No, that story of hubris never sustains…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastThe Bhagavad Gītā - on the courage to SLOW DOWN and fight corruption
The battlefield setting of the Bhagavad Gītā coming in the midst of a vast epic centred around a war of powerful men fighting amongst themselves sometimes puts…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastGaṇeśa - more than the remover of obstacles
Gaṇeśa, famed as the ‘remover of obstacles’ is so much more! Along with Śiva, Śakti/Mā/Mother Divine, Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa, Skanda/Subrahmaṇya/Kārtikeya/Murugan and…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastHanuman's adventures in Laṅka
The Rāmāyaṇa is one of the most treasured stories in the history of humanity. It was my privilege to soak in the teachings of this great epic of the yoga…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastŠuka interviews James - on yogic movement
Ahead of the October 17-19 weekend workshop, Moving with Integrity - A Yogic Perspective for the Dance of Life, facilitators Šuka and James sat down to discuss…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastŠuka Horn - Moving with Integrity in the Dance of Life
Ahead of this October's Moving with Integrity Weekend Workshop in Leipzig, Šuka and I sat down to share a little about our perspectives and approach to work…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastI am not ONLY this body
I am not ONLY this body In certain circles, one sometimes hears repeated pronouncements like ‘I am not this body’, ‘I am not this mind’, ‘I am not this ego’…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastSacred Stories, Timeless Teachings
Sacred Stories, Timeless Teachings - Myth, Mantra & Self-Inquiry in the Yogic Tradition In Conversation with Nadine Szumilas: - Why is story such a central and…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn satsang and inquiry
Yoga does not ask us to be anything we are not, but invites us on an unrelenting journey deeper into the heart of who we really are. This journey takes…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn the Nature of things
Despite the common dictionary definitions of nature as something separate from or other than human, really we are never separate from nature. We are nature…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn Dharma: beauty, death and the story of Rabbi Zuzya
Dharma - one of the most foundational principles in yoga and the broader Indic tradition. As a verb: that which supports, holds, sustains As a noun: the…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastI believe in miracles
I believe in miracles... I am reminded that I am a walking, breathing, pulsating miracle... This amazing vehicle of a human body is a miracle, and it…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn congruence and new year's resolutions
On congruence and new year's resolutions On being impeccable with our word and cultivating śraddhā - self-trust. Practising congruence between thoughts, speech…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn the Bhagavad Gītā - All the cows - sarvo'paniṣado gāvaḥ...
This episode considers some of the rich layers of meaning encoded in one of the Sanskṛt verses that is traditionally sung before study of the Bhagavad Gītā…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastLove Story: On intuition, fear and learning with William S Whorton
In this fifth conversation with William S Whorton, I ask him about his success in avoiding some of the ways human beings sabotage their own lives that he…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastHeed Your Conscience - Thanking the Teachers 1 - Mrs Eggleston
In this first 'thanking the teachers/thoughts on the guru' episode, I give thanks to my third year junior school class teacher, Mrs Eggleston. During my…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn Enchantment & the Transcendent: the only white boy in the 2nd Baptist Church w/ William S Whorton
In this fourth conversation with William S Whorton, I ask him about one of the formative experiences of his life that I have had the privilege of reading…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn initiation and transformation: The Marine Corps and the Bhagavad Gītā with William S Whorton
I enjoyed this third conversation with William S Whorton, co-translator with Acharn Tassanee Sinsakul of The Bhagavad Gītā published last year by Uppsala…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastEVERY DAY... the dawn brings a blessing
Yoga practice is EVERY DAY As Rabindranath Tagore, translated by William Radice said it: Every day, the dawn Brings a blessing To whatever is still growing…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn Intensity - Tīvra
Sometimes people have the misperception that yoga is about 'chillaxing' or 'going with the flow'. Yoga is about balance. Sometimes of course, taking things…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn mastery and apprenticeship
A fairly freewheeling episode in which I share thoughts on mastery and apprenticeship. In recent weeks I have had the privilege and joy to share in person with…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastYoga āsana - what's the story?
Āsana literally means 'seat', the seat not just of our physical body, but of our whole psychic reality. Yoga techniques seek to cultivate a seat of awareness…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastSatya ṛta bṛhat - yoga and the mountains - conversation with Clare Nicholls
This May 8-12 2024 I will be collaborating with Clare Nicholls on a living the yoga sūtra-s immersive retreat during which we'll explore how we can embody the…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastItalian edition - Bella Ciao
This week I'm going to be collaborating with Rosa Tagliafierro of ashtanga yoga italia in Milano, giving a weekend immersion in Italian. Here is an Italian…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn the battlefield for life with Bill Whorton - on confronting evil
In this episode I continue the conversation around the practical teachings of the Bhagavad Gītā with my friend and former colleague from Chulalongkorn…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastLiving the yoga sūtra-s conversation with Clare Nicholls
In this conversation with Clare Nicholls, we consider: - what does it mean to 'live the yoga sūtra-s'? - why might a person might want to do that? How can…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastPrague edition 2 - Jakob and the golden hearth
Praha edition 2 - Jakob and the golden hearth As I’m still in Prague, I’m continuing on the Prague theme, here sharing another of my favourite yoga stories…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastPrague edition 1 - Princess Kolobiska and la contadina furba - Yoga happens in the junction
I am in the beautiful capital of Bohemia, not far from the Vltava river. In this episode I share a story of Princess Kolobiska, the young woman who knows how…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn the battlefield for life - Conversation with Acharn Captain William S Whorton - 1
In this episode I am in conversation with my friend and former colleague from Chulalongkorn University, Acharn Captain William S Whorton. Over the last…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastLet us not get lost in lamentation! With reference to 'jai perdu mon eurydice'
Let us not get lost in lamentation! As Kṛṣṇa urges us in the Bhagavad Gītā, life will involve gain and loss, joy and sorrow, hot and cold, pleasure and pain…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastWhy Yoga Matters
Why does yoga matter? Why is it so helpful and relevant today? This episode considers some of the timeless principles of yoga and how we can work with them to…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn Kīrtan - Yoga of Sound and Song
On Kīrtan - Yoga of Sound and Song There are so many ways to practice yoga. Yet from a certain perspective, most yoga techniques are in some way about sound…
Whole Life Yoga PodcastOn Faith and Courage
First episode in the Whole Life Yoga Podcast. On faith and courage, or more precisely śraddhā and vīrya - the first two qualities Patañjali sets out as…