Apr 2025
Amy Zhang, "Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China" (Stanford UP, 2024)
After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. As the world's largest waste-generating nation, the World Economic Forum projects that by 2030, the volume of household waste in China will be double that of the United States. Starting in ... Show More
1h 7m
Yesterday
Allison Caine, "Restless Ecologies: Climate Change and Socioecological Futures in the Peruvian Highlands" (U Arizona Press, 2025)
In the high Andean grasslands 4,500 meters above sea level, Quechua alpaca herders live on the edges of glaciers that have retreated more rapidly in the past fifty years than at any point in the previous six millennia. Women are the primary herders, and their specialized knowledg ... Show More
49m 37s
Yesterday
Jason Roberts, "We Stay the Same: Subsistence, Logging, and Enduring Hopes for Development in Papua New Guinea" (U Arizona Press, 2024)
An ethnography of indigenous lives amidst subsistence labor, large-scale logging, and unrealized schemes, We Stay the Same: Subsistence, Logging, and Enduring Hopes for Development in Papua New Guinea (U Arizona Press, 2024) traces how hopes for development in New Hanover, Papua ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 2025
M.A. in Yoga Studies with Christopher Chapple
Dr. Christopher Chapple, founder of Loyola Marymount University’s pioneering M.A. in Yoga Studies, joins us to discuss how the program blends rigorous scholarship with embodied practice. We explore its study of Sanskrit, classical texts, philosophy, and modern applications, as we ... Show More
37m 35s
Dec 2020
A Conscious Conversation on Yoga + Covid with Nicole Sciacca ✨
<p>Episode 20: This episode is a special one because it's with my dear friend, yoga teacher and mentor Nicole Sciacca. I love this ep because it's a very real and raw conversation between two friends on all things yoga, covid, dealing with fear, meditation, life, and be ... Show More
58m 18s
May 2024
Transformative Power of Yoga: From Ashtanga to Anusara and Beyond
Join Harmony Slater and Russell Case as they welcome Cindy Lusk, PhD, an experienced yoga teacher and meditation expert, to delve into the profound journey of yoga and meditation. This episode offers deep insights into the interplay of yoga disciplines, meditation practices, and ... Show More
54 m
Aug 2024
TKYP212 | The Original Kriya, Tapas and the End of Seeking for Self-Realization
In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, we consider the Original Kriya Yoga, Tapas, The End of Seeking for Self-Realization. If you would like to participate in future live sessions consider becoming a member of The Kriya Yoga Online Patreon Community or applying to the Kriya ... Show More
24m 29s
Aug 2024
PRETTY CURIOUS | Can Face Yoga Make Me Hotter?
Fumiko Takatsu, creator of the Face Yoga Method, stopped by Pretty Curious to help JVN find some easy, physiological, and fun ways we can keep our faces looking and feeling hot- at any age! Fumiko gave us amazing insight into what it takes to be a leader in the field, and how she ... Show More
33m 49s
Christopher Jain Miller's book Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation (Routledge, 2023) is a refreshingly original, multi-sited ethnography of transnational yoga that obliges us to look beyond postural practice (as̄ana) in modern yoga research.
The book introduces readers to three alternative, understudied categories o ... Show More
<p>Sources/Recomended Reading:</p><br><p>Bharati, Agehananda (1965). "The Tantric Tradition". B.I. Publications.</p><br><p>Bhattacharyya, N.N. (2005). "History of the Tantric Religion". Second Revised Edition. Manohar.</p><br><p>Bryant, Edwin F. (translated by) (2009). "The Yoga ... Show More
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