Yoga & Western Esotericism with Anya Foxen (#148) By Jacob Kyle Posted on April 26, 2022 #Philosophy#Yoga About the Guest Anya Foxen is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on the intersection of South Asian yogic and tantric traditions and Western esotericism and metaphysical spiritualities. Her current writing examines the transnational evolution and popularization of yoga in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is also a yoga teacher and long-time practitioner. In this Episode, We Discuss: Western roots of modern yoga.Connecting the dots between modern western postural yoga and it’s Indian roots.Defining harmonialism.Key concepts in the Hellenic tradition as precursors to the harmonial ideas that we find in modern postural spiritualities.Theurgy, a powerful parallel to the Indian Traditions.Confronting issues of cultural appropriation.Viewing the fundamental narrative of Western yoga as a historical conversation. Website: https://www.anyafoxen.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/profanyechka/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anyafoxen Episode Sponsor: Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR) Quotes from the Episode Take the podcast with you Subscribe in your favourite app Read more like this #Practice #Yoga Yoga World Past, Present & Future with Nikki Vilella (#151) Nikki Vilella started teaching at Kula Yoga Project in New York City in 2005 and opened Kula Williamsburg (alongside Schuyler Grant) in 2010. By Jacob Kyle #Philosophy #Traditions Reflections on an African Diasporic Spiritual Citizenship My formulation of spiritual citizenship grew out of what I learned over two decades in Trinidad working with dynamic religious communities informed by ancestral and contemporary West African faith practices…. By Fadeke Castor #Philosophy #Traditions The Tao of Now with Diane Dreher (#147) Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, researcher, and positive psychology coach. This conversation focuses on her latest book, The Tao of Inner Peace. By Jacob Kyle #Philosophy #Traditions Gavin Flood on Hindu Monotheism & the 12 Kalis (#146: Radical Theology Series) Gavin Flood is the Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and author of the recent books Religion and the Philosophy of Life; Hindu Monotheism; and The Truth Within, a History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. By Jacob Kyle TARKA Journal Discover our latest issues or become a monthly subscriber to access all digital and/or print content. Tarka #06: On Spiritual Citizenship Tarka #05: On Queer Dharma Tarka #04: On Death Tarka #03: On Ecology Tarka #02: On Illusion Tarka #01: On Bhakti Tarka #0: On the Scholar-Practitioner