Online Education in Contemplative Studies
WISDOM SCHOOL
Embodied Philosophy is an online educational platform for Eastern Philosophy and Contemplative Studies
About Wisdom School Membership
Embodied Philosophy is an online educational platform for Eastern Philosophy and Contemplative Studies. Our programming has become a go-to resource for yoga teachers and practitioners, therapists, wellness facilitators and spiritual leaders. The Wisdom School is a community of devoted learners, committed to ongoing study for the evolution of their personal and professional practices.
Classical Yoga Philosophy
Contemplative Science
Somatic Therapies
Shamanic Healing Techniques
Yoga & Neuroscience
Ancient Yoga Traditions
Yoga History
Trauma-Informed Teachings
Meditation Research
Buddhist Philosophy
Tantrik Yoga Philosophy
Meditation Traditions
Spiritual Practices
Therapeutic Techniques
Healing Modalities
LEVEL SEEKER
COURSES THAT EXPLORE:
As a member of the Wisdom School - Seeker Level, you will receive access to over 200 hours of mini-trainings, lectures and workshops in yoga philosophy, contemplative studies, and therapeutic techniques.
See below for a full list of talks available NOW on demand with some of the most respected teachers in the world.
LEVEL SAGE
As a member of the Wisdom School - Sage Level, you will receive access to our entire course library, now with over 375 hours of in depth explorations of Yoga Philosophy, Contemplative Studies and MindBody Therapy. You'll receive 2+ new courses every month, most of them live and interactive. Participate in bi-annual elections to vote on which courses will be brought to the Wisdom School.
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Workshops
Panels
Monthly Seminars | Live & Interactive!
Yoga Seminar
A new live and interactive talk every month on yoga philosophy, yoga research, yoga therapy and practice. Attend live or watch the recording. Unlimited access to past Yoga Seminar talks.
MindBody Seminar
A new live and interactive talk every month on contemplative therapies, somatic research and innovative approaches to therapy and healing. Attend live or watch the recording. Unlimited access to past MindBody Seminar talks.
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LEVEL SAGE CONTENT:
Wisdom Library
Access to 200+ hours of content, including...
Mini-Trainings
Lectures
Workshops
Panels
Monthly Seminars | Live & Interactive!
Yoga Seminar
A new live and interactive talk every month on yoga philosophy, yoga research, yoga therapy and practice. Attend live or watch the recording. Unlimited access to past Yoga Seminar talks.
MindBody Seminar
A new live and interactive talk every month on contemplative therapies, somatic research and innovative approaches to therapy and healing. Attend live or watch the recording. Unlimited access to past MindBody Seminar talks.
Ongoing Studies in Sanskrit with Sanskrit teacher and scholar-practitioner Zoë Slatoff. Get access to the On-Demand Archive of Sanskrit Lessons and all upcoming live and interactive sessions.
Sanskrit Seminar
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Meet The Faculty
Jacob Kyle - Co-Director
Christine Caldwell
Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan - Tantra
Peter Levine
Joe Loizzo
Tias Little - Yoga & Buddhism
Laura Amazzone - Goddess Trad. / Shakta Tantra
Christopher Hareesh Wallis
Edwin Bryant - Bhakti
Albert Wong
Mary Reilly Nichols - Tantra, Meditation
Judith Blackstone
Frequently Asked Questions
Level Sekker
What Talks will I get Access to?
Here is a comprehensive list of the talks, workshops, lectures and mini-trainings that are avilable on-demand as soon as you enroll:
Isa Gucciardi - Shamans & Siddhas
Mary Reilly - Breath and Presence: On the relationship between Prana and Present Moment Awareness
Nataraj Chaitanya - OM NAMAH SHIVAYA: Why mantra matters & how to practice it
Zoe Slatoff - Yoga Seminar - Why Study Sanskrit?
Chris Chapple - Teaching the Yoga Sutras
Hari Kirtana das - On the Yamas & Niyamas
Andrea Jain - Buying and Selling Yoga: Cultural Appropriation in the Global Industry
Christopher Hareesh Wallis - Beyond Wheels: Teaching Chakras Authentically & Powerfully
Tias Little - Gravity as Therapy
Isa Gucciardi - Depth Hypnosis
Graham Schweig - The Supreme Secret of Yoga
Chris Tompkins - Kundalinī and the Science of AUM
Helen Lavretsky - The Brain and the Health Benefits of Yoga
Seth Powell - A Brief History of Yogic Postures in Premodern India
Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan - Vedic Chanting & the Art of Vibration
Amy Matthews - Dynamic Alignment
Swami Sarvapriyananda - Vedanta: Spirituality & Philosophy of the Upanishads
Michelle C. Johnson - Skill in Action: Radical Action Through Contemplative Practice
Jacob Kyle - Samkhya Philosophy
James Mallinson - Hatha Yoga Research
Swami Sarvapriyananda - Virtual Reality and Simulation - An Advaita Vedanta Perspective
Ken Rose - The Reality of Illusion: The Simulation Hypothesis and Yoga’s Five Bodies
Rizwan Virk - Samsara as a Video Game: the Simulation Hypothesis and Religious Traditions
Andrew Holecek - Virtual Reality, The Lucidity Principle, and Soteriology
Isa Gucciardi - How the Shamanic Journey to Illuminates the Inner World
Joakim Vindenes - Virtual Reality as Revealing the Self
Dr. Albert "Skip" Rizzo - Is Clinical Virtual Reality Ready for Primetime?
Sarah Hill - VR and AR Powered by EEG and Heart Rate for Stress Management
Michael R. Heim - How Virtual Reality Advances the Mystic Quest
Dr Jordan Quaglia - Am I Virtual Dreaming? Exploring Lucidity in Virtual Reality
Amit Goswami - Quantum Physics and the Integration of Science and Spirituality: The Scientific Evidence for God and What We Should do About It
Edwin Bryant - Bhakti Yoga in the Vraj (Vrindavan) Tradition
Pranada Comtois - Bhakti-Shakti: The Role of the Feminine in Transcendence
Vanamali Mataji - Bhakti as given in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Hari-kirtana das - Serve the Lord to Save the World: Bhakti-yoga as a Call to Action
Jaya Jaganath Das - A Love Supreme
Nina Rao - Hanuman-ji - The Embodiment of Devotion
Graham Schweig - Secret Messages of Divine Love
Christopher Fici - The Practice of Engaged Bhakti: The Art of Devotion for Precarious Times
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt - A Bhakti Song and the Making of a Mahatma (should go later on in the conference after people have a context)
Swami Tripurari - Lila, Atma, Bhakti, and Bhagavan
David Shannahoff-Khalsa - Advanced Pranayama Techniques From Kundalini Yoga As Taught By Yogi Bhajan™
Leslie Kaminoff - The Anatomy of Breathwork – Essential Principles and Pervasive Myths
Allison Gemmel Laframboise - How Does Pranayama Lead You to Your Highest Self?
Dr. Sameer A. Zope - Sudarshan Kriya Yoga: Breathing For Healthy Life
Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian - Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications of Pranayama
Yoganand (Michael Carroll) - History of Pranayama
Jensen Martin - The Prana of Paramahansa Yogananda
Mary Nichols - Worship the Lord of Prana: Connecting with the Teachings on Breath Awareness
Ana Funes - Prāṇacintā: Meditating on the Vital Breath as an Exercise of Bodily Self-Awareness
Kavitha Chinnaiyan - Utilizing the Prana Map to Navigate Life and Spiritual Practice
Srivatsa Ramaswami - Pranayama and Hatha Yoga
Naimah Efia - Healing Backwards & Forwards: UnEarthing the Truth(s) of the Trauma of Oppression
Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis - Addressing the Wounds of Historical Trauma and Contemporary Oppression
Oneika Mays - Disrupting With Love
Michelle Johnson - Skill in Action: Radical Action Through Contemplative Practice
Sage Hayes - Justice in the BodyNityda GesselDecolonizing the Body and Healing Racial Trauma
Claudia Horwitz - Minding the Way
Christine Caldwell - Bodyfulness as Contemplative and Embodied Activism
Rae Johnson - A Thousand Paper Cuts: Understanding the Complex Trauma of Embodied Microaggressions
Judith Blackstone - Trauma and the Unbound Body
David Bullard - Re-Pairing: Healing Disturbing and Traumatic Memories
David Berceli - Reframing the essential role of tremoring and/or shaking as a result of traumatic or stressful experiences
Isa Gucciardi - The Symptom is the Teacher
Anneke Lucas - The Unconditional Model: Using one's Whole Self in Trauma Healing
Richard Miller - Healing in Wholeness: Tools for Life for Experiencing Indestructible Resilience and Well-Being
Daniel Mintie - Reclaiming Life After Trauma: Healing PTSD With Yoga, Mindfulness Practice and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Julie Staples - How Yoga and Meditation Work to Heal Trauma Symptoms: the Scientific Foundations
Stephen Porges - On Trauma & Polyvagal Theory
Lisa Danylchuk - Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Theory, Philosophy and Practice
Yasmin Lambat - Unwind Emotional Patterns and Repattern New Neural Pathways
Maria Adelaida Lopez and Natalia Quinones - Healing Violence-Related Trauma Through Yoga
Isa Gucciardi - Understanding Plants & Plant Medicine
Alexander Belser - Psychedelic Medicine, Healing, & Spiritual Experience
Rachel Harris - Listening to Ayahuasca
Jae Sevelius - Queering Psychedelics
Kenneth Tupper - Entheogenic Education: Psychedelics as Tools for Learning
Zach Walsh - Psychedelics & the New Behaviorism
Bruce McEwen - The Brain on “Stress”: Epigenetic Influences on Brain and Body Health
David Shannahoff Khalsa - Kundalini Yoga As Taught By Yogi Bhajan: Selected Contributions to Basic Science and Clinical Treatment, and a Variety of Meditation Techniques for Treating Psychiatric Disorders
Fred Travis - Neuroplasticity and Mystical/Nondual Experiences Reported during Meditation Practice
Georgi Y. Johnson - What is the One True Choice? Neuroplasticity and Deep Rest in the Unknown
Joe Loizzo - Towards a Science of Embodied Mind: Neuroplasticity, Contemplative Practice and the New Scientific Paradigm
Jud Brewer - The craving mind: how mindfulness changes the brain to break bad habits and form new ones
Kenneth Rose - The Mystic’s Brain: The Biology of Contemplative Practice and Why It Matters to the Meditator
Sonia Sequeira - Yoga and the Science of Not ReactingStephen PorgesOn the Polyvagal Theory
Zoran Josipovic - Nonduality in light of neuroscience - implications for its understanding and practice
Edwin Bryant - Astanga Yoga in Sutras and the Gita: A Comparison
Rev. Jaganath Carrera - The Yoga Sutras: Mastering the Game of Life
Nikki Costello - One Sutra for a Lifetime
Dhanurdhara Swami - Surrender Unto Me: The Theme of the Gita and the Goal of Yoga
Pandit Dasa - The Bhagavad Gita: Understanding the Self, Duty, Death, Reincarnation and God
Johua M. Greene - The Hero's Journey: Bhagavad Gita as Monomyth
Manorama - The Rishis' Wisdom: Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita
Matthew Remski - Arjuna & Climate Change: A Thought Experiment Inspired by the Bhagavad GitaChristopher Hareesh WallisNew Findings that Change our Understanding of the Yoga-Sutra
Christopher Tompkins - Aversion vs. Connection: The Goal of Yoga & Its Evolution
Raghunath - Yoga: Spirituality or Religion?
Mary Reilly Nichols - The Glance of Shiva
Anodea Judith - Chakras as the Yoke of Yoga
Ramesh Bjonnes - Tantra & Sustainability: Environmental Activism as if Spirit Matters
Shambhavi Sarasvati - How to Feel Goodness when Everything is Going Wrong
Swami Khecaranatha - The Pathway to Freedom within the Nondual Tantric Tradition
Lorin Roche - The Radiance Sutras
Christopher Tompkins - The Medieval Chakra System of the Divine Mother
Christopher Hareesh Wallis - On Recognition
Sally Kempton - Following the Nondual Path of the Divine Feminine
Hari Kauer - Kundalini and Radical Embodiment
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - The Promise of Tantra
Joe Loizzo - Radical Therapies: The Confluence of Breakthrough Science and Timeless Practice
Miles Neale - Buddhist Psychotherapy: Reuniting the Twin Streams of Science and Spirituality in
a Degenerate Age
Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison - Intimacy in End of Life Care
David Berceli - The Physical Journey from "Muscle Contraction" to "Chi Activation" to "Higher Vibrational Frequencies"
Angela Warburton - Modern Day Chinese Medicine: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Times
David Vago - Contemplative Neuroscience: Past and Present Perspectives for the Future Science of Mind
Loren Fishman - Yoga in Orthopedics: Research Data on the Powerful Influence of Yoga Practice on a Variety of Conditions
Sameet Kumar - Psychedelics & Plant Medicines in Oncology Care
Neal M. Goldsmith - Psycheology: Psychedelics and the Study of the Soul
Christine Hoar -
Ayurvedic Medicine in Theory and Practice
Dave Courchene - Indigenous Perspectives on Healing and Wellness
Jason Birch - Yoga on the Eve of Colonialism
Christopher Key Chapple - Yoga History: Taking the Long View
Jacqueline Hargreaves - A Maturing Wisdom: The Women of Modern Globalised Yoga
Philipp Maas - Early Records of Āsana Practice
Ruth Westo - byThe Esoteric Feminine in Hathayoga Sources
David Gordon White - Wells of Nectar, Pools of Life
Dagmar Wujastyk - Healthcare and Longevity Practices in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Rasaśāstra
Seth Powell - Visual and Material Evidence of Medieval Yoga and Yogis
Suzanne Newcombe - Authenticity & Transformations in Yoga Traditions
Veena Howard - Yoga Disciplines and Vows: Gandhi's Embodied Practices for Personal Empowerment and Social Change
Debashish Banerji - Sri Aurobindo and the Indian Yoga Tradition
Thanissara - An Integrated Awakening: From Separation to Seamless Reality
Miles Neale - Beyond McMindfulness
Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche - Our Pristine Mind
Joe Loizzo - The Third Wave of Contemplative Life: The Embodied Art and Science of the Tantras
Ralph de la Rosa - Touching the Earth: The Neuroscience of Natural Awakening
Robert Thurman - TIbetan Culture: The Culture of Enlightenment
Isa Gucciardi - Buddhism in the Western Therapeutic Environment
Thupten Jinpa - Reason, Intuition, and the Science of Buddhism
Lama Tsultrim Allione - Esoteric Wisdom and the Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
Dr. Miles Neale - Bodhichitta: Radical Compassion in a World Gone Mad
Are Talks Live or Pre-recorded?
Both! We have ongoing monthly live webinars that you are free to tune into, but you will also have unlimited access to our library of past lectures, webinars, panels, and workshops.
How many hours of lectures and workshops do I have access to at the Seeker level?
Currently, there are over 200 hours of mini-trainings, workshops, lectures and panels from the Yoga Seminar and MindBody Seminar Archives.
How will I access my talks and courses?
Once you register, you will receive an email with login details. On your dashboard you will find access to our entire lecture library. You will also receive a new weekly talk posted to your dashboard, extracted from our latest Conference, Webinars, Panel Series or Summit, as well as a new live and interactive talk each month from both the Yoga Seminar & MindBody Seminar.
Does this give me access to the Embodied Philosophy 4-Module Courses?
No. To access longer courses, you will need to enroll in the Wisdom School at the Yogi, Healer or Sage level. To explore these membership options, go here.
Level Sage
What On Demand courses do I get access to?
There are currently 41 on-demand courses in the Sage Wisdom School Library. That's over 375 hours of in-depth explorations into contemplative studies.
Here is a comprehensive list of all current courses in the Library:
Niralli D'Costa - Ancient Wisdom for Elemental Healing
Maureen Gallagher - Attachment Theory: An Embodied Approach
Robert Lindsey - Bhagavad Gita
Edwin Bryant - Bhakti Yoga
Joe Joizzo - Buddhist Psychology & Contemplative Psychotherapy: Integrating the Embodied Mind
Christopher Hareesh Wallis - Chakras Illuminated
Anodea Judith - Charge & the Energy Body: Enhancing the Life Force of the Chakras
Richard Strozzi-Heckler - Embodied Leadership & Somatic Coaching
Rae Johnson - Embodying Social Justice: Understanding the Trauma of Oppression
Jeffery Long - Embracing Diversity: Exploring Worldview Pluralism
Kavitha Chinnaiyan - Foundations of Non-Dual Tantra
Graham Schweig - Hidden Teachings of the Yoga Sutra
Mary Reilly Nichols - I Am That: The Pervasive Nectar of Non-Duality
Jeffery Long - Indian Philosophy: Paths & Worldviews
Jay Earley - Inner Child Work
Scott Lyons & Christine Caldwell - Intro to MindBody Therapy
Zoë Slatoff - Introduction to Sanskrit: A Seminar
David Shannahoff-Khalsa - Kundalini Yoga Pranayams
Constantina Rhodes - Lakshmi: Four Paths to Abundance
Isa Gucciardi - Light in the Shadow: Shadow Yoga, Shamanism & Psychology
Kavitha Chinnaiyan - Navarathri: An Inner Path to Shakti
Neil Dalal - Non-Duality: Discovering Wholeness Through Advaita Vedanta
David Weinstock - Non-Violent Communication
Multiple Teachers - Oppression, Privilege and Spiritual Practice
Rae Johnson - Power, Privilege and Difference in the Clinical Relationship
Multiple Teachers - Psychedelic Integration: Integrating Psychedelics into Spiritual Practice
Pilar Jennings - Pyschoanalysis & Tibetan Buddhism: An Unfolding Partnership
David Bullard - Re-Pairing: Practices for Cultivating the Embodiment of Intimacy
Marcy Goldstein & Ramesh Bjonnes - Roots & Branches of Yoga (Course 1): The Ancient Period
Marcy Goldstein & Ramesh Bjonnes - Roots & Branches of Yoga (Course 2): The Premodern Period
Jacob Kyle - Samkhya Philosophy - The Liberating Dualism
Laura Amazzone - Shakti: Faces of the Goddess
Judith Blackstone - The Realization Process
Joe Loizzo - The Science of Spirit: How the New Science of Embodied Mind is Changing the World
Kenneth Rose - The Univeral Mystic: Meditation, the Brain and Humanity's Mystical Birthright
Katy Jane - The Vedas: Exploring the Source of Yoga
Miles Neale - Tibetan Buddhism: A Path of Becoming Fully Human
Tias Little - Traditions of Meditation
Kenneth Rose - Virtual Reality, Māyā, and Yoga's Virtual Bodies
Sonia Sequeira - Yoga & the Neuroscience of Healing: Hasrnessing the Power of the Brain
Laura Amazzone - Yogini: Empowering Mandalas of the Divine Feminine
How often will new courses be added?
Every month, 2+ new courses will be added to the Sage Wisdom School – one on a Yoga Philosophy related topic and one on a MindBody Therapy related topic. Future courses are all voted on by the current members of the Wisdom School once or twice per year. New Courses are announced as soon as they are added.
What talks will I find in the lecture library?
Here is a comprehensive list of the talks, workshops, lectures and mini-trainings that are avilable on-demand as soon as you enroll:
Isa Gucciardi - Shamans & Siddhas
Mary Reilly - Breath and Presence: On the relationship between Prana and Present Moment Awareness
Nataraj Chaitanya - OM NAMAH SHIVAYA: Why mantra matters & how to practice it
Zoe Slatoff - Yoga Seminar - Why Study Sanskrit?
Chris Chapple - Teaching the Yoga Sutras
Hari Kirtana das - On the Yamas & Niyamas
Andrea Jain - Buying and Selling Yoga: Cultural Appropriation in the Global Industry
Christopher Hareesh Wallis - Beyond Wheels: Teaching Chakras Authentically & Powerfully
Tias Little - Gravity as Therapy
Isa Gucciardi - Depth Hypnosis
Graham Schweig - The Supreme Secret of Yoga
Chris Tompkins - Kundalinī and the Science of AUM
Helen Lavretsky - The Brain and the Health Benefits of Yoga
Seth Powell - A Brief History of Yogic Postures in Premodern India
Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan - Vedic Chanting & the Art of Vibration
Amy Matthews - Dynamic Alignment
Swami Sarvapriyananda - Vedanta: Spirituality & Philosophy of the Upanishads
Michelle C. Johnson - Skill in Action: Radical Action Through Contemplative Practice
Jacob Kyle - Samkhya Philosophy
James Mallinson - Hatha Yoga Research
Swami Sarvapriyananda - Virtual Reality and Simulation - An Advaita Vedanta Perspective
Ken Rose - The Reality of Illusion: The Simulation Hypothesis and Yoga’s Five Bodies
Rizwan Virk - Samsara as a Video Game: the Simulation Hypothesis and Religious Traditions
Andrew Holecek - Virtual Reality, The Lucidity Principle, and Soteriology
Isa Gucciardi - How the Shamanic Journey to Illuminates the Inner World
Joakim Vindenes - Virtual Reality as Revealing the Self
Dr. Albert "Skip" Rizzo - Is Clinical Virtual Reality Ready for Primetime?
Sarah Hill - VR and AR Powered by EEG and Heart Rate for Stress Management
Michael R. Heim - How Virtual Reality Advances the Mystic Quest
Dr Jordan Quaglia - Am I Virtual Dreaming? Exploring Lucidity in Virtual Reality
Amit Goswami - Quantum Physics and the Integration of Science and Spirituality: The Scientific Evidence for God and What We Should do About It
Edwin Bryant - Bhakti Yoga in the Vraj (Vrindavan) Tradition
Pranada Comtois - Bhakti-Shakti: The Role of the Feminine in Transcendence
Vanamali Mataji - Bhakti as given in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Hari-kirtana das - Serve the Lord to Save the World: Bhakti-yoga as a Call to Action
Jaya Jaganath Das - A Love Supreme
Nina Rao - Hanuman-ji - The Embodiment of Devotion
Graham Schweig - Secret Messages of Divine Love
Christopher Fici - The Practice of Engaged Bhakti: The Art of Devotion for Precarious Times
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt - A Bhakti Song and the Making of a Mahatma (should go later on in the conference after people have a context)
Swami Tripurari - Lila, Atma, Bhakti, and Bhagavan
David Shannahoff-Khalsa - Advanced Pranayama Techniques From Kundalini Yoga As Taught By Yogi Bhajan™
Leslie Kaminoff - The Anatomy of Breathwork – Essential Principles and Pervasive Myths
Allison Gemmel Laframboise - How Does Pranayama Lead You to Your Highest Self?
Dr. Sameer A. Zope - Sudarshan Kriya Yoga: Breathing For Healthy Life
Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian - Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications of Pranayama
Yoganand (Michael Carroll) - History of Pranayama
Jensen Martin - The Prana of Paramahansa Yogananda
Mary Nichols - Worship the Lord of Prana: Connecting with the Teachings on Breath Awareness
Ana Funes - Prāṇacintā: Meditating on the Vital Breath as an Exercise of Bodily Self-Awareness
Kavitha Chinnaiyan - Utilizing the Prana Map to Navigate Life and Spiritual Practice
Srivatsa Ramaswami - Pranayama and Hatha Yoga
Naimah Efia - Healing Backwards & Forwards: UnEarthing the Truth(s) of the Trauma of Oppression
Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis - Addressing the Wounds of Historical Trauma and Contemporary Oppression
Oneika Mays - Disrupting With Love
Michelle Johnson - Skill in Action: Radical Action Through Contemplative Practice
Sage Hayes - Justice in the BodyNityda GesselDecolonizing the Body and Healing Racial Trauma
Claudia Horwitz - Minding the Way
Christine Caldwell - Bodyfulness as Contemplative and Embodied Activism
Rae Johnson - A Thousand Paper Cuts: Understanding the Complex Trauma of Embodied Microaggressions
Judith Blackstone - Trauma and the Unbound Body
David Bullard - Re-Pairing: Healing Disturbing and Traumatic Memories
David Berceli - Reframing the essential role of tremoring and/or shaking as a result of traumatic or stressful experiences
Isa Gucciardi - The Symptom is the Teacher
Anneke Lucas - The Unconditional Model: Using one's Whole Self in Trauma Healing
Richard Miller - Healing in Wholeness: Tools for Life for Experiencing Indestructible Resilience and Well-Being
Daniel Mintie - Reclaiming Life After Trauma: Healing PTSD With Yoga, Mindfulness Practice and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Julie Staples - How Yoga and Meditation Work to Heal Trauma Symptoms: the Scientific Foundations
Stephen Porges - On Trauma & Polyvagal Theory
Lisa Danylchuk - Yoga for Trauma Recovery: Theory, Philosophy and Practice
Yasmin Lambat - Unwind Emotional Patterns and Repattern New Neural Pathways
Maria Adelaida Lopez and Natalia Quinones - Healing Violence-Related Trauma Through Yoga
Isa Gucciardi - Understanding Plants & Plant Medicine
Alexander Belser - Psychedelic Medicine, Healing, & Spiritual Experience
Rachel Harris - Listening to Ayahuasca
Jae Sevelius - Queering Psychedelics
Kenneth Tupper - Entheogenic Education: Psychedelics as Tools for Learning
Zach Walsh - Psychedelics & the New Behaviorism
Bruce McEwen - The Brain on “Stress”: Epigenetic Influences on Brain and Body Health
David Shannahoff Khalsa - Kundalini Yoga As Taught By Yogi Bhajan: Selected Contributions to Basic Science and Clinical Treatment, and a Variety of Meditation Techniques for Treating Psychiatric Disorders
Fred Travis - Neuroplasticity and Mystical/Nondual Experiences Reported during Meditation Practice
Georgi Y. Johnson - What is the One True Choice? Neuroplasticity and Deep Rest in the Unknown
Joe Loizzo - Towards a Science of Embodied Mind: Neuroplasticity, Contemplative Practice and the New Scientific Paradigm
Jud Brewer - The craving mind: how mindfulness changes the brain to break bad habits and form new ones
Kenneth Rose - The Mystic’s Brain: The Biology of Contemplative Practice and Why It Matters to the Meditator
Sonia Sequeira - Yoga and the Science of Not ReactingStephen PorgesOn the Polyvagal Theory
Zoran Josipovic - Nonduality in light of neuroscience - implications for its understanding and practice
Edwin Bryant - Astanga Yoga in Sutras and the Gita: A Comparison
Rev. Jaganath Carrera - The Yoga Sutras: Mastering the Game of Life
Nikki Costello - One Sutra for a Lifetime
Dhanurdhara Swami - Surrender Unto Me: The Theme of the Gita and the Goal of Yoga
Pandit Dasa - The Bhagavad Gita: Understanding the Self, Duty, Death, Reincarnation and God
Johua M. Greene - The Hero's Journey: Bhagavad Gita as Monomyth
Manorama - The Rishis' Wisdom: Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita
Matthew Remski - Arjuna & Climate Change: A Thought Experiment Inspired by the Bhagavad GitaChristopher Hareesh WallisNew Findings that Change our Understanding of the Yoga-Sutra
Christopher Tompkins - Aversion vs. Connection: The Goal of Yoga & Its Evolution
Raghunath - Yoga: Spirituality or Religion?
Mary Reilly Nichols - The Glance of Shiva
Anodea Judith - Chakras as the Yoke of Yoga
Ramesh Bjonnes - Tantra & Sustainability: Environmental Activism as if Spirit Matters
Shambhavi Sarasvati - How to Feel Goodness when Everything is Going Wrong
Swami Khecaranatha - The Pathway to Freedom within the Nondual Tantric Tradition
Lorin Roche - The Radiance Sutras
Christopher Tompkins - The Medieval Chakra System of the Divine Mother
Christopher Hareesh Wallis - On Recognition
Sally Kempton - Following the Nondual Path of the Divine Feminine
Hari Kauer - Kundalini and Radical Embodiment
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - The Promise of Tantra
Joe Loizzo - Radical Therapies: The Confluence of Breakthrough Science and Timeless Practice
Miles Neale - Buddhist Psychotherapy: Reuniting the Twin Streams of Science and Spirituality in
a Degenerate Age
Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison - Intimacy in End of Life Care
David Berceli - The Physical Journey from "Muscle Contraction" to "Chi Activation" to "Higher Vibrational Frequencies"
Angela Warburton - Modern Day Chinese Medicine: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Times
David Vago - Contemplative Neuroscience: Past and Present Perspectives for the Future Science of Mind
Loren Fishman - Yoga in Orthopedics: Research Data on the Powerful Influence of Yoga Practice on a Variety of Conditions
Sameet Kumar - Psychedelics & Plant Medicines in Oncology Care
Neal M. Goldsmith - Psycheology: Psychedelics and the Study of the Soul
Christine Hoar -
Ayurvedic Medicine in Theory and Practice
Dave Courchene - Indigenous Perspectives on Healing and Wellness
Jason Birch - Yoga on the Eve of Colonialism
Christopher Key Chapple - Yoga History: Taking the Long View
Jacqueline Hargreaves - A Maturing Wisdom: The Women of Modern Globalised Yoga
Philipp Maas - Early Records of Āsana Practice
Ruth Westo - byThe Esoteric Feminine in Hathayoga Sources
David Gordon White - Wells of Nectar, Pools of Life
Dagmar Wujastyk - Healthcare and Longevity Practices in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Rasaśāstra
Seth Powell - Visual and Material Evidence of Medieval Yoga and Yogis
Suzanne Newcombe - Authenticity & Transformations in Yoga Traditions
Veena Howard - Yoga Disciplines and Vows: Gandhi's Embodied Practices for Personal Empowerment and Social Change
Debashish Banerji - Sri Aurobindo and the Indian Yoga Tradition
Thanissara - An Integrated Awakening: From Separation to Seamless Reality
Miles Neale - Beyond McMindfulness
Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche - Our Pristine Mind
Joe Loizzo - The Third Wave of Contemplative Life: The Embodied Art and Science of the Tantras
Ralph de la Rosa - Touching the Earth: The Neuroscience of Natural Awakening
Robert Thurman - TIbetan Culture: The Culture of Enlightenment
Isa Gucciardi - Buddhism in the Western Therapeutic Environment
Thupten Jinpa - Reason, Intuition, and the Science of Buddhism
Lama Tsultrim Allione - Esoteric Wisdom and the Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
Dr. Miles Neale - Bodhichitta: Radical Compassion in a World Gone Mad
Are seminar talks live or pre-recorded?
Both! We have ongoing monthly live webinars that you are free to tune into, but you will also have unlimited access to our library of past lectures, webinars, panels, and workshops.
How many hours of lectures and workshops do I have access to at the Sage level?
Currently, there are over 375 hours of courses in the library and over 200 hours of mini-trainings, workshops, lectures and panels from the Yoga Seminar and MindBody Seminar Archives. That's over 575 hours of video teachings.
How will I access my talks and courses?
Once you register, you will receive an email with login details. On your dashboard you will find access to our entire lecture library. You will also receive a new weekly talk posted to your dashboard, extracted from our latest Conference, Webinars, Panel Series or Summit, as well as a new live and interactive talk each month from both the Yoga Seminar & MindBody Seminar.
You will also receive two new courses per month - one in Yoga Philosophy and one in MindBody Therapy.
Does this give me access to the Embodied Philosophy Certificate Programs?
No. Certificate programs provide an additional level of support and mentorship from our faculty, as well as a more curated curriculum experience. Certificates enroll in the fall of each year. Check out the Yoga Philosophy and MindBody Therapy certificate programs, if you think one might be right for you.