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YS Founder and Director Seth Powell was recently interviewed by Dr. Raj Balkaran for the New Books in Hindu Studies Podcast. Listen below for a rich discussion of Seth's doctoral work on the 15th-century Śivayogapradīpikā, new developments in Hindu and Yoga studies, and the...
It is with great excitement to announce the launch of our latest venture, The Yogic Studies Podcast! This Podcast has been a long-time in the making, and the timing was finally right to bring this project to fruition.
The Yogic Studies Podcast, hosted by Seth Powell, will offer...
Seth Powell and Chase Bossart come together with J Brown on his Yoga Talks podcast for an in-depth debate and inquiry into the nature and substance of Patañjali’s Yogasūtras.
They discuss whether the Sūtras and their commentary are written by the same person, differing views on what...
Introducing the Kajabi Mobile App
Kajabi, which is the web-based software we use and love to power Yogic Studies, has just recently launched their new mobile app. This means that students can now access and stream all of their Yogic Studies content right on your favorite iOS or Android...
Seth was recently featured on Kathryn Bruni-Young's Mindful Strength Podcast.
Episode 130. Seth Powell: Bringing Yoga Philosophy to Life
In this wide-ranging conversation, Seth and Kathryn talk about what yoga is, how we can define it, what yoga isn’t and some of the problems with our...
Rishi Singh Gherwal demonstrating uḍḍīyāna bandha. From Complete Yoga, September 1937. From the collection of the Philip Deslippe.
The above black and white photograph depicts a fascinating yet lesser-known figure in the history yoga’s early transmission from India to the...
Approaching the Gītā
The Bhagavad Gītā, the "Song of the Lord"—or simply the Gītā, as it is affectionately known—is many things. At approximately 700 verses, spread across 18 chapters, it is first and foremost, an “epic” poem, situated within the sixth...
Image source: Śivaliṅga at Elephanta (photo Seth Powell).
Today is Mahāśivarātri, the great night of the celebration of Śiva, which is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Śaivas, and Yogis, around the world. Śiva is often conceived as the archetypal yogi, and the great Lord of Yoga (...
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Note: this PDF was generated on Feb 19, 2019 using Mac OS Mojave 10.14 and Chrome
Getting Started
There are many different methods and tools for utilizing Sanskrit dictionaries. Each student or scholar...
Click here to download this tutorial and workflow as a PDF.
Note: this PDF workflow was generated on Feb 14, 2019 using Mac OS Mojave 10.14
Getting Started
There are various schemes for transliterating Sanskrit (as well as Pāli, Hindi, etc.) into Roman characters....
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