The Modern Yogi Podcast
Yoga is WAY more than Lululemon and downward dogs. In the Modern Yogi podcast, we dive deep into the spiritual side of yoga! So if you’ve ever pondered the meaning of life or wondered what your purpose is— this podcast is for you! Join three friends (your book club buddies) as they take you verse by verse through ancient yoga scriptures starting with the world famous Bhagavad Gita!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 138
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
#037 - Chapter 6: Verses 7 - 9
How do you conquer the mind and find lasting happiness? That is one of the biggest questions and one that takes many lifetimes to figure out.
00:45:47 |
Mon 03 Apr 2023
#036 - Chapter 6: Verses 3 - 6
BIG QUESTION: What defines the quality of our lives?
00:44:08 |
Mon 27 Mar 2023
#035 - Chapter 6: Verses 1 - 2
We made it to Chapter 6! Here we begin with the importance of renunciation. What is renunciation? It means to give something up. Uh-uh. What do we have to give up? It's the need for gratifying our se…
00:44:36 |
Mon 20 Mar 2023
#034 - Chapter 5: Verses 22 - 29
As we close out chapter 5, Krishna talks about happiness. What two things keep us from happiness in this world? It's desire and anger. So how do we combat these two and try to find our happiness inwa…
00:46:56 |
Sat 11 Mar 2023
#033 - Chapter 5: Verses 18 - 21
Treat everyone equally. Easier said than done, right? As humans, we have the tendency to make snap judgements when we first meet people!
00:42:22 |
Sun 05 Mar 2023
#032 - Chapter 5: verses 16-17
In this episode, Krishna explains the 4 critical ingredients needed for liberation and how knowledge help us advance and grow spiritually.
00:42:28 |
Sat 25 Feb 2023
#031 - Chapter 5: verses 13-15
How does one be happy in this material body of ours? And does God control all of our actions and results? This episode answers these two very important life questions!
00:44:00 |
Fri 17 Feb 2023
#030 - Chapter 5: Verses 6 - 12
What if we just gave up all possessions and ran away to the forest? Would that makes us happy? Krishna says, “nope!"
00:40:32 |
Mon 12 Dec 2022
#029 - Chapter 5: Verses 1 - 5
Welcome to Chapter 5: Karma Yoga - Action in Krishna Consciousness! Right off the bat, Arjuna is trying to clarifying some things to truly understand what he needs to do now. A little clarification n…
00:43:32 |
Sun 04 Dec 2022
#028 - Chapter 4: Verses 35 - 42 (End)
We're almost at the end of Chapter 4! In these final verses, Krishna is emphasizing the importance of transcendental knowledge and how powerful it truly is to understand it.
00:44:46 |
Sat 26 Nov 2022
#027 - Chapter 4: Verses 31 - 34
Ever wondered about finding a spiritual teacher who could guide you? In this episode, the three ladies of the podcast dive deeper into their personal stories of how they all found their spiritual tea…
00:47:26 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
#026 - Chapter 4: Verses 27 - 30
The definition of sacrifice is "To give up one thing for another thing considered to be of greater value." Ever heard of those mystics in India that know how to control their bodies and breath to ac…
00:43:46 |
Fri 11 Nov 2022
#025 - Chapter 4: Verses 23 - 26
There are so many different kinds of people in the world -- all offering different types of sacrifices to different people, places, things, and demigods.
00:42:40 |
Fri 04 Nov 2022
#024 - Chapter 4: Verses 19 - 22
If you ever asked yourself, 'how do I be more spiritual?', these verses can help guide you. During these important verses in Chapter 4, Krishna essentially provides a checklist for life to his dear f…
00:43:58 |
Fri 28 Oct 2022
#023 - Chapter 4: Verses 11 - 18
Krishna is starting to explain he is God and the creator of everything. These verses also start to get into the concept of karma or action -- which, even Krishna says, is very complicated.
00:44:42 |
Sat 22 Oct 2022
#022 - Chapter 4: Verses 5 - 10
If Krishna first spoke the Gita to the Sun God, and the Sun God is a lot older than Krishna, how did that work? Krishna is now starting to let us in on some details about Him and *spoiler alert*...he…
00:45:28 |
Fri 14 Oct 2022
#021 - Chapter 4: Verses 1 - 4
Welcome to chapter 4 where we dive deeper into Transcendental Knowledge! In the beginning of this chapter, Krishna gives a little history lesson on the knowledge of the Gita and when and where it has…
00:44:58 |
Fri 07 Oct 2022
#020 - Chapter 3: Verses 34 - 43 (End)
As we close out chapter 3, things get a little lusty! Krishna talks about how dangerous and powerful lust is -- otherwise known as desire. If we can conquer the senses, mind, and intelligence then on…
00:45:48 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
#019 - Chapter 3: Verses 28 - 33
What is attachment and sense gratification? These concepts come up many times in the Gita because these are the things that bind us to the rat race that is this material world. But what happens when …
00:41:50 |
Fri 23 Sep 2022
#018 - Chapter 3: Verses 20 - 27
Why do we follow the influencers that we follow? Are they good leaders? In these verses, Krishna talks about divine leadership. He encourages Arjuna to be a good role model, for if he does, common me…
00:43:08 |
Sun 18 Sep 2022
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