Welcome to the podcast, where stories walk barefoot through the forest of wisdom, and the ancient teachings of mythology find new breath in a modern world.
I’m Kevin—yoga student of both the old ways and modern methods.
This podcast isn’t just about stories—it’s about what they stir in us.
So we’ll be exploring the myths of not only India, and the wider world, through the lens of yogic philosophy—asking not just what happened, but why it matters.
Thought by Thought - Reading Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra
Welcome to Thought by Thought: Reading Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra.
In this introductory episode, I set out how this series will approach one of yoga’s most influential texts — not simply line by line, but thought by thought.
We’ll look closely at the Sanskrit, explore classical commentary, consider the philosophical world around Patañjali, and also ask what these teachings might mean when they meet a modern practitioner today.
The aim is not to force ancient ideas into modern language, nor to pretend there is only one possible interpretation, but to follow the thread carefully: what is the text saying, how has it been understood, and what happens when we sit with it now?
The words remain the same.
We change.
And perhaps that is where the conversation begins.
17 Oct 2025
Episode 12: Naming the Nameless – A Reflection
What is in a name?
For the last 11 episodes we’ve traced the stories behind the shapes of yoga.
We’ve seen gods and mountains, sages and animals, rivers and lotuses.
We’ve leapt with Hanumān, stood firm as mountains, spread wings with Garuḍa.
Each pose a story, each name a doorway.
But are we ever really doing “just a pose”?
Or is each asana, however ordinary it may seem,
a chance to touch the nameless,
to bow to what words can never fully contain?
Today, we close this season with a meditation on reverence and remembrance.
Because yoga is more than posture — it is the myth we live into.
It is the remembering of who we already are.
This is The Shape of Meaning.
And today, we name the nameless.
10 Oct 2025
S2E11: The Path Is the Pose – Naming the Journey
Every posture in yoga has a name.
Some are named for sages.
Some for animals.
Some for gods, rivers, trees, or mountains.
But the name is never only a label.
It’s a doorway.
A hint at the inner state of the practitioner.
A way of remembering that each pose is more than muscle and bone —
it is a step on the path, a story lived through the body.
Today, we’ll explore how names in yoga do more than describe.
They invite.
They unfold.
They return us to something deeper.
This is The Shape of Meaning.
And today, we walk the path that is also the pose.
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