J. Brown Yoga Talks
Episodes
Grace Gessel - "Whoever Hears His Testimony"
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Gessel, once founder of the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method now offering faith-centered counseling at Through Faith Therapy, talks with J about lea...
John Friend - "Rise and Fall of Mainstreaming"
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga and Bowspring, talks with J about the history of Anusara Yoga, its collapse, and the aftermath. They discuss the ...
David Singleton - "Slower and Longer Inward Looking"
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
David Singleton is a long-time listener and friend of the show and he joins J to talk about relationship to our environment and ourselves. They discus...
Elisa Malinverni - "Messages We No Longer Believe In"
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Elisa Malinverni returns to touch base with J about making pragmatic choices in the face of a collapsing industry. They discuss the contraction of 202...
Check in with J - "I Closed the Yoga Center, Now What?"
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
J takes a moment to check in with listeners and reflect on the closing of his yoga center, the state of his professional career, and his plans for the...
Todd Norian - "The Disease of Worldliness, Radical Nirvana"
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Norian, author of Tantra Yoga: Journey to Unbreakable Wholeness, returns to talk with J about the impact of different philosophical viewpoints on...
Christopher Wallis - "Rooted in But Not Bound by Tradition"
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Wallis, author of Tantra Illuminated and creator of Tantra Illuminated Online and the Tantra 112 app, returns to talk with J about the def...
Amy Landry - "Teachings, Traditions, and Practice"
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Landry, author of The Ocean of Yoga, talks with J about honoring the history, philosophies, and purpose behind yogic inquiry. They discuss the imp...
Lizzie Lasater - "AI, Marketing, Envisioning a Healthy Future"
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lizzie Lasater returns to the show to talk with J about using AI technology and creating social media campaigns. They discuss the rumor that her mom i...
Chris Priest - "Zen, Meditation, Devotion, and Divinity"
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Priest, co-director of Bristol Zen Dojo and author of Zen Streams, returns to talks with J about the intersection of zen and yoga. They discuss ...
Rachel Morarjee - "Generational Shifts, Anchoring to Grace"
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Morarjee, former journalist and friend of the show, talks with J about the arc of gen-xer perspectives on yoga and the world. They discuss rece...
Bernie Clark - "History, Myth, Energy, and Spirit"
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bernie Clark, author of PRANA: One breath, many worlds, talks with J about his new book exploring philosophy, physiology, and the energetic axis of th...
Joanne Spence - "Trauma-Informed Care, Straightforward Faith"
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Joanne Spence, author of Trauma-Informed Yoga: A Toolbox for Therapists and founder of Yoga in Schools, talks with J about the origins of trauma-infor...
Leslie Howard and Richard Rosen - "Between Breath and Death"
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Howard and Richard Rosen, co-authors of SAVASANA - Between Breath and Death, talk with J about the importance of practicing final relaxation. T...
David Procyshyn - "Line Between Authenticity and Manipulation"
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
David Procyshyn, founder of doyogawithme.com and author of a Freedom from Anxiety newsletter, talks with J about the current state of the online yoga ...
Jim Bennitt - "Camaraderie, Careers, and Jiu-Jitsu"
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Bennitt, co-founder of Tejas Yoga and founder of Yoga for Grapplers, talks with J about the trajectory and evolution of Gen-x yoga careers. They d...
Sharon Molloy - "Nonduality, Jesus, and the World of Man"
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon Molloy is a close personal friend of J and she joins the show to talk about their shared journey through yoga into faith. They discuss coming t...
Adam Rumack - "Rights of Passage and Ways of Existing"
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Rumack, co-founder of Open Circle, talks with J about subtle changes to the inner life of yoga communities and beyond. They discuss third series ...
Year End Check In with J - "The Age of Professional Yoga is Over"
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once again, J offers his annual year end reflection on where things stand going into the new year. He discusses the grief of learning that a family me...
Danny Mintz - "Busting Myths and Questioning Teachers"
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Mintz is a listener of the show who reached out to J about the origins of yoga postures and it lead to this conversation about depictions of pra...
Donna Farhi - "Conscious Pedagogic Models for Change"
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donna Farhi returns to talk with J about conscious pedagogic models that foster independence and moving towards grounded sensitivity. They discuss hom...
Kim Hopkins - "Service, Strategic Planning, Ripple Effects"
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Hopkins, executive director of the Shanthi Project, talks with J about the not-for-profit work of providing yoga and mindfulness education to chil...
Neil Taylor - "Mindfulness of the Ordinary and Profound"
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Taylor joins the show to follow up with J on the ongoing conversation about mindfulness education. They discuss Neil's entrance into practice, th...
Karin Lynn Carlson - "Yoga is a Tool, Not an Identity"
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Karin Lynn Carlson, founder of Return Yoga and author of the substack Gristle and Bone, returns to touch base with J on the reckoning going on in the ...
Cassie McKamey - "Being Guided to Practice and Faith"
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie McKamey is a listener of the show whose email to J led to this conversation about coming to yoga on the internet through a lens of christian fa...
Sarah Powers - "An Inner Lens of Listening to Heart-Mind"
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Powers, co-founder of the Insight Yoga Institute, talks with J about integrating Yoga, Tao, and Mindfulness. They discuss the progression of yog...
Edward Clark and Laurie A. Greene - "Grappling with Self and Other"
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Clark and Laurie A, Greene, co-authors of Yoga and the Body: The Future of Modern Yoga in the Studio and Beyond, talk with J about interrogatin...
Adam Keen - "Reappraising Modern Yoga Methodology"
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Keen, host of the Keen on Yoga Podcast, returns to the show to revisit a conversation they started years ago about the role of teachers and teach...
Anna Taylor - "Teaching Presence More Than Poses"
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Taylor, author of Weaving Mindfulness & Compassion into Yoga Teaching, talks with J about the intersection of mindfulness education and yoga. The...
Chris Cochrane - "Science, Spirit, Horses, and Shakespeare"
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Cochrane is a listener of the show who joins to talk with J about her unique background and perspective on science and yoga. They discuss workin...
J. Brown - "10 Years, 500 Episodes, Challenges Ahead"
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the occasion of the 10-year anniversary and 500th episode of the show, J reflects on the state of the yoga profession and industry. He discusses th...
Lora Markova and Katharine Scalora - "Dedicated Aerial Yoga"
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lora Markova and Katharine Scalora, founders of Earth & Aerial Yoga in Hudson MA, talk with J about the advantages of owning an aerial yoga studio. Th...
Pamela Weber - "Keeping Things Going Against All Odds"
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pamela Weber, co-founder of NATA Yoga in Paris, talks with J about the uncertain future that independent centers face and the determination that keeps...
Kelli Hansel and Shawn Lindsay - "Embracing Studio Ownership"
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelli Hansel and Shawn Lindsay, owners of Indigo Yoga in Caldwell NJ, talk to J about taking over a studio and reaching for more than just being OK. T...
Josh Thomas and Geoffrey Dugue - "Unburdened Love of Jesus"
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Thomas and Geoffrey Dugue, hosts of the Love for the Unseen God Podcast, talk with J about opening to transformational grace and a personal relat...
Kevin Flynn - "A Fruitful Wrestling in Christian Faith"
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Flynn, one of the founders of Christians Practicing Yoga, talks with J about the intersection between Yoga and Christ. They discuss the history ...
Britta Van Dun - "Acupuncture and Subtle Realms"
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Britta Van Dun, founder of Intuitive Health & Healing, is an old friend of J's and they talk about attuning to the subtle and healing with soul throug...
Chara Caruthers - "Holding Space for Psychedelic Healing"
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chara Caruthers returns to talks with J about the therapeutic value of psychedelics and the questions their use raises. They discuss ineffable experie...
Lauri Nemetz - "Visual Rhetoric, Fascia, Insights Into Existence"
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauri Nemetz, author of The Myofascial System in Form and Movement, talks with J about interpretations of anatomy and thinking in different ways about...
Jeff Bailey - "Healing Sensation and Peaceful Presence"
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Bailey, author of Mobility for Life: Healthy Joints, Strong Bones, and a Peaceful Mind with AVITA YOGA®, talks with J about interrupting pattern...
Kari Harendorf - "Not the Same Yoga We Were Doing in the 90's"
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kari Harendorf, co-founder of Better Yoga, talks with J about reviving old models with new eyes. They discuss the East Village NYC scene in the early ...
Ruth White - "Teachers, Freinds, and the Sweet Use of Adversity"
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth White, author of Presence: The Truth of Yoga, talks with J about egos, teaching methods, and meeting the needs of students. They discuss BKS Iyen...
Tim Kelleher - "When it's Still Worth the Doing"
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Kelleher, founder of Boston Yoga Union, talks with J about the trials and tribulations of being a yoga center owner then and now. They discuss bei...
David Swenson - "Broke Hippies and Traditional Knowledge"
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Swenson, author of Only Dead Fish Go With The Flow, talks with J about his new memoir and the evolution of styles and systems. They discuss doin...
Jahnavi (Claire) Missingham - "Holding True to What You Know"
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jahnavi (Claire) Missingham talks with J about living a life and having a profession in yoga. They discuss being raised by a devout Sufi and going by ...
Andrew Tanner - "Live from BYF2025, American Yoga Council"
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Tanner, founder of the Berkshire Yoga Festival and the American Yoga Council, talks with J live from the Berkshire Yoga Festival 2025 about the...
Reika Shucart - "Full-Time Yoga Teacher"
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reika Shucart, host of the Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast, talks with J about what has become of studio culture and the realities of the profession in...
Paul Bramadat - "Skeptical Scholar, Devoted Practitioner"
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Bramadat, Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at University of Victoria and author of Yogalands: In Search of Practice on ...
Reggie Hubbard - "Politics, Spiritual Truths, and Sound Healing"
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reggie Hubbard, founder of Active Peace Yoga, talks with J about recovering from a stroke and praying instead of protesting. They discuss his backgrou...
Aimee Echo - "Mysore Lives in the Spirit of its Teachers"
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aimee Echo, founder of Community Yoga Club/Ashtanga Yoga Long Beach, talks with J about the carrying on of tradition and the evolution of practice. Th...
Abby Hoffmann - "Boutique Fitness Ain't What It Used To Be"
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abby Hoffmann, founder of Yantra Studio, talks with J about their formative years and opening another yoga center again after they both swore they nev...
Roberta McGinley - "Hot Studios Are Bouncing Back"
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roberta McGinley, once owner of Tadasana Yoga Studio in Wappingers Falls NY, talks with J about owning centers and finding places to teach. They discu...
Judith Valerie - "Old School Ways of Enduring Community"
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Valerie, a Raleigh NC tradition for over 30 years, talks with J about sticking to principles and building creative spiritual community. They di...
Mike Huggins - "Maintaining the Spark of Yoga Service"
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Huggins, author of Going OM: A CEO's Journey from a Prison Facility to Spiritual Tranquility, founder of Transformation Yoga Project, and long ti...
Danielle Kunz Dwyer - "Finding Joy Even Though It's Stressful"
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Kunz Dwyer, founder of Yoga For You, talks with J about organizing a business and being together in a more expansive state. They discuss conn...
Mariela Cruz - "Who is in Authority and What is the Criteria?"
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mariela Cruz talks with J about her recent post entitled, "The Death of My School in Mysore." They discuss discovering her guru Sharath Jois while bei...
Giana Gambino & Bradshaw Wish - "Sustaining the Profession"
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Giana Gambino & Bradshaw Wish, founders of C.A.Y.A Yoga School and hosts of The Funny Thing About Yoga Podcast, talk with J about the ins and outs of ...
Neal Shaffer - "Deciding What Practice Will Be"
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neal Shaffer, founder of First Mile Strategies, talks with J about what it's like for new teachers in today's climate. They discuss finding Rodney Yee...
Jonathan Sattin - "A Place Where People Feel Connected"
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Sattin, founder of triyoga and the forthcoming HOME, returns to talk with J about how we got to the current crossroads we face and the reason...
Nyk Danu - "Making it Work Against All Odds"
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Danu, host of the Yin Yoga Podcast, returns to talk with J about navigating the yoga profession in a post-pandemic time. They discuss the importa...
Julie Smerdon - "Shared Practices and Saving Graces"
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Smerdon returns to talk with J about meeting the challenge of life's crossroads and the difference between trust and faith. They discuss recent ...
Sebastian Shaw - "People Not Protocols"
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Shaw, a Clinical Social Work/Therapist and old friend of J's, joins the show to talk about the blessings and burdens of a life dedicated to ...
Rebecca Sebastian - "Organizations, Credentials, Livelihoods"
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Sebastian, founder of Sunlight Yoga and host of the Working in Yoga Podcast, talks with J about recent shifts and long standing debates within...
Emily Smith - "Ins and Outs of Online Yoga Industry"
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Smith, founder of Yogaversity, talks with J about the former and current state of online yoga. They discuss her eight-year tenure as a producer ...
Steve Szakal - "Becoming the Best Version of Your Self"
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Szakal, ultra runner and yoga teacher, talks with J about overcoming life's obstacles and being who we are meant to be. They discuss getting cau...
Rolf Gates - "To Meet and Hold Suffering Wisely"
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rolf Gates, author of Daily Reflections on Addiction, Yoga, and Getting Well, talks with J live at the 20th Anniversary Celebration for Dragonfly Yoga...
Vish Chatterji - "Vedic Astrology and Your Deeper Soul"
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vish Chatterji, author of Astrology Decoded: The Secret Science of India's Sages, talks with J about Vedic Astrology as a tool to align with divine na...
Laurie Lowe - "Communities, Commitments, and Connection"
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laurie Lowe, founder of Sage Yoga Studio, talks with J about growing a community and finding a wy to sustain it. They discuss meeting each other in Ma...
Dan Alder - "A Modern Story of Translating Patanjali"
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Alder, coauthor of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras For the New Millennium: A Translation for the Modern Mind, talks with J about his story of owning a yog...
Sally Bassett - "Spiritual Transformational Yoga"
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sally Bassett, author of Spiritual Transformational Yoga via the Eight Limbs and founder of the Peace Through Yoga Foundation, talks with J about bein...
Clive Sheridan - "Awakening Beyond the Mind"
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clive Sheridan talks with J about the early days in yoga's migration west, devotion to inner divine presence, and the intimate experience of being wit...
Year End Check In with J - "Finances, Faith, and God's Will"
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
J returns to his annual ritual of doing a solo talk during the week of Christmas. He gives an update on the new center including the hard numbers, ref...
Gregor Maehle - "Bhakti The Yoga of Love"
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gregor Maehle, author of Bhakti The Yoga of Love, returns to talk with J about transforming human love into divine love. They discuss why Bhakti has b...
Lucy Crisfield - "That Which is Secretly Uttered All Around"
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy Crisfield, founder of Original Wisdom, talks with J about bringing forth the essence of love through sound. They discuss being inspired by the Ar...
Anoop Kumar - "The Future of Allopathic Healthcare is Wellness"
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anoop Kumar, MD, founder of Numocore and creator of The Science of Consciousness, talks with J about the movement towards wellness as an emerging new ...
Rick Olderman - "Understanding Pain Patterns"
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Susi Hately - "Moving Better, Feeling Better"
18 Nov 2024
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Melissa Scagliarini - "Blessings, Burdens, and Financial Futures"
11 Nov 2024
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Norman Blair - "Is Everything Political Including Yoga?"
04 Nov 2024
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Jenny Gladding - "Self-Leadership Vs Self-Mastery"
28 Oct 2024
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She Coombes - "The Test of Time and Practice"
21 Oct 2024
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Nrithya Jagannathan - "T Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar"
14 Oct 2024
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Brian Dana Akers - "Open Source Software for the Soul"
07 Oct 2024
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Bobbi Misiti - "Before Yoga Became a Thing"
30 Sep 2024
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Nischala Joy Devi and Kamala Rose - "A Western Woman's Gita"
23 Sep 2024
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Manu Molina - "Marketing Models for Professional Yogis"
16 Sep 2024
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Sheela and Ravi Shankar - "Desikachar, Chanting, and Ishvara"
09 Sep 2024
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John Heers - "Eastern Mysticism, Jesus, and Orthodoxy"
02 Sep 2024
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Geoffrey Dugue, MD - "Epistemic Humility, Actual Christianity"
26 Aug 2024
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Todd Norian - "Unreasonable Happiness, Unbound Freedom"
19 Aug 2024
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Stephen Cope - "Reviving Wisdom Traditions of East and West"
12 Aug 2024
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Nadine Watton - "What it Means to Have a Yoga Home"
05 Aug 2024
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Katie Armstrong - "Life Stages, Hormones, Muscle as Medicine"
29 Jul 2024
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Susi Amendola - "Lifestyle Medicine, The Centered Heart"
22 Jul 2024
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Brad Wetzler - "Into the Soul of the World"
15 Jul 2024
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Live in MA - Johanna Epps, Louise LeGouis, Leslie Kaminoff
08 Jul 2024
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Check in with J - "Keeping the Dream Alive"
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
J departs from his usual format to reflect on how he lost hope in the viability of small intimate yoga centers and why he has decided to open one now....
Godfrey Devereux - "Bandhas in the Whole Body"
24 Jun 2024
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David and Iana Lifar - "The Legacy of Indra Devi"
17 Jun 2024
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Michelle Thielen - "Yoga for Jesus"
10 Jun 2024
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