Ashtanga Tech

By Michael Joel Hall

Keep the practice. Lose the guru. Michael Joel Hall on Ashtanga yoga without the authoritarianism — consent on the mat, systems over dogma, and how to practice for yourself. Each season is one course:... more

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The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.

Ashtanga Tech episodes:

July 22, 2026 What is Decentralized Ashtanga?
Somewhere along the way, an ancient practice got flattened into a product. And most of us learned the product, and we called it the tradition.
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8min
July 21, 2026 Ethics as Practice (Yamas & Niyamas)
The yamas and niyamas aren't a list of rules. They're a leak detector.
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8min
July 20, 2026 Kriya Yoga: The Three-Part Discipline
The eight-limbed path is long. Patanjali knew most people would never make it to the end. So he wrote a shortcut, and he put it right at the front.
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8min
July 19, 2026 The Five Ways the Mind Gets in Its Own Way
Trying to get rid of your worst mental habits is, itself, one of your worst mental habits.
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8min
July 18, 2026 Deconstructing Toxic System in Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga Education
When abuse happens in this lineage, the first instinct is always to find the bad apple. Name him, remove him, feel better. And that instinct, as decent as it is, is exactly how it happens again.
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7min
July 17, 2026 How the Sutras Are Built
If you've ever tried to just sit down and read the Yoga Sutras, and felt like you were chewing gravel, I have good news. That's not you. That's the architecture.
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8min
July 16, 2026 The Antics of Systems
You've heard someone say it. The system is broken. And most of the time, they're wrong. The system isn't broken. It's doing exactly what it was always going to do.
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7min
July 15, 2026 Three Metaphysical Frameworks, One Practice
Two people can do the exact same posture, breathe the exact same breath, and be doing two completely different things. The difference is invisible. It's the metaphysics underneath.
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9min
July 14, 2026 Agentic Ashtanga is a Self Practice System
Most yoga traditions are trying to give you a pose. This one is trying to give you insight. And you can't hand someone insight. You can only build the conditions where it grows on its own.
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9min
July 13, 2026 Patanjali in Context (Not Timeless, Not Isolated)
Patanjali did not invent yoga. And if you read him like he did, you'll misread almost every line.
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8min

FAQs about Ashtanga Tech:

How many episodes does Ashtanga Tech have?

The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.