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:

June 01, 2026 What is Secular Humanism?
Some people think yoga asks you to believe in something. In God. In karma. In coming back for another life. It doesn't.
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7min
May 28, 2026 Systems Thinking and Spiritual Practice
The poses aren't the practice. The breath isn't the practice. The practice is how all of it connects.
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8min
May 26, 2026 You Exist in Context: Honoring the Systems that Hold Yoga Together
Pull one thread from a woven thing, and the whole cloth changes. Sometimes it just unravels.
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8min
May 24, 2026 Transforming Vikalpas into Realized Goals
That voice in your head isn't lying to you. It's a wish wearing a disguise.
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7min
May 22, 2026 The Philosophy of Pranayama
Your breath is the most honest thing about you. It speeds up when you lie. It holds when you brace. It goes shallow when you're afraid. It's telling on you all day long.
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9min
May 20, 2026 You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure
Here's a paradox for you. You cannot grow patience without watching yourself be impatient.
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6min
May 18, 2026 What is Praxis?
You showed up for a workout. And somewhere around your hundredth awkward exit from Marichyasana, you started to suspect something else was going on.
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7min
May 14, 2026 The Power of Sankalpa
You set goals all the time. And goals work — right up until they don't.
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7min
May 12, 2026 Meditation and Mindfulness Introduction
Meditation is the last of the eight limbs. But it isn't the summit.
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8min
May 10, 2026 Striving in Yoga
Ambition gets weird in yoga.
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7min

FAQs about Ashtanga Tech:

How many episodes does Ashtanga Tech have?

The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.