
from the University of California, Santa Barbara. * Challenging the ideological conformity of modern academia and encouraging new spaces of intellectual activity outside the modern university.Īnya Foxen is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. * Parallels between academia and the religious quest. * Identifying the dimensions of religion found in academia. * Defining emic and the etic and balancing the insider vs. * Marcy’s view of the scholar-practitioner and how it has informed her approach to research and teaching. In this episode of the Tarka Journal Podcast republished on the Chitheads Podcast, Stephanie and Jacob speak to colleague and friend, Marcy Braverman Goldstein about an article she wrote for the Scholar-Practitioner Issue of Tarka, titled "Is Academia (Like) a Religion?" Her passion is to help people discover the history and fascinating linguistic foundation of yoga. At UNC Charlotte she teaches “Yoga Through the Ages.” Since creating Sanskrit Revolution, Marcy has taught at more than three dozen studios, teacher training programs, conferences, and festivals nationally. To design her courses, she draws from her academic training and 20 years of yoga practice. Marcy Braverman Goldstein, Ph.D., began teaching Sanskrit and the history and philosophies of yoga in the 1990s. * Evolving views on physical adjustments in yoga classes. * MeToo, Social Justice, and Inclusivity how collective awakenings and movements are calling for the transformation of how yoga is taught. * Rethinking the path to becoming a yoga teacher. * What it is to be a modern yoga teacher and what it is to engage in studentship. * The value of brick-and-mortar spaces and in-person yoga as a place for support and to connect. * Contemplating the current state of the yoga asana world, how it has changed, and what its future might look like. * Behind-the-scenes conversations about the Kula Yoga Project and how it's evolved through the pandemic.

As a teacher trainer, she wants to unpack the mystery of putting together an inspired vinyasa sequence so that the student can step away from the stress of "following a methodology." As a teacher, she strives to include the perfect alchemy of precise physical instruction, intelligence, intention and space into her classes. She has written for Yoga Journal and was named one of America's top 100 Most Influential Yoga Teachers by. Nikki Vilella started teaching at Kula Yoga Project in New York City in 2005 and opened Kula Williamsburg (alongside Schuyler Grant) in 2010.
