Diary of a Chubby Yogi PODCAST

Diary of a Chubby Yogi PODCAST

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.

  1. Episode 12: Naming the Nameless – A Reflection

    10/17/2025

    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.

    9 min
  2. S2E11: The Path Is the Pose – Naming the Journey

    10/10/2025

    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.

    7 min
  3. S2E10: Feminine Forms – Goddess Energy in Āsana

    10/03/2025

    S2E10: Feminine Forms – Goddess Energy in Āsana

    The divine feminine is not limited to gender but is the timeless, universal energy that embodies creation, intuition, compassion, and transformation. It is the power that nurtures life into being, that dissolves what no longer serves, and that reveals wisdom through softness as much as through ferocity. In the language of yoga and myth, she appears as Devī in countless forms—gentle as Saraswati’s flowing river of knowledge, fierce as Kālī’s dance of destruction, steady as Durgā’s unshakable strength. To speak of the divine feminine is to speak of the rhythms of nature, the cycles of birth and renewal, and the deep reminder that divinity is not only transcendent but also immanent—alive within the body, the earth, and the heart of every being. Today, we reflect upon Devī, Durgā, and Kāli. And we’ll ask: what does it mean that yoga itself names and honors the feminine? This is The Shape of Meaning. And today, we bow to the goddesses.

    9 min
  4. S2E9 : From the Heavens – Hanuman, Garuda, and Divine Leaps

    09/25/2025

    S2E9 : From the Heavens – Hanuman, Garuda, and Divine Leaps

    Some leaps are physical — a burst of muscle, a stretch of sinew. Others are leaps of the spirit — a crossing into the impossible, powered by devotion and courage. Today, we follow two great beings from the Indian epics: Hanuman, the monkey warrior, and Garuḍa, the eagle of the gods. This is The Shape of Meaning — and we are leaping from the heavens.

    7 min
  5. S2E8: Falling Into Stillness – Corpse Pose & Surrender

    09/19/2025

    S2E8: Falling Into Stillness – Corpse Pose & Surrender

    The universe is always in motion — stars spinning, tides shifting, breath rising and falling But sometimes, motion carries us into stillness. Today we move from the cosmic dance of creation and destruction, into the quietest of all poses — where nothing happens, yet everything is possible. This is The Shape of Meaning — and we are falling into stillness.

    6 min
  6. S2E7: Sacred Shapes – Lotus, Wheel, and Staff

    09/12/2025

    S2E7: Sacred Shapes – Lotus, Wheel, and Staff

    Some poses are more than shapes — they are symbols. Flowers that never fade, wheels that keep turning, staffs that guide travellers between worlds. Today, we enter the sacred geometry of yoga — where the body becomes a lotus, a wheel, a staff… and even a triangle that holds the universe in balance. This is The Shape of Meaning, and these are the sacred shapes.

    7 min
  7. S2E6 : Twisting Time – Arjuna and the Bow

    09/04/2025

    S2E6 : Twisting Time – Arjuna and the Bow

    There’s something about a twist in yoga that can feel like time bending. A turn of the spine, a gaze over the shoulder — and suddenly the past and future are both looking back at you. In this episode, we meet a fish who became a yogi, a warrior who hesitated before the greatest battle of his life, and a bow that exists not only in the hand, but in the body itself. This is The Shape of Meaning, and today we twist into insight.

    7 min
  8. S2E5: The Sage Poses – Memory of the Masters

    08/29/2025

    S2E5: The Sage Poses – Memory of the Masters

    There’s something in the names of the yoga poses. In some, we see animals — cobra, eagle, frog — and in others, the shapes of nature itself. But then there are the names that carry a weight of reverence: the sages. Not just historical figures, but luminous presences from the pages of myth and memory. When we step into a sage pose, we are — for a moment — in the company of the Masters. This is The Shape of Meaning, and today, we remember them

    6 min
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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.

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