Episodes 102
Avg. Duration 7m
Activity Sporadic
Since Mar 2020
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
17%
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rss.libsyn.com

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About This Podcast

The Blogcast. Celebrating 10 years of 800 words per month, written and now read aloud by J. Brown, influential independent yoga teacher at the forefront of the slow yoga renaissance. J navigates coming into his adulthood alongside yoga becoming mainstream and ends up leading the way in what is at once both a revolution and return to the ancients roots of yoga.

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Recent Episodes

EP102 The Unexplainable Importance of Yoga

Apr 23, 2026 7m

We've all heard about the amazing things that yoga can do for us, but try explaining exactly what it is and how it works and you quickly find yourself on shaky ground. There is an innate something at…

EP101 A Case for Anarchy in Yoga

Apr 16, 2026 7m

Radical transformation is the provenance of yoga. The promise of bringing about change in oneself through will and determination, being able to derive truth and purpose by observing our own…

EP100 Lineage or Family Business

Dec 04, 2025 6m

A lot of people in the yoga world are feeling confused. Changing social tides and startling revelations are calling into question the foundations on which many a career have been built. Deep vacuums…

EP99 The Future of Yoga is Small

Nov 20, 2025 7m

The algorithms and operating systems that are governing our experiences, intended to expand our reach and connect us to the broader world, have borne unforeseen and adverse repercussions. This is…

EP98 Yoga's Greatest Challenge

Nov 06, 2025 6m

A lot of people who go to yoga classes are not really interested in yoga. At least, not in the sense of being seriously committed and willing to take on a radical inquiry into the nature of being,…

EP97 Whence Credibility Comes

Oct 30, 2025 8m

As the evolution of yoga in the modern world continues its slow-motion metamorphosis from ancient wisdom culture to fitness craze to no-one-knows-what-yet, expertise has become a highly sought after…

EP96 Patriarchy, Microaggression, and Political Correctness

Oct 23, 2025 6m

I recognize that I was born into privilege. Being male, white and American comes with a set of assumptions and implicit biases that are deeply ingrained in me and the mores of our fathers. As a…

EP95 To Sell a Center

Oct 09, 2025 7m

After nine years of owning and operating a yoga center in one of the most popular neighborhoods on the planet, I was approached by a broker inquiring if I was interested in selling my business. Nine…

EP94 Strung Out in the Attention Economy

Oct 02, 2025 7m

Something has happened to the way I see myself in relationship to time, and the amount of life that is being spent behind a screen. For a while, I had a handle on my use of technology and my digital…

EP93 My Body is Not a Machine

Sep 25, 2025 7m

In the post-lineage void of the current yoga scene, conversations around safety and improving the quality of yoga teacher-training often turn to biomechanics for solutions. However, replacing one…

EP92 I Love Yoga and Hate Everything About It

Sep 18, 2025 7m

Pop culture continues to enjoy a glossy-eyed love affair with yoga. But many long-time practitioners and professionals are discovering that, somewhere along their journey over the last decade or so,…

EP91 Yoga Journal Exit Stage Right

Sep 11, 2025 7m

Yoga Journal has announced that it is doing a "reset" on all of its annual conferences. There will be no more Yoga Journal Conferences for the rest of 2017 while they attempt to re-imagine the model…

EP90 Another Yoga Center Closing

May 29, 2025 6m

It's official. I will be closing my yoga center down at the end of this year. The hipster pond that I once helped homestead a decade ago has come to a boil quicker than I could have foreseen, and the…

EP89 Getting Off the Crack

May 22, 2025 6m

For a long time, I relished the way I could "crack" my back and neck. Just the right turn of my torso would send a ripple of clicks and releases along my spine. My idea about it was that those cracks…

EP88 Keep On Rockin' in the Real World

May 15, 2025 6m

I grew up in the eighties. My folks moved from NY to Los Angeles and settled into the comfort of a big house, two-car garage, and three kids. We were never in want for money. My dad made millions as…

EP87 I Teach Yoga

May 08, 2025 7m

A number of long-time yoga teachers are deciding to stop referring to what they teach as yoga. In the past, the term yoga represented a freedom to explore and discover truths outside western cultural…

EP86 Yoga and the New Discipline

May 01, 2025 7m

The novelty of yoga has been worn down to almost nothing by a multi-billion dollar industry that cares little for its tenets, like the crumbling shreds of a shoddily made pvc mat from China. But from…

EP85 Abundance Mentality and Yoga Careers

Apr 24, 2025 7m

Continuing education for yoga teachers is in high demand since the proliferation of yoga teacher training certification has reached epic proportions. No one expects someone to be seasoned after…

EP84 Incredible Shrinking Yoga Class

Apr 17, 2025 6m

In the last twenty years, yoga in the west has gone from a guru-driven model to a market-driven model. Decisions still often come from atop a pyramid. But now, the directives are based more on…

EP83 Yoga's Marginal Utility

Apr 10, 2025 7m

Among longtime yoga professionals, there are some well-kept secrets. The reasons for these truths to remain unspoken are rooted in protecting both personal and professional interests. But, for many,…

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