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Happy Jack Yoga Podcast

Happy Jack Yoga

A weekly podcast where we explore yoga, mindfulness, and spirituality.

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Edwin Bryant, Ph.D | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/25

Edwin Bryant received his Ph.D in Indic languages and Cultures from Columbia University. He taught Hinduism at Harvard University for three years, and is presently the professor of Hinduism at Rutgers University where he teaches courses on Hindu philosophy and religion. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, published eight books, and authored a number of articles on the earliest origins of the Vedic culture, yoga philosophy, and the Krishna tradition. As a personal practitioner

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Shaunaka Rishi Das | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/24

Shaunaka Rishi Das is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, a position he has held since the Centre’s foundation in 1997. He is a lecturer, a broadcaster, and Hindu Chaplain to Oxford University. His interests include education, comparative theology, communication, and leadership. He is a member of The Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, convened in 2013 by the Woolf Institute, Cambridge. In 2013 the Indian government appointed him to sit on the

61:22

Jess Navarette | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/23

Jess is a Doctoral Student at Boston College working in Comparative Theology and Comparative Religion, particularly between the Hindu and Christian traditions. His current research focuses on theological resonances between Vaishnava Bhakti practices and those found within the realm of Christianity. Further specialty includes 20th Century Hinduism, North American Hinduism, and work with Hindi and Sanskrit as research languages. Jess is also engaged in interreligious dialogue and interfaith

64:54

Raghunath Cappo | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/22

Raghunath Cappo was a singer, song writer for two influential punk alternative bands in the 80s and 90s. His lyrics propounded clean living, positive thinking, animal rights, and eastern spirituality that changed the trajectory of tens of thousands of fans internationally. He lived in a Krishna bhakti ashram for 6.5 years, went on to become an international yoga teacher and now is the host of the Wisdom of the Sages podcast which has been ranked #1 by Apple Podcasts on spirituality. He

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Rajeev Srivastava & Prakash Govindan | Harvard Bhakti...

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2025/03/21

Rajeev Srivastava has over 35 years of global operating and investing experience in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. Prior to the merger of Basil Partners and Capital Square Partners, Rajeev founded Basil Partners as a family office in 2008, which invested in the IT/ITES sector and then raised a 171M institutional fund in 2018. In 2022, Basil Partners merged with Capital Square Partners to raise a 700M technology services-focused fund. Mr. Srivastava has been actively involved since the

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Dhanya Rico | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/20

Dhanya Rico holds a Master’s degree in Counselor Education and a Specialist’s degree in Couples and Family therapy. She aims to help individuals and relationships thrive by incorporating deep spiritual principles into the therapeutic experience. In addition to traditional modalities, Dhanya is passionate about developing therapeutic tools that incorporate Bhakti principles and practices to reconnect with our essential nature.INSTAGRAM (Wellness): https://www.instagram.com/dhanyawellness/

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Radheshyam Das | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/19

Radheshyam Das is a distinguished spiritual leader, educator, and author. An alumnus of IIT Mumbai, he graduated at the top of his class with an M.Tech degree. After working as a senior research fellow and as a mechanical engineer, he embraced monastic life in 1994, dedicating himself as a full-time brahmachari monk. In 1995, he was assigned to ISKCON Pune, where he has served as the Temple President for three decades, leading a vibrant community of approximately 6,000 members. In 2000,

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Krishna Kshetra Swami | Harvard Bhakti Yoga...

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2025/03/18

Krishna Kshetra Swami – teacher, writer, and traveller – is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He has served as a missionary, temple priest (pujari), and counselor for bhakti-yoga practitioners from the time of his formal initiation in 1972. In 2004, after eight years of university study (resuming his interrupted studies from 1972), he received a Ph.D. degree from the

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Śamyāprāsa Dāsa | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/17

Śamyāprāsa Dāsa (“Shamya”) has practiced bhakti since 2009, took vows as an initiated devotee in 2013, and served as a brahmachari monk between 2014 and 2021. During that time, he studied the Bhakti scriptures in Sanskrit and Bengali, distributed Bhakti, and trained as a spiritual teacher. He currently leads classes on practicing Bhakti and workshops on kirtan, etc. He also works one-on-one to help people meet their spiritual and wellness goals. Connect with Śamyāprāsa Dāsa: EMAIL:

59:49

Pallavi Priya | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/16

Pallavi has been practicing Bhakti Yoga for the past two years and is currently serving at Govardhan Ecovillage as a Sustainability Educator in the Sustainability Department. She is a certified Yoga teacher and comes with 11+ years of experience working as an IT professional at Infosys. Alongside her corporate career, Pallavi has been actively involved in various social and environmental projects, contributing to positive change in society. She is the founder of ‘Cause for Celebration’, a

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Bali RIco, Ph.D. | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/15

Bali Rico is a multi-instrumentalist, author, lyricist and academic. He is one of the co-founders of the international Kirtan group Mayapuris. Born in the U.S. to Colombian parents, he and his younger brother Kish spent their formative years living in ashrams in the sacred land of Mayapur, West Bengal, learning the traditions and music of ancient India. Bali's mridanga playing is fiery and unique, helping to create the Mayapuris signature sound. As a lyricist, Bali's flow mirrors the

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Acyuta Mohan Das | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/14

Meet Acyuta Mohan Das:Monk & Leadership Coach (or Monk & Cultural Engineer) A Social Leader who built several communities comprising hundreds of people coming from a varied range of backgrounds for the common purpose of uplifting society socially, culturally and spiritually Visionary Founder behind 15+ welfare centres for youths, women uplifting & underprivileged street kids in several cities of India by providing them free education, food, dignified social inclusion and

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Måns Broo, Ph.D. | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/13

Bhṛgupāda Das, orDr. Måns Broo, is a university researcher in comparative religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. 🇫🇮 His main research interests include yoga—both its history and contemporary forms—and the intersections between Vaiṣṇavism and Tantrism in pre-modern Bengal.He is the author of “As Good as God: The Guru in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism.” He has published articles on a range of aspects of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism. He has critically edited and translated the Rādhā Tantra, a publication

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Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D. | Harvard Bhakti...

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2025/03/12

Sadhviji Bhagawati Saraswati is a renunciatenun,or sanyasi, living in an ashram on the banks of the sacred Ganges River in Rishikesh, India, nestled amidst the majestic Himalayan Mountains. Originally from Los Angeles, California, and a graduate of Stanford University, she holds a Ph.D. in psychology and has devoted her life to sharing the profound wisdom of the ancient Vedic tradition from India. Sadhviji is a bestselling author, a world-renowned speaker, and a recipient of President

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Kishori Gopi | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/11

Kishori Gopi, formally known as Kelly Skinner, is a spiritual teacher who is a conduit of divine love and a vehicle for Divine grace to heal and awaken. In this lifetime, her medicine is to help beings live radiantly and die gracefully through the practices of Bhakti Yoga, Meditation, Reiki, and End of Life Doula Work. She approaches both life and work with awareness, aliveness, and compassion. To her, there is nothing more rewarding than seeing another being remember and fall in love with

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Rukmini Walker | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/10

Rukmini is a teacher of Bhakti Yoga, an activist in interfaith dialogue and women’s spiritual empowerment. She is the founder of the Urban Devi Collective, an online women’s group originally based out of the Bhakti Center in New York City, where she is a member of the board of directors. At the age of sixteen, she met her guru, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and began a lifelong study of Bhakti Yoga, living in and managing yoga ashrams in India, Canada and the US. For twenty-five years,

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Brian Clement, Ph.D. | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference...

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2025/03/09

Brian Clement, Ph.D., L.N., has spearheaded the international progressive health movement for over five decades. He is the Director of the globally renowned Hippocrates Wellness, West Palm Beach, Florida, the world’s foremost complementary residential health center. Over the last half-century, he and his team have pioneered clinical research and training in disease prevention using hundreds of thousands of participants who provided volumes of data, giving Clement a privileged insight into

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Gaura Vani | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference | Episode 79

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2025/03/08

Gaura Vani was given the gift of devotional song from birth, raised with the music of the temple, and taught to sing and play beautiful instruments and dance for love and for God. He shares, “I am one of a group of children called gurukulis or those raised in the village of the guru. Even as children, we were aware that though it felt like we were partying when we played music, we were in the physical presence of God himself, who danced with us.” Gaura Vani travels the world sharing the

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Sacinandana Swami | Harvard Bhakti Yoga Conference |...

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2025/03/07

His Holiness Sacinandana Swami In the Bhakti tradition, Sacinandana Swami is known for his profound contributions to the practice of meditation and kirtan. With over five decades of experience in mantra chanting and contemplative practice, he has inspired seekers worldwide through his deep insights, meditative kirtans, and transformative retreats. He is the founder of The Living Name Retreats, where he offers practical methods for deepening one’s connection to the divine through

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Bhakti Yoga Miracles | Episode 77

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2025/02/25

In this episode, we discuss:When a cold isn’t getting better Western medicine versus Ayurveda The Bhakti Yoga Conference starting March 1, 2025, but available indefinitely How talking to your mom can be healing and comforting The story of two monks and a woman Transformations through Bhakti yoga Register for the Bhakti Yoga Conference (open indefinitely!) https://www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-yoga-conference Would you like to be part of the production of this podcast? Consider joining us

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