YFYI — Yoga For Your Intellect

James Beshara & Joseph Emmett
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Nov 7, 2022 • 45min

YFYI — Clubhouse — The Most Important Work You Do For Others

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Oct 31, 2022 • 1h 22min

YFYI — Ep #24 — Developing the Intellect

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Oct 24, 2022 • 47min

YFYI — Clubhouse — The Gradual Approach to Reality

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Oct 18, 2022 • 1h 8min

YFYI — Ep #23 — The History of Vedanta

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Oct 10, 2022 • 57min

YFYI — Clubhouse — Wombs of Sorrow

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Oct 3, 2022 • 1h 29min

YFYI Live! — What is Vedanta?

On the morning of the 30th of September 2022, YFYI held it's first ever live show right in Master James' back yard. The discussion centered around simply "What is Vedanta?". The turn out was great and the first of many for YFYI. YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Sep 26, 2022 • 57min

YFYI — Clubhouse — The Most Famous Verse in the Gita

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Sep 19, 2022 • 55min

YFYI — Ep #22 — The Pitfalls of Motive

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Sep 12, 2022 • 1h 5min

YFYI — Clubhouse — Stop Reading

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Sep 5, 2022 • 1h 1min

YFYI — Ep #21 — The Truth About Meditation

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/

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