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Yoga is more than physical postures. Exploring Yoga is the companion app for everything yoga teaches off the mat: the philosophy, the ancient texts, the science of breath, and the wisdom that changes how you live. +150 EPISODES. FOUR WAYS TO EXPLORE. Listen Browse and stream 149 full episodes with background audio and lock-screen controls. From Patanjali's Yoga Sutras to the vagus nerve, from the Bhagavad Gita to pranayama science, every episode goes deeper than the practice room floor. Read Each episode comes with an enhanced summary, key takeaways, and a blog post. Read what the episode covers before you listen. Return to it after. Learn Ask questions. An AI teacher answers using the actual content of our 149-episode archive, with inline links to the episodes that support each answer. This is not a chatbot guessing. It cites sources. Ask about the eight limbs, the three gunas, the difference between dharma and karma, what Sadhguru says about samadhi, or why pranayama affects the parasympathetic nervous system. Co-Create Submit episode ideas through an AI creative partner that helps you shape the topic before you send it. The podcast grows with the community. WHAT THIS APP IS NOT This is not a yoga class app. There are no follow-along videos, no pose libraries, no instructors guiding you through sequences. If you want a physical yoga practice, Down Dog and Glo are excellent choices. This is for what happens after you roll up the mat. TOPICS YOU WILL EXPLORE From 149 episodes and 1,161 entities mapped across the archive: Texts and frameworks: Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the eight limbs of yoga, the yamas and niyamas. Philosophy and practice: pranayama, prana, the chakras, kundalini, bandhas, mudras, yoga nidra, samadhi, karma, dharma, ahimsa, tapas, vairagya. Science bridges: the vagus nerve, the parasympathetic nervous system, cortisol, neuroplasticity, the mind-body connection. Teachers: Patanjali, Swami Sivananda, Swami Rama, Yogi Bhajan, and the lineages that shaped modern yoga. WHO THIS IS FOR You have been practicing yoga for a while. The physical practice has opened something. You want to understand what pranayama is actually doing. You want to know what the Yoga Sutras say and why it matters. You want yoga to be more than an hour on a mat. This app is for you. FREE AND EXTENDED ACCESS Listen and Read are free, forever. The AI teacher (Learn) is available for 5 conversations per day for free. Co-Create is available for 10 conversations per day for free. Extended chat access is available through an in-app subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy: https://exploring.yoga/privacy Terms: https://exploring.yoga/terms Website: exploring.yoga