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The 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference is a beautiful global gathering exploring the heart of Bhakti Yoga through the theme Sacred Community — Walking the Path of Love Together.
Bringing together monks, scholars, yogis, musicians, and spiritual leaders from around the world, this conference offers a rich space for wisdom, reflection, and connection. Through heartfelt dialogue, spiritual teachings, and shared devotion, we explore how love, friendship, and sacred community can support us on the path.
Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of love and devotion — a spiritual path that invites us into a deeper relationship with the Divine through service, compassion, and meaningful connection.
Hosted in collaboration with Harvard Divinity School and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, this special gathering is an invitation to come together in the spirit of devotion, learning, and community.
Register free here:https://www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-yoga-conference
The 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference is a beautiful global gathering exploring the heart of Bhakti Yoga through the theme Sacred Community — Walking the Path of Love Together.
Bringing together monks, scholars, yogis, musicians, and spiritual leaders from around the world, this conference offers a rich space for wisdom, reflection, and connection. Through heartfelt dialogue, spiritual teachings, and shared devotion, we explore how love, friendship, and sacred community can support us on the path.
Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of love and devotion — a spiritual path that invites us into a deeper relationship with the Divine through service, compassion, and meaningful connection.
Hosted in collaboration with Harvard Divinity School and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, this special gathering is an invitation to come together in the spirit of devotion, learning, and community.
Register free here:https://www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-yoga-conference
The 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference is a beautiful global gathering exploring the heart of Bhakti Yoga through the theme Sacred Community — Walking the Path of Love Together.
Bringing together monks, scholars, yogis, musicians, and spiritual leaders from around the world, this conference offers a rich space for wisdom, reflection, and connection. Through heartfelt dialogue, spiritual teachings, and shared devotion, we explore how love, friendship, and sacred community can support us on the path.
Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of love and devotion — a spiritual path that invites us into a deeper relationship with the Divine through service, compassion, and meaningful connection.
Hosted in collaboration with Harvard Divinity School and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, this special gathering is an invitation to come together in the spirit of devotion, learning, and community.
Register free here:https://www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-yoga-conference
The 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference is a beautiful global gathering exploring the heart of Bhakti Yoga through the theme Sacred Community — Walking the Path of Love Together.
Bringing together monks, scholars, yogis, musicians, and spiritual leaders from around the world, this conference offers a rich space for wisdom, reflection, and connection. Through heartfelt dialogue, spiritual teachings, and shared devotion, we explore how love, friendship, and sacred community can support us on the path.
Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of love and devotion — a spiritual path that invites us into a deeper relationship with the Divine through service, compassion, and meaningful connection.
Hosted in collaboration with Harvard Divinity School and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, this special gathering is an invitation to come together in the spirit of devotion, learning, and community.
Register free here: https://www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-yoga-conference
Lisa Miller, Ph.D. is a professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, founder of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, and the bestselling author of The Awakened Brain. Her work beautifully bridges science and spirituality, exploring how an awakened spiritual life can support resilience, meaning, and a deeper connection to what is sacred in everyday life.
We are honored to include this conversation as part of the 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference, a global gathering exploring the theme Sacred Community — Walking the Path of Love Together. Bringing together monks, scholars, yogis, musicians, and spiritual leaders from around the world, the conference offers a heartfelt space for wisdom, reflection, devotion, and connection.
Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of love and devotion — a spiritual path that invites us into deeper relationship with the Divine through service, compassion, and sacred community.
Hosted in collaboration with Harvard Divinity School and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, this gathering is a beautiful invitation to explore the path of love together.
The 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference is a beautiful global gathering exploring the heart of Bhakti Yoga through the theme Sacred Community — Walking the Path of Love Together.
Bringing together monks, scholars, yogis, musicians, and spiritual leaders from around the world, this conference offers a rich space for wisdom, reflection, and connection. Through heartfelt dialogue, spiritual teachings, and shared devotion, we explore how love, friendship, and sacred community can support us on the path.
Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of love and devotion — a spiritual path that invites us into a deeper relationship with the Divine through service, compassion, and meaningful connection.
Hosted in collaboration with Harvard Divinity School and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, this special gathering is an invitation to come together in the spirit of devotion, learning, and community.
Register free here: https://www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-yoga-conference
Hosted by @happyjackyoga at the Bhakti Yoga Conference 2026, this beautiful conversation with HH Krishna Kshetra Swami explores multi-species community through the lens of bhakti-yoga.
Drawing from the Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, and the principle of ahimsa, Maharaja invites us to expand our understanding of sacred community by seeing all living beings as spiritual souls, each one part of Krishna’s creation. Reflecting on cows, companion animals, compassion, and the lived practice of nonviolence, this session offers a meaningful invitation into deeper Krishna consciousness through humility, sincere inquiry, and reverence for all beings.
This conversation is part of the 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference, a global gathering exploring the theme Sacred Community — Walking the Path of Love Together. Featuring monks, scholars, yogis, musicians, and spiritual leaders from around the world, the conference is a heartfelt offering of wisdom, devotion, and connection for all who feel called to the path of love.
Register free here: https://www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-yoga-conference
Explore Bhakti Yoga, spiritual friendship, and sacred community with S.B. Keshava Swami and Rev. Dr. Teddy Hickman-Maynard in this beautiful opening gathering of the 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference, filmed live at Harvard Divinity School.
In this inspiring session, devotion, love, and spiritual relationships are explored as essential parts of walking the path of Bhakti Yoga together.
The 2026 Bhakti Yoga Conference brings together renowned monks, scholars, yogis, musicians, and spiritual leaders around one heartfelt theme: Sacred Community — Walking the Path of Love Together. Through wisdom teachings and meaningful dialogue, this gathering explores how devotion, friendship, and spiritual connection can support and deepen our path.
Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of love and devotion — a spiritual path centered on cultivating a personal relationship with the Divine through service, compassion, and sacred community.
The opening session is hosted at Harvard Divinity School, and the closing session is hosted at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
Register free here: https://www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-yoga-conference
In this episode, we explore how structure can create freedom—especially when balanced with intuition and contemplative practice. We also dive into dreams, the role of habits and spontaneity, and how rupture and repair can strengthen relationships when done sooner rather than later.
✨ Topics we discuss
How structure can create freedom, and how contemplative practice helps us find balance
Structure and intuition: building rhythms that still leave room for aliveness
Dreaming and meaning-making: Hanna shares a recent Gita-inspired dream
Creating a “container” for dreams (evening + morning calm to access them more easily)
Reflections on Atomic Habits, spontaneity, and flow states
Rupture and repair: why repair matters, and how to do it sooner so resentment doesn’t build
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In this episode, we explore how connection, education, and presence shape who we become over time—from navigating social anxiety and public speaking to imagining how we age into joyful, grounded elders. We reflect on the power of gathering, intuition, and practices that reconnect us with our highest self.
✨ Topics we discuss
Social anxiety and public speaking, and how presence transforms the experience
The unique power of gathering and meeting in person
Why we pursue education and trainings—not just for what we learn, but for who we become
How what we expose ourselves to shapes us over time, like tending an inner garden
Aging with awareness: becoming happy, connected elders rather than hardened or isolated ones
Connecting to intuition and the intelligence of the universe
A guided reflection led by Jack on connecting with the highest self
Reflections on the work of Lisa Miller, including her book The Awakened Brain
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In this episode, we explore the yogic concept of Paramatma—the inner guide or Supersoul—and how true teaching and therapy come alive when we listen deeply, both to ourselves and to those we serve. We reflect on pedagogy, presence, and whether healing is best led by agenda or by attunement.
We discussed:
The meaning of Paramatma and divinity within the individual soul
Teaching through lecture versus personal sharing—and why lived experience matters
Reflections from the Bhakti Yoga Conference
Whether there is a “right” way to do therapy: client-led process versus therapist agenda
Join the Happy Jack Yoga community:
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💗 Book a therapeutic session with Hanna - use code THERAPY50 before Feb 9
When Silence Changes Everything | Episode 160
In this episode, we reflect on samatvam—often translated as equanimity—and what it looks like as groundedness in everyday life, especially after moments of silence, study, and big life decisions. We celebrate Hanna’s graduation and explore how stepping away from the world helped clarify the paths we chose next.
We discussed:
Samatvam and how equanimity shows up as groundedness in real life
Celebrating Hanna’s graduation in Integrative Yoga Psychotherapy
How a short silent “sabbatical” in the Canadian woods reshaped our direction
Answering the call to continue studying yoga—Jack’s path to Harvard and Hanna’s journey into yoga therapy
Join the Happy Jack Yoga community:
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In this episode, we explore how our inner world shapes our relationships, how suffering can become a path of evolution, and why time is the one currency we can’t afford to spend unconsciously.
We discussed:
How we project inner struggles onto the people closest to us
Using suffering as a vehicle for growth
Why “seekers” are drawn to the yogic path
Creating connection: what motivates it, and how our past shapes what we build
Time as currency (inspired by Keith Cunningham) and choosing how we spend it wisely
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In this episode, we share a heartfelt conversation from our spontaneous road trip to Sudbury with Jack’s mom—reflecting on prayer, presence, and the golden moments with loved ones that become the memories we carry for life.
In this episode, we talk about:
Our trip to Sudbury for a Christian music event (Pekka Simojoki & Friends) with Jack’s mom
A transformative prayer moment between Jack and his mom
Hanna’s experience of something hard to name—like love, holiness, grace and shared devotion in the room
Why presence is everything, and how “golden moments” become what we keep over time
How different traditions have different practices, but the longing underneath is often the same: contact with the Divine
Faith traditions as different languages—many paths, one deeper invitation
The reminder that we’re all on the same team: spiritual beings having a human experience—“walking each other home,” as Ram Dass so lovingly put it
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In this episode, we explore what becomes possible when presence replaces performance—how connection, listening, and community can become powerful catalysts for healing and transformation.
Topics discussed:
The role of solitude
The magic that emerges in genuine connection and shared presence
How groups and communities can support breakthroughs and expansion
Social anxiety, nervous system responses, and what helps us feel safe to share
The art of facilitating groups and holding meaningful sharing circles
Why we’re drawn to what we love—and how it connects us to something greater
Presence and listening as deeply transformative practices
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In this episode, we explore how writing clarifies our inner world and the transformative power of yoga therapy. We also share what’s unfolding next — new trainings, offerings, and community gatherings ahead.
Topics discussed: • How writing clarifies thoughts and supports emotional integration • The magic of yoga therapy and meaningful client outcomes • Our intention to read and write more in the new year • Hanna’s upcoming yoga therapy trainings and continued learning • New projects unfolding in 2026 • A new Happy Jack Yoga course launching in February • Monthly in-person gatherings with yogis • Hanna’s upcoming group yoga therapy offering
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In this heartfelt episode, we share reflections from the Festival of Gratitude at Govardhan Ecovillage. Jack opens up about his current inquiry into relationships, and Hanna reflects on turning 50 next week — a milestone marked by gratitude and reflection.
Topics We Discussed:
• The Festival of Gratitude and celebrating Radhanath Swami’s 75th birthday • How a true teacher awakens what’s already inside you • Jack’s insights on fullness, relationships, and living in inquiry • The symbolism of a yagna (fire ceremony) for releasing old patterns • Hanna’s reflections on turning 50 and welcoming a new life season
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In this episode, we dive into what it means to live from love — exploring the role of spirituality in mental health, faith versus blind belief, the Sanskrit wisdom of the divine, and how every action can ripple with sacred meaning.
Topics we discussed:
The feeling of Christmas — and how that sense of warmth connects to spirituality
Why spirituality can deeply protect mental health (drawing on research, work referenced by Lisa Miller, PhD)
The heart’s purpose: to love and to be loved — especially divine love (prema)
The difference between genuine faith and blind belief or skepticism
Understanding the divine through the lens of three dimensions: Brahman (the absolute), Paramatman (the supreme soul), and Bhagavan (the “personal” divine)
What it would feel like if we approached every action as an act of love
Reflections on life’s delicacy, sacredness, and meaning — inspired by the Govardhan Eco Village monks
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In this heartfelt episode, we reflect on love, loss, and the mystery of what truly endures.
Topics we discussed: • The passing of Coco, and how love never truly leaves • How spiritual life is about becoming more loving • Presence vs. future-focus: learning to live here and now • GEV as a Spiritual Disneyland — joy, wonder, and connection in community
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In this episode, we come to you live from India, joined by five radiant yogis who are here with us in person.
Topics we discussed:
You don’t have a soul — you are a soul.
The soul’s two deepest needs: to love and to be loved
The beauty and depth of being in a spiritual community here in India
The felt experience of living yoga — not just practicing it
Reflections, synchronicities, and the sacred energy of Mother India
Join the Happy Jack Yoga community:
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