{"podcast":{"title":"Ancient Futures","slug":"ancient-futures-6182152","podcast_index_feed_id":6182152,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1068782.rss","website_url":"https://ancientfutures.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1068782/edbcba5c4f94b345246932e5d783e898.jpg","author":"Daniel Simpson","episode_count":87,"summary":"Timeless wisdom for modern dilemmas, combining yoga philosophy, practical insight and critical thinking.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T16:20:03.067668+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-futures-6182152"},"episode":{"title":"Moulding Minds – Jessica Frazier","slug":"moulding-minds-jessica-frazier","published_at":"2025-07-16T06:51:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-futures-6182152/moulding-minds-jessica-frazier","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-futures-6182152","url":"https://ancientfutures.substack.com/p/yoga-jessica-frazier","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/166896399/ddc54d49695590863786e04ddb09aeff.mp3","summary":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit ancientfutures.substack.com What does it mean to have mental plasticity? ♳ Unless the mind is to some extent controlled, it controls our experience. This axiom of yoga philosophy has helpful applications in everyday life – from avoiding being triggered by politics to making wise choices. Jessica Frazier is a lecturer at Oxford University, and also a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. She recently organised a conference that discussed the radical nature of Indian ideas about self-transformation. This podcast includes her presentation on yoga, along with a chat about what we can learn from cross-cultural thinking – particularly about phenomenology (a term we unpack). You can stream more presentations from the conference here , or join the OCHS Virtual Classroom , where subscribers get access to talks on a regular basis. There’s also a range of online courses on yogic traditions and related subjects (some of which I tutor) – a new intake begins on July 27. 🙋‍♂️ For a broad exploration of yogic traditions, join me for The Path of Knowledge . 🧘‍♀️ I’m also running a retreat that draws on highlights from the course (Sep 25-28). 🙏 Donations make this podcast sustainable – please consider subscribing or buy me a coffee ... Your support is greatly appreciated!","meta_description":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit ancientfutures.substack.com What does it mean to have mental plasticity? ♳ Unless the mind i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1914,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ancient-futures-6182152/episodes/moulding-minds-jessica-frazier/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-futures-6182152/moulding-minds-jessica-frazier.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}