What if your stuckness, your suffering, even your failure to “get it right” on the spiritual path… is not a detour, but the path itself?

In this compelling conversation, Vedic teacher Acharya Shunya meets with Phil Goldberg, bestselling author of American Veda and the forthcoming Karmic Relief: Harnessing the Laws of Cause and Effect for a Joyful, Meaningful Life (releasing October 2025).

Together, they explore the deeper teachings of karma, yoga, imperfection, and inner transformation beyond spiritual clichés. Topics include:

• What karma really means (it’s not a punishment system!)

• How modern yoga lost its roots—and what we can reclaim

• Why the Bhagavad Gita, not the Yoga Sutras, is the yogi’s true guide

• The danger of performative sadhana vs. sincere practice

• How pain can teach what pleasure cannot

This conversation will land for seekers who’ve outgrown “quick-fix” spirituality—and want the real thing: a path that’s raw, honest, wise, and human.

Phil Goldberg is a respected voice in global yoga circles and the host of Spirit Matters Podcast. He’s been immersed in Vedic teachings for over 50 years.

Season 2 of Shadow to Self is themed “Yoga Burns Again”—a call to rekindle the true fire of inner awakening.

Learn more at:
PhilipGoldberg.com | AcharyaShunya.com

Karmic Relief releases October 2025

A true Guru doesn’t comfort the ego—they burn it. In this episode, Acharya Shunya contrasts the rise of yoga instructors with the sacred fire of the Guru tradition. Through lineage stories, sacred verses, and fierce love for truth, she invites us to let yoga burn again.

In this moving episode, Acharya Shunya speaks with Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati about her new book Come Home to Yourself — a heartfelt guide for anyone seeking inner peace and spiritual clarity.

Sadhviji was a Stanford grad living a typical American life in California — until a trip to India and a dip in the Ganges changed everything. For the past 35+ years, she’s lived as a renunciate by the Ganga, immersed in yoga, service, and awakening.

This conversation is an invitation to question what we’re chasing — and come home to who we really are.

Listen now on Apple Podcasts.