2025: Path of Knowledge LEARN MORE
A Year of Inquiry
SEP 2025 – SEP 2026
Join Daniel Simpson and an international community of peers to explore timeless teachings from a modern perspective.
Together, we'll see how yoga evolved from its earliest foundations to recent iterations, and reflect on what makes it "authentic".
The course includes an overview of all the main traditions of yoga philosophy, as well as the historical contexts that shaped them.
We meet on alternate weeks for live discussions, combining the best of an academic seminar with practical priorities.
If you've ever felt tempted to study in more depth, this year-long immersion could be for you. Click here to learn more...
Texts and Traditions
Immersive explorations with online Q&A. Discounted bundles are also available.
Introductions
Free presentations and workshop recordings.
Removing Confusion
Yoga corrects misperception to free us from suffering.
That's the basic message of most ancient texts, but there are many different teachings and some contradict each other. How do they all fit together? What explains why they change?
The Truth of Yoga is a comprehensive guide to how yoga evolved. The book highlights themes that have shaped its development, and the courses on this site bring those subjects to life. Their format is:
- Engaging, interactive and fun
- Designed for practitioners
- Grounded in evidence
If you've ever felt puzzled by yoga philosophy – or how traditional ideas relate to modern priorities – you're in the right place for some practical insights and straightforward clarity!
Author and Teacher
Daniel Simpson makes philosophy accessible and relevant. He teaches courses at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, on yoga teacher trainings and in workshops around the world.
He is a graduate of Cambridge University and has a master's degree in yoga studies from SOAS. In a previous career, he was a foreign correspondent, working for Reuters and the New York Times.
Endorsements
Guy Raz
"If you are [a] student of yoga or simply interested in its historical and philosophical underpinnings, you will walk away from this book wiser."
Monica Milano
"If you’re both fascinated and overwhelmed by yoga philosophy, this is the book for you... It’s the book I wish I was assigned for my 200 hour training."
Matthew Hahn
"I am always asked by students what non-academic books they could read... I had high hopes for [The Truth of Yoga] and it did not disappoint."
The One-Minute Version
A quick introduction to The Truth of Yoga – N.B. courses set a gentler pace... 😅