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YOUTUBE CHANNEL – KRIYA YOGA REAL
Welcome to my channel! I’m David McGrath, a Freudian-Lacanian psychotherapist and Kriya Yoga practitioner. This channel explores the intersections of psychoanalysis and yogic philosophy, offering analytical insights into the self, the Real, and the process of becoming. Through reflections, guided practices, and philosophical enquiry, we’ll engage in self-enquiry, exploring the paths toward greater understanding and liberation.
https://www.youtube.com/@davidmcgraththerapist
FEATURED PLATLISTS
This 10-part series introduces the essential foundations of Kriya Yoga — its philosophy, lineage, and practices for inner transformation. It’s designed for sincere seekers ready to go beyond superficial spirituality and understand what Kriya Yoga truly is: both a technique and a way of life.
This 16-part video series aims to clarify exactly what Kriya Yoga is so participants can know if the path resonates with them or not and if it does how they might best proceed.
The objective of this video series is to examine the purpose of the breathing technique, explain how it works, describe superficially how it is performed and provide instruction on several preliminary practices which are extremely effective.
Once a month an online group meeting is held to provide practitioners of all levels an opportunity to meditate together. The meditation practice is 30-40 minutes in length and is followed by a 20-25 minute talk. You will find a recording of each of these talks in this playlist.
This video series, examines the nature of the breathing process, exploring its relevance to meditation and experiencing yoga oneness. Instruction on several different pranayama breathing exercises is also included as part of the series.
An Easy Guide to Meditation is a 13-part video series designed to give those wishing to learn about meditation a good foundation and understanding of what meditation is, how to do it and how to get the best results from it. Each video, 3 to 5 minutes in length, explains a fundamental aspect of successful meditation practice.
PODCAST INTERVIEWS
14 MAY, 2026
Exploring the depth and breadth of yoga as a path to spiritually conscious living. Hosted by Dr. Laurel Trujillo.
Join us as we discuss the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book One, with author and ordained minister David McGrath based on his new commentary and exercises to integrate these teachings into your life.
1 DECEMBER, 2025
Exploring Kriya Yoga meditation, lifestyle and Self-realization philosophy for the 21st century yogi. Hosted by Ryan Kurczak, a student of Roy Eugene Davis.
In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast I speak with David McGrath, author and Kriya Yoga teacher. David and I discuss his most excellent and engaging commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Pada 1. David has written one of the most lucid and helpful modern commentaries on Patanjali’s work. It is well worth the read for any serious student of yogic meditation.
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MARCH 23, 2024
Exploring Kriya Yoga meditation, lifestyle and Self-realization philosophy for the 21st century yogi. Hosted by Ryan Kurczak, a student of Roy Eugene Davis.
Kriya Yoga teacher and psychoanalyst David McGrath and I explore the benefits of counseling and psychotherapy as a way to accelerate one’s spiritual growth process. Over the last 25 years, I have had significant shifts in capacity for meditation by engaging with a counselor, when needed, to help address psychological blind spots and complexes, and have seen outstanding progress in students of Kriya Yoga who remained steady in their meditation practice and supplemented their spiritual growth procedures with effective guidance from a skilled psychological professional.
If you have been practicing for a while, and are curious why your spiritual awareness is not deepening or expanding, the topic of this podcast could make a big difference in your appreciation of the spiritual path.
MARCH 18, 2024
A self-help podcast for yogis and HSP ready to let go of overwhelm and stress so that they can transform their sensitivity into a superpower. Join Erika Belanger to build awareness, become embodied and turbo-charge your growth.
If you love reflecting on your life, enjoy yoga philosophy, or want to apply the principles of yoga to your practice both on and off your mat, today’s episode is a great place to start. In this episode you will discover how living in accordance with the Yamas and Niyamas will transform your life, both on and off your mat. My guest, David McGrath shares his extensive work in understanding the principles of yoga philosophy and showing us how the Yamas and Niyamas give us what David calls a framework for living.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Hosted yoga teacher and writer J. Brown
David McGrath, author of The Yogi’s Way: Living in Accord with the Yamas & Niyamas, talks with J about Kriya Yoga and embodying philosophical principles. They discuss his teacher Roy Eugene Davis and Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization Fellowship and The Center for Spiritual Awareness, the Camino de Santiago, Lacanian psychoanalysis, moving beyond speculative conversations into the actualization of concepts, Yamas and Niyamas, life and oneness consciousness, and the importance of bringing it back to the miracle of right now.
APRIL 28, 2023
Exploring the depth and breadth of yoga as a path to spiritually conscious living. Hosted by Dr. Laurel Trujillo.
The second limb of yoga consists of five ethical practices called the Niyamas. David McGrath, spiritual teacher and author of the book The Yogi’s Way: Living in Accord with the Yamas and Niyamas, shares how the teachings of Kriya Yoga, specifically the practices of the Niyamas offer us a practical way to live a spiritually conscious life.
APRIL 21, 2023
Exploring the depth and breadth of yoga as a path to spiritually conscious living. Hosted by Dr. Laurel Trujillo.
The first limb of yoga consists of five ethical principles called the Yamas. How do these Yamas offer us a practical way to live a life that is worthy of us? Author and Kriya Yoga teacher, David McGrath shares how these principles and practices guide us to live in the highest way, a yogic life.
MARCH 6, 2023
Hosted by Rev. Christopher Sartain, an ordained teacher in the Kriya Yoga Tradition and director of Vinyasa Yoga Chile.
In this episode, Christopher Sartain interviews Kriya Yoga Teacher David McGrath about his new book, The Yogi’s Way.
OCTOBER 2, 2022
Exploring Kriya Yoga meditation, lifestyle and Self-realization philosophy for the 21st century yogi. Hosted by Ryan Kurczak, a student of Roy Eugene Davis.
This episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast is an interview with, Kriya Yoga teacher, David McGrath from Ireland. David and I explore his new book The Yogi’s Way.
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Exploring Kriya Yoga meditation, lifestyle and Self-realization philosophy for the 21st century yogi. Hosted by Ryan Kurczak, a student of Roy Eugene Davis.
This episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast is an interview with, Kriya Yoga teacher, David McGrath from Ireland. David quizzes the host, Ryan Kurczak on the definitions of Yoga, Samadhi, Samskaras, Vasanas, Ishvara, and Karma. These are important topics to consider and understand as one progresses on the path of Kriya Yoga.
JANUARY 24, 2022
Exploring Kriya Yoga meditation, lifestyle and Self-realization philosophy for the 21st century yogi. Hosted by Ryan Kurczak, a student of Roy Eugene Davis.
This episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast is an interview with, Kriya Yoga teacher, David McGrath from Ireland. David and the host, Ryan Kurczak address the question “Is the Age of the Guru over?”
AUGUST 6, 2021
Exploring Kriya Yoga meditation, lifestyle and Self-realization philosophy for the 21st century yogi. Hosted by Ryan Kurczak, a student of Roy Eugene Davis.
This episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast is an excerpt from the 2021 Kriya Yoga Solstice Online Retreat. David McGrath is our presenter.
Yoga is the science of consciousness. It is a philosophy, a psychology and a practice. Yoga offers a systematic means to understanding the fundamental nature of reality and our relationship to it. Within this discussion, participants will have the chance to appreciate yoga as a complete system, which when followed, empowers practitioners to live integrated, harmonious, fulfilling lives.
May 31, 2021
Exploring Kriya Yoga meditation, lifestyle and Self-realization philosophy for the 21st century yogi. Hosted by Ryan Kurczak, a student of Roy Eugene Davis.
In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, our special guest is David McGrath, a Kriya Yoga teacher from Ireland. David was ordained as a minister of Center for Spiritual Awareness by Roy Eugene Davis.
David and host, Ryan Kurczak discuss how Kriya Yoga can be both an art and a science, and how to approach the practice from that perspective.
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Exploring Kriya Yoga meditation, lifestyle and Self-realization philosophy for the 21st century yogi. Hosted by Ryan Kurczak, a student of Roy Eugene Davis.
In this episode of The Kriya Yoga Podcast, I interview David McGrath. David is from Ireland, and has been a good friend since 2008. He has spent considerable time at Center for Spiritual Awareness with Roy Eugene Davis, and was also initiated, ordained and authorized to teach Kriya Yoga by Mr. Davis.
David speaks to us today about being an intense practitioner, taking some time off, and then returning to the practice.