Matthew Krepps · Circle Yoga Shala
The Yoga of the
Bhagavad Gita
A journey through identity, difficult choices, and higher purpose.
8 in-depth video lessons · Weekly drip · No prior background required
A journey through identity, difficult choices, and higher purpose.
8 in-depth video lessons · Weekly drip · No prior background required
A warrior collapses.
Not from weakness — from clarity.
The transformational teaching of the Bhagavad Gita begins at the moment when Arjuna, a trained warrior prince, finds himself unable to act. Not because he lacks skill, but because what is now required of him brings his entire sense of self into question.
He believes himself to be on the side of righteousness. And yet the battlefield before him holds his teachers, his kin, his beloveds.
The Gita begins where most teachings end: at the precise moment when the self we have built can no longer guide us forward.
His experience is not distant or symbolic. We find ourselves in the same situation whenever:
We know what we should do, but cannot bring ourselves to do it.
A great responsibility comes into conflict with a new desire.
A relationship, career, or identity no longer fits — but we cannot yet let it go.
We keep seeking information about a problem without gaining any more clarity.
We feel drawn toward something that simply doesn't fit our existing life.
We are called to act — and find that our usual self is not equal to what is being asked.
These are not random moments of confusion. They are the auspicious moments when our current sense of self is no longer able to guide action — when breakdown becomes the threshold of transformation.
Begin with the Free Opening Lesson →Matthew Krepps reads the Gita not as symbol or history, but as a living map of human experience.
What happens when duty and emotion collide — and action becomes both necessary and unbearable.
Not only historical. The place where responsibilities, attachments, fears, and love stop resolving cleanly.
Not a rescuer. A presence that does not remove conflict — but makes it possible to act within it.
The Gita does not offer one path. It offers three — each suited to a different orientation of the human person.
Understanding the nature of Self, consciousness, and reality — the foundation beneath all action.
Acting fully, without attachment to outcomes — service as the purification of ego.
The path of love and surrender — opening to something larger than the individual will.
These are not talking points. They are orientations — ways of seeing that remain after the course ends.
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Scholar · Ayurvedic Practitioner · Co-Founder, Circle Yoga Shala
Matthew brings more than three decades of experience bridging eastern contemplative systems and western understandings of the human psyche — from therapeutic rehabilitation and spiritual development to performance work with elite athletes.
His approach to the Gita is shaped not only by scholarship and long-term practice, but by decades of helping people navigate suffering, identity, discipline, devotion, and profound life transitions.
"My work has been a crucible of convergence between eastern and western models of the human system. My life's work is to help alleviate suffering on all levels of being human — for the purposes of flourishing and liberation."
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All sales are final. We encourage you to take the free opening lesson before enrolling. Questions? Contact us.
Begin immediately with the first lesson. Remaining lessons released weekly.
Want both texts? — Bundle with the Yoga Sutra course for $289 and save $16 →
No. The course guides you through the text step by step, including all philosophical background, symbolism, and major teachings as they unfold. The only prerequisite is attention.
No. This course is not built around physical yoga or prior spiritual training. What matters is openness, attention, and a willingness to contemplate the material seriously.
No. The course engages a sacred text, but the approach is contemplative, philosophical, and experiential — not doctrinal. You will not be asked to believe anything. You will be invited to look.
Those open to complexity, nuance, and paradox. Especially those who have encountered forms of inner or outer conflict that could not simply be avoided or solved through willpower alone.
Yes — the two courses are offered as a bundle for $289, saving $16 versus purchasing separately. Together they form an 18-week contemplative study of two of Yoga's most foundational texts.
All sales are final. We encourage you to take the free opening lesson before enrolling so you can experience Matt's teaching style firsthand.
What your life is already asking of you.