💥 A Joyous Taste of all the Goodness 💥

My gift to you, because I want to tempt you to join us!

The Joy Rebel Podcast is a living archive of the teachings, transmissions, and real-life stories that I share in the Joy Rebel Club - and you get to sample, enjoy, apply & soak them up here. 

Why?

Because I want you to join us - I want you to become a Joy Rebel as well.

These episodes are intimate sharings for our community of rebels who are learning to live lit, honest, and wildly awake. 

In nondual Śaiva Tantra, joy isn’t an emotion. It isn’t something you feel, chase, cultivate, or manufacture. It isn’t the opposite of sadness or the silver lining after a hard day.

Joy is the inherent bliss of Awareness itself — ānanda — the shimmering, pulsing aliveness of Śiva-Śakti recognizing itself as the very fabric of everything.

It’s not “joy instead of…”
It’s not “joy when…”
It’s “joy AS…”

Joy as the ground of being.
Joy as the throb of existence.
Joy as the natural radiance of awakened perception.

It includes grief, rage, confusion, ecstasy, and heartbreak.

It shines through all of it because it IS all of it.

Abhinavagupta, Kṣemarāja, Utpaladeva — they’re all crystal clear:

When the contracted “I” dissolves, what remains is the svātantrya (freedom) and ānanda (joy-bliss) of consciousness vibrating as the entire universe.

This is the joy my work points to:
unconditional, inherent, non-oppositional, non-dual, ever-present.

Not mood.
Not preference.
Not happiness.
Not bypass.

The JOY of Being Itself.

This is what I directly experience, and how I live - except when I forget and the mind takes over and I'm back into the apparent limited sense of self.

Then, I notice, and I open back up to the inherent Joy of Being.

This is what I can teach you to do too.

I'm gifting you the first few episodes of the podcast.

Think of them as your doorway into the Joy Rebel movement. 

You’ll step into a field where joy isn’t a mood you chase but a way you walk through the world. You’ll hear how joy is always available in messy moments, how it cuts through old patterns, how it demands our courage, clarity, and devotion. 

You’ll feel what happens when you stop waiting for life to line up and start generating your own radiance.

Sink in. Let the teachings land. Let joy move your life in real time.

And when you are ready to take your Joy Rebel Vows (yes, we have vows!) join us inside the Joy Rebel Club where the work deepens, the energy amplifies, and the rebellion becomes a way of life.

Or just jump straight on in, because you're that kind of person. 

Become a Joy Rebel

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    🎙 The Joy Rebel Club Podcast 🎙

    • 🎙 Welcome to the Teaser of the Joy Rebel Podcast

    • 🎙 The Joy Rebel Podcast • Episode 1 • Devotion

Embodied Liberation Teacher & Mentor

Kara-Leah Grant

Kara-Leah is a devoted yogi and teacher who leads others on the path of embodied liberation. She has practiced and taught yoga for decades, diving deep into Trika Shaivism and learning from teachers like Shiva Rea, Christopher Tompkins, and Christopher Wallis. Through her articles, books, and teachings, Kara-Leah has impacted millions, offering transformative insights for those ready to awaken and liberate. Kara-Leah empowers yoga teachers to teach from a place of deep, embodied presence—living their yoga, not just practicing it. She helps students apply yoga philosophy and view teachings to their daily lives, guiding them to create a life of awakening and liberation through dedicated practice. Kara-Leah lives in Squamish, Canada, with her teenage son. She completed a 1000-day Ucchāra practice in 2021, and is now on a daily chanting practice. She is the author of three books and continues to inspire others to live from liberation and teach from a place of profound presence.