Yoga to Moksha: A Conversation with DTO

James Kapicka and DTO smiling with their arms around each other in a sunny Santa Barbara courtyard, surrounded by greenery and a white stucco building.


5Q Interview

October 2022


In this conversation with my friend DTO, who was part of the Moksha team and helped shape the game’s creative development and launch, we begin with how I found yoga, what drew me into teaching, and the approach that grew out of years of practice and working with people. From there, we move into the story behind Moksha, The Yoga Board Game, and the ideas at its heart: making yoga philosophy more accessible and experiential, learning through play, softening the pressure to get it right, and creating opportunities for laughter, discovery, and connection.

Moksha, The Yoga Board Game


Moksha grew from a desire to make yoga philosophy something people could experience together, not simply read about. Rather than create another explanatory text, I wanted to build a way of learning through play, humor, creativity, personal sharing, and direct experience.

Inspired by the classical paths of yoga, the game moves through drawing, pantomime, knowledge, reflection, and experiential practice. The intention was to create a playful doorway into yoga beyond asana, with enough ease and curiosity for some of the pressure to perform or get it right to soften.

At its heart, Moksha is a liberating game of laughter, discovery, and connection.

James Kapicka, DTO, CreaTiff, and participants from their Thai Massage class at Lucidity Festival gathered under a colorful canopy.
James, DTO, CreaTiff, and participants after our Thai Massage class at Lucidity Festival, 2023.


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