Explore every episode of the podcast Primal Nature
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| Barak Ben Dov, pt. II - Dimensions of Time | 18 Feb 2025 | 01:35:48 | |
This is our second published conversation. Barak remains a kind of phenomenon, a creative force who channels curiosity, compassion, and insight in often surprising ways. Unique, gentle, and sincere. Today our conversation delves into the dimensions of time and consciousness, compassion and service to others, the development of models and language to better understand oneself, shamanism, cultural maturity, the various layers of human experience, psychedelics, dancing, and more. Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Barak Ben Dov - Experiments with Reality | 05 Nov 2024 | 01:54:36 | |
Maybe the best way to describe Barak is as a kind of phenomenon, a creative force who channels curiousity, compassion, and insight in often surprising ways. He is a keen observer and playful participant. Unique. Gentle. Sincere. Today our conversation dances around the limits of thought and emotion, feeling and intelligibility; trauma, awareness, agency, psychedelics, spirit, demons, individual uniqueness and some of the deeper substrates of what we like to call reality. This felt at times like a game of existential tag. Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Maci Daye - Sex, Relationships, Awakened Intimacy | 16 Jan 2023 | 01:45:42 | |
Maci is a skilled and insightful therapist focused on helping couples harness the growth potential of Awakened Intimacy. As she says, “We become more intimate and self-aware on this path because of challenges, not despite them. And we embrace the difficulties of erotic coupling with a curious and open heart.” Today we talk about sex and intimate relationships as a vehicle for growth, tapping into the body’s memory and somatic intelligence, practices to cultivate passion and presence, tantra, open relationships, awareness, and much more. You can find Maci here: -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Tarzan / Victor - Climbing Trees, Transforming Fear, Simian Movement | 08 Jan 2023 | 01:20:16 | |
Victor Manuel Fleites is an insightful explorer of movement and refreshingly unfettered lover of nature, known mainly as Tarzan. He has been climbing trees since he was a child in Cuba, and over the years has gradually built up a practice he calls Tarzan Movement, inspired by his observation of our simian relatives. Today we talk about finding peace, non-intellectual ways of knowing, learning by imitation, transforming fear, and much more. You can find Tarzan here: Web: https://tarzanmovement.wixsite.com/tarzanmovement IG: @tarzan_movement Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPW3Ea8cs1U -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Rafe Kelley - Movement, Mind, Meaning | 31 Dec 2022 | 01:58:38 | |
Rafe is a deep thinker, mover, and practitioner of parkour in nature. He is the founder of Evolve Move Play, a practice of “movement training for humans” based out of the Pacific Northwest US. Today we cover movement, body, mind, parkour, advice for developing an ecology of practice, the hero’s journey toward a meaningful life, and quite a bit more. You can find Rafe here: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ IG: @rafekelley -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Sam Friedman - Psychedelics, Machine Learning, Dimensions of Meaning | 02 Dec 2022 | 01:30:05 | |
Sam Friedman is a pioneering researcher at the Broad Institute dedicated to using machine learning to map the salient features of human health. Today we talk about his recent studies of psychedelics and the human mind; we cover his insights into the various axes along which psychedelic experience can be understood; the ontological status of our altered states; the dimensions of meaning; the future of humanity; machine learning, and more. You can find Sam here: Website: http://samwell.info Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucidtronix Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fOi-AjQAAAAJ&hl=en -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Bjorn Olson - Going Carnivore, Adventure, Activism, & the Meaning of Life | 26 Oct 2022 | 02:03:59 | |
Bjorn Olson is a red-blooded Alaskan explorer, film-maker, carnivore, activist, and deep thinker. Today we talk about life as he lives it, adventuring far beyond the limits of what many might think possible. You can find him here: Website: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGFhGkMCDAikQYJA0fWj8_Q Insta: https://www.instagram.com/fatbikebjorn/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/bjorn.olson.3 -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis -- Sources mentioned or alluded to during our conversation include: | |||
| Barbara Savage - Cultural Preservation, Shamanism, & Supernatural Truths | 09 Oct 2022 | 01:21:05 | |
Barbara Savage is the founder of the Tribal Trust Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting indigenous cultures from around the world through a wide variety of projects and initiatives. Barbara shares some of the unique experiences she's amassed over 26 years working in remote locations with some of the world's last surviving hunter-gatherer cultures, and we hone in more specifically on her seemingly supernatural connection with many of the shamans she's encountered in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. https://tribaltrustfoundation.org/ -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Ultra Running as a Psychedelic Experience | 02 Oct 2022 | 00:43:31 | |
This is basically a trip report from my first ultra marathon. 5 months ago the longest distance I had ever run was 21km; last week I did 93km, and next month I'm going for 180km. My physical training has been minimal, like maybe 25km per week of running on average. I've been focused instead on the psychological and the physiological, pushing to train my body-mind for the impact of the experience. I'm not an expert in ultra running by any stretch of the imagination, and I don't provide much in the way of tangible advice here; I am, however, a connoisseur of altered states of consciousness, which are I think at the root of the ultra experience...and arguably the essence of human nature. This is the perspective that I wish I had found while I was preparing. -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Amal Graafstra - Biohacking, Tech Implants, Dangerous Things | 20 Jul 2022 | 01:50:34 | |
Amal Graafstra is a biohacker, engineer, entrepreneur, and deep thinker about our species' increasingly integrated relationship with technology. He is CEO of Dangerous Things and Vivokey, two pioneering companies dedicated to developing tech implants for general use. Today we talk about some of the specifics of the technology currently developed and dive deep into the practical, ethical, and existential implications of those that are soon to come. He provides a unique perspective on the movement of which he is at the forefront. -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Neil Harbisson - Life as a Cyborg, Perception, Connection | 11 Jul 2022 | 01:11:57 | |
Neil Harbisson is the world’s first cyborg, neither human nor machine but a hybrid mix. Since 2004 when he got an antenna implanted in his skull he can perceive color as sound, receive phone calls directly to his head, listen in on the ultraviolet radiation of outer space, and more. He is part of a small community of experimental artists pushing the bounds of what it means to be human, sometimes reluctant spokespeople for a life in which biology and technology are inextricably intertwined. Today we speak about his way of perceiving the world, what it means to open your consciousness to direct internet access and external control; identity, sanity, reality, ethics, and our future as a species. You can find more about Neil here: https://www.instagram.com/neilharbisson/ -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Eric Harbour - Breath, Performance, Enjoyment of Exercise | 06 Jun 2022 | 01:55:07 | |
Eric Harbour is a researcher at Salzburg University dedicated to exploring the role of breath in exercise, in all of its facets. Here we discuss his recent paper Breath Tools, in which he outlines the key parameters of breath and their effects on training, performance, and the enjoyment of exercise through physiological and psychological pathways. Specifically he describes the importance of rate, depth, nasal vs. mouth, active exhale, sync, strength, and hold. Listen in if you want to dive deep into the details of breath. You can find the full paper here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.813243/full -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Richard Whall - Physical Intelligence, Biotensegrity, Bodymind | 22 Jul 2024 | 01:36:21 | |
Richard Whall is Senior Lecturer in Human Movement, thoughtfully exploring ways to develop our physical intelligence and define what it might actually mean to be physically educated. Today we talk about the biotensegrity model and how it helps us to conceptualize the bodymind as a unified whole; we talk about the difficulties faced when trying to capture the complexity of these matters in scientific language, how personal practice can inform more abstract investigation, and more. X: @MoveTrainRegen Instagram: @mtrnature I can't seem to upload the PDF summary of Whall's biotensegrity model here, so just send me an email if you would like a copy: eric at primal nature dot eu -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Dr. Michael Levin - Taking the Reins of Evolution, Bioengineering a Revolutionary Future | 01 Jun 2022 | 01:17:52 | |
Part 3. The near future is unlikely to look remotely similar to anything this planet has ever experienced before. Bioengineering extends beyond regenerating limbs or custom-order brains; eventually it means that humans take the reins in directing the course of evolution. Dr. Michael Levin builds on our previous conversations and talks about the practical applications and complex philosophical implications of his work in greater depth. Mike is a researcher, entrepreneur, and brilliantly heterodox thinker; officially, he’s a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University. More than that, he is an intrepid explorer of some of the most profound questions in both science and philosophy; widely read and deeply thoughtful, a prolific writer and eloquent speaker. https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/ https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/presentations/ https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/publications/ https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Dr. Michael Levin - AI, Human Consciousness, and Crossing the Rubicon of Evolution | 14 May 2022 | 01:04:52 | |
Part 2. Dr. Michael Levin builds on our previous conversation, centering more specifically on the moral and ethical implications of our rapidly approaching enmeshment with robotic and AI systems, crossing the Rubicon into an unknown future. We explore the relevant issues through the lens of biological continuity, explain in greater depth in part 1. Mike is a researcher, entrepreneur, and brilliantly heterodox thinker; officially, he’s a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University. More than that, he is an intrepid explorer of some of the most profound questions in both science and philosophy; widely read and deeply thoughtful, a prolific writer and eloquent speaker. https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/ https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/presentations/ https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/publications/ https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Dr. Michael Levin - AI, Bioelectricity, Programming Living Cells, Evolution of the Conscious Self | 02 May 2022 | 01:31:25 | |
Dr. Michael Levin is a researcher, entrepreneur, and brilliantly heterodox thinker; officially, he’s a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University. More than that, he is an intrepid explorer of some of the most profound questions in both science and philosophy; widely read and deeply thoughtful, a prolific writer and eloquent speaker. What more could you ask for? His groundbreaking work illuminates a revolutionary understanding of everything from genetics to AI, cancer to free will, selfhood to enlightenment. Today we talk about immortal worms, regenerating limbs, bioelectricity, the evolution of intelligence, and much more. https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/ https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/presentations/ https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/publications/ https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor - Neuroanatomy, Enlightenment, Psychedelics | 21 Mar 2022 | 01:57:06 | |
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist with unique expertise, both scientific and experiential. Her career is dedicated to understanding how our brains create our perception of reality, and her work was radically deepened and transformed by a stroke that took out the entire left hemisphere of her brain for 8 years. This experience, chronicled in My Stroke of Insight, informs her unique commitment to moving beyond abstract scientific knowledge to apply her findings directly, in practical terms, to life as it is actually lived. Her latest book, Whole Brain Living, provides us with tools that we can all use to be our best selves and live the lives that we want to live. Today we talk about her research, her personal experience with the stroke, and the implications of all this for navigating life, the self, enlightenment, psychedelics, and more. You can find Dr. Taylor here: -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco - Searching for Truth through Yoga, Ritual, Ceremony | 26 Jan 2022 | 01:32:45 | |
Ana Forrest is an internationally-recognized pioneer in yoga and emotional healing, and the creatrix of Forrest Yoga. Jose Calarco comes from a long history of shamanism, the arts, music and healing, and co-directs Forrest Yoga. Together Ana and Jose create an experience that extends far beyond what people typically mean when they say "yoga" -- it is a unique ceremony of healing and discovery, an exploration of what in aboriginal tradition might be called dreamtime. Today we speak about the origins of Forrest Yoga, Ana's personal healing journey, and Jose's experience with indigenous ritual and music; we speak about truth, spirit, discipline, ceremony, and living life in close connection with all that matters most. IG: @forrestyoga + @josecalarco FB: Forrest Yoga Online Courses: https://www.forrest.yoga/product-category/online-courses/ Write with any questions: info@forrestyoga.com -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Saajida Jogi - First Experience with Ayahuasca | 27 Dec 2021 | 01:04:46 | |
Saajida is a nurse based in northern England. We talk about her first experience with Ayahuasca, including the process of preparation and integration, and she explains the profound transformations that it has helped her to make. She gives us a detailed first-hand account of the power of psychedelic therapy. -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Laurence Abrams - Balance in Business, Relationships, and Finding Purpose | 24 Dec 2021 | 01:42:00 | |
Laurence Abrams is an entrepreneur committed to cultivating balance in his life; today we talk about his experiences running and later founding various companies, all while seeking meaning and sustaining nourishing relationships as a husband and father, but also with himself. We cover the equilibrium between flow and focus, purpose and passion, business, relationships, and a strong community…and also the tools he’s employed to do so. We touch on his experience with psychedelic medicine, tantra, the Wim Hof Method, and a variety of other practices he’s experimented with in order to create the life he wants to live. You can find him here: https://www.tiktok.com/@sanctuaryofyum -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Kayse Gehret - Microdosing for Healing, Community, Nature as Medicine | 24 Nov 2021 | 01:21:01 | |
Kayse Gehret is the founder of Microdosing for Healing, a course and community dedicated to exploring the power of earth medicines taken in sub-perceptual doses. Today we talk about psychedelics and microdosing, community, presence, nature as medicine, the wounded healer, intersections between business, passion, and purpose…and more. From Kayse: The Rise of Plant Medicine in Modern Times is here... From academia to Wall Street, Burning Man to suburban soccer fields, the healing power of nature is spreading across the country. Not everyone can take off for an Ayahuasca journey in the jungle, but everyone can experience sacred medicine through the practice of micro-dosing. The beautiful practice of micro-dosing is the daily practice of taking small, sub-perceptual doses of psychedelic medicines to promote healing, growth and transformation. Kayse Gehret - with over two decades in the healing arts - is the founder of Micro-dosing for Healing. Her program is a nationwide virtual platform combining micro-dosing education and supportive community. The interactive group programs offer a unique, intimate community of individuals drawn to practice with diverse intentions... including physical healing, mental wellness, emotional balance and spiritual connection. Unlike pharmaceutical medications, natural plant medicines help us heal at the root cause and show tremendous potential for the healing of PTSD, trauma, adverse childhood experiences, depression and anxiety. The intention of the program is to introduce individuals to the transformative practice of micro-dosing earth medicines, inspire a lifelong connection to nature, instill a reverence & respect for the medicines and create the conditions for healing inside a welcoming, supportive container. Curious about Micro-dosing practice?? Learn more HERE -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Neil Gehani - Psychedelics, Crypto, CO-OP's, DAO's, Meaning in Business & Life | 15 Nov 2021 | 01:48:11 | |
Neil Gehani is an entrepreneur and software engineer; he is also a visionary in the midst of existential transformation. He is the driving force behind MindLumen, a nascent non-profit project that aspires to provide the psychedelic renaissance with the tools it needs to develop a rigorously ethical and financially viable alternative to the current pharmaceutical model that threatens to take hold of plant medicine in the US and worldwide. We talk about facilitating the connection between guides and explorers, the promise of cryptocurrencies, the trials and tribulations of developing ethical certification protocols, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO’s), and various cooperative business models in the US and Basque Country, as well as the real bottom line: how do we find value or meaning in (work)life, how does the psychedelic experience contribute to that, and how can we organize ourselves - as individuals, as businesses, and as communities - to be more in line with the most profound lessons we’ve learned from our plant medicine journeys? If you want to learn more or contribute to the MindLumen project, you can contact Neil here: Twitter: @Mindlumen Web: www.mindlumen.org -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Om Rupani - Dominant Males, Submissive Females, BDSM, Self-Knowledge, and Sexuality | 06 Nov 2021 | 01:22:02 | |
Om Rupani is an author, teacher of BDSM (or D/S); he leads workshops and courses internationally with a strong focus on helping men find or develop their dominance, and women their submissiveness. He’s intelligent and eloquent and his work tends to elicit deeply mixed feelings. He dives headfirst into many sensitive issues, and in this interview we talk about dominance and submission, both in the bedroom and out; he explores the practices and controversies and principles at stake. Just a few key phrases here, to give you a taste: “biology is non-negotiable” “we are built to step in for each other” “trust the greater wisdom” “it’s all about consent” “know yourself and be effective” You can find Om at www.omrupani.com -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Jason Myles Morrisen - Nomadic Life, Gentleness, Grit | 18 Jun 2024 | 01:41:46 | |
Jason leads a nomadic life, traveling through Europe with his homemade bike and guitar; with uncommon grace he manages to balance gentle thoughtfulness and raw grit, with many other qualities besides. I picked him up on the side of the road when he was in a tough situation, and we ended up sharing a few days together on the farm. Today we talk about his travels and what drives him to move; we share stories about the ways in which we have each found solace in the challenges unfettered nature provides, and the search for balance between freedom and connection. Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Kiina Kilgren - Tantra, Trauma, Resilience, Love, and WHM | 11 Oct 2021 | 02:02:40 | |
Kiina Kilgren is a fighter and a lover, a woman connected to her pain and her pleasure, her masculine and feminine. Today we talk about her life and journey, about tantra and sexuality, orgasms at will, suffering and resilience, fighting and surrender, love and ice, the Wim Hof Method, conscious touch and breathwork, and much more. Her words sum it up best: "I have a beautiful life to live." You can get in touch with her at info@kilgren.se -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Matt Bowden - Psychedelics, Paranormal experience, Changing national drug policy | 16 Sep 2021 | 01:35:08 | |
Matt Bowden - Starboy - is a brilliant and controversial figure whose life has spanned many realities, from childhood experiences with the paranormal to the head of a multi-million dollar synthetic drug company and the leader of NZ drug policy reform, to shunned exile, rock performer, and now with many new projects currently underway...a perennial explorer pushing the limits of possibility. Our conversation is wide-ranging, honest, insightful, and full of surprises. You can find Matt at mattbowden.com -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Blanca Dasi Espuig - IFS and Psychedelic Therapy | 30 Aug 2021 | 01:29:04 | |
Blanca Dasi Espuig is a psychedelic therapist who works with IFS, Internal Family Systems. She’s based in New York, and is the co-founder of IFS Guide, a company that’s working with technology in innovative ways to provide powerful therapeutic experiences far more accessibly than traditional models would allow. Today we talk about her approach to healing, the value of IFS as a framework for psychedelic therapy, her personal experience with plant medicine, and more. You can find her on: Instagram: @IFSGuide Facebook: IFS Guide Web: https://www.ifsguide.com -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Jonas Masetti - Enlightenment, Vedanta, Spiritual Therapy | 17 Aug 2021 | 01:13:56 | |
Jonas Masetti is a highly skilled and innovative teacher in the Vedanta tradition, recently recognized by the Indian Prime Minister as an ambassador of this ancient path toward enlightenment. As opposed to other traditions that rely on meditation, breath, movement, or other techniques to provide discrete experiences of what we might call awakening, Vedanta is a process of philosophical and psychological inquiry that Jonas likens to “spiritual therapy.” He is a teacher, but also an author, podcast host, father, and the founder of many non-profit projects benefitting vulnerable populations in Brazil, where he lives. He is currently in the process of building a new Gurukulam, a residential retreat center for learning and growth in the Vedanta tradition. Together we explore Vedanta as a path to enlightenment, his personal journey out of convention and into himself; fatherhood, native Brazilian traditions, the enrichment of ancient practices with innovations from psychology, the Wim Hof Method, and more. You can find him on Instagram: @jonasmasetti and on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonasMasetti108/featured -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Yury Opendik - Wim Hof Method, Paul Chek, Personal Transformation | 12 Aug 2021 | 01:35:24 | |
Yury is a Wim Hof Instructor, Chek Institute Holistic Coach, Yoga Instructor, father, and to me personally, an inspiration. His humility and calm, his infectious smile, and the obvious purity of his intentions make him a skillful guide, and he has helped many people along their paths toward living a deeper and more fulfilling life. Today we talk about his personal process of growth and development, his work as an instructor coach and guide; psychedelic medicine, fatherhood, and more. Yury is on Instagram: @openmind_inc Website: https://www.evolvewithyury.com WHM profile: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/instructors/yuryopendik -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Ayahuasca Preparation and Integration | 05 Aug 2021 | 00:38:31 | |
An exploration of methods for preparation and integration of an ayahuasca experience. Psychedelic medicine considered as a psychological tool for healing, growth, and personal transformation, including a brief introduction to our method of Existential Hormesis. If you want to get in touch with me directly about the experiences we offer at the retreat center here in Spain, this podcast, or anything else, email me at eric@primalnature.eu. Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Soten Lynch - Meditation, Altered States, Kalahari Persistence Race | 16 Apr 2024 | 01:50:35 | |
Soten is a dedicated practitioner and teacher of meditation, as well as avid long-distance runner. He was the first person to sign up for the first ever Persistence Race, in which we will be running 150km through the Kalahari with the world’s last remaining persistence hunters. Today we talk about his meditative path and how it intersects with long-distance running, psychedelics, and more; we discuss his exploration of ancestral wisdom and the body as a vehicle for transcending the various mental patterns we tend to confuse for reality. The first ever Persistence Race will take place September 2024. Sign-ups are now open; you can find more info at www.persistencerace.com - You can read Soten’s blog here: https://walkingtogetherblog.tumblr.com/ He will be leading a retreat in Peru this coming July 2024: https://www.amazonexpeditioners.com/amazon-rainforest-retreat-3-weeks You can contact him by email at: - Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Agnieszka & Prash - VR, Psychedelics, Integration | 28 Apr 2023 | 01:18:04 | |
Agnieszka & Prash are the co-founders of Enosis Therapeutics, a company that has created a VR tool which allows us to create and interact with our own inner worlds in a uniquely tangible way. Today we talk about applications for psychedelic therapy, integration, sharing access to our mental space, technology as a tool for improving the human experience, controversies, and much more. You can find Enosis here: https://www.enosistherapeutics.com/ Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis We collaborate with Sapient, a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures. | |||
| Life, Work, Being | 31 Mar 2023 | 00:51:22 | |
Today I am interviewed by James Lambert, the guest on the previous episode. We talk about life, work, and some of the glories as well as the challenges of being. If you'd prefer to watch us you can find the interview on James' YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw3Z0TDdzNM Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| James Lambert - Bareknuckle Boxing, Inner Peace, Love | 15 Mar 2023 | 00:47:20 | |
James Lambert is a personal trainer, life coach, doorman (US: bouncer), and recently retired bareknuckle boxing champion. His presence is a unique combination of calm, humility, and thoughtfulness paired with the focus, dedication, and strength necessary for success in a world of oftentimes brutal combat. Today we talk about his life, his work, and his perspective on many matters ranging from love to anger to transcendence. You can find James here: web: https://jameslambertcoaching.co.uk/ IG: @jameslambertcoaching Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Ocean - Spirit, Living Wild, Rites of Passage | 28 Feb 2023 | 01:25:03 | |
Ocean is an itinerant explorer of realms both physical and spiritual, combining a critical mind with a unique openness to the power of the natural world. She works with a mixture of modalities learned from indigenous traditions and many years of direct experience in nature. Today we talk about living in the wild, going barefoot, plant medicine, communing with the spirit realm, rites of passage, and more. You can find Ocean on Instagram @bare.tobefree Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Matt Rossano - Ritual, Religion, Human Evolution | 22 Feb 2023 | 01:58:19 | |
Matt Rossano is a prolific evolutionary psychologist with a unique and compelling view on what makes us human. Today we talk about the role of ritual in religion and community both secular and nonsecular, the evolution of our species and our societies, experiencing the supernatural vs. explaining it, our various efforts at living a good life, and more. You can find Matt through his website: https://www2.southeastern.edu/Academics/Faculty/mrossano/ Recent papers are available under “recent publications.” He is the author of several books, including: Supernatural selection: How religion evolved (2010, Oxford University Press); Mortal rituals: What the story of the Andes’ survivors tells us about human evolution (2013, Columbia University Press); and Ritual in human evolution and religion (2020, Routledge Press). -- Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We work primarily with people who have reached the limits of what rational analysis can offer in terms of healing or growth; our practice is centered on cultivating deeper relationships between feeling and understanding, body and mind, human and nature. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions - in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Dante Liberato - Psychedelics, Ultra Running, MMA | 27 Jun 2025 | 01:12:42 | |
Dante is an accomplished athlete and seasoned psychedelic explorer, committed to pushing the boundaries of both body and mind. Today we talk about his background as an MMA fighter, the pivotal role psychedelics played in reshaping his path, ultra-running, injuries, his upcoming 500-mile challenge, men's work, guiding others through inner transformation, and more. You can find Dante on Instagram @buffalowarrior - Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We offer mind-body training and therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Dr. Matt Wall - Psychedelics, fMRI, Neurological Research | 22 May 2025 | 01:39:47 | |
Dr. Matt Wall is a psychologist, neuroscientist, and fMRI specialist at Perceptive and Imperial College London, where he researches the neurological dimensions of cannabis, psychedelics, sex hormones, addiction, and more. Today we talk about various aspects of his work, including the current state of brain research on psychedelics, the promises and limitations of fMRI and related technology, what’s “really” going on during the psychedelic experience, and more. You can find Matt here: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/matthew.wall Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We offer mind-body training and therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Chris Lovett - Minimalism, Simplicity, Less | 13 May 2025 | 01:17:49 | |
Chris is an author, speaker, and storyteller who has spent years exploring the art of living with less. His approach is humble, insightful, direct, and necessarily simple. Today we talk about his personal journey into minimalism—starting with material possessions and expanding into the day-to-day realities of professional life, including the inner realms of thought and emotion; how his message has evolved to resonate with those who need it most, how we might be able to escape the frenetic busyness many of us have come to accept as inevitable, and more. You can find Chris here: Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We offer training and therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Tim Matz - Movement, Connection, Nature | 27 Mar 2025 | 01:05:00 | |
Tim is a father, husband, traditional bow hunter, and multidisciplinary movement coach who you might know as Move Like Human. Today we talk about moving in nature, creating community, navigating the chaos of the internet and social media, fatherhood, adventures in the Kalahari, and more. You can find Tim here: Insta: @movelikehuman Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We offer training and therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||
| Boyan Milouchev - Nonduality & the Physical Path to Awakening | 25 Mar 2025 | 01:08:13 | |
Boyan explores life from a non-dual (non-)perspective, moving along his path toward unity while guiding others to move along their paths as well. We met through the online primal training course, where we have delved into many of the themes we discuss today: movement and stillness, body and mind; suffering, resilience, mindfulness, and more. You can find Boyan here: https://www.facebook.com/boyan.mv https://insighttimer.com/boyanm/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyan-milouchev/ https://www.instagram.com/boyan.milouchev/ Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain. We offer therapy for individuals and couples, as well as workshops, retreats, and expeditions in select locations throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Insta: @existential.hormesis | |||