Life is a Festival
Transformational gatherings, the communities they build, and the teachers who help us bring that open-hearted joy home.
The Primal Movement of the Smuggler Yogi
Life is a Festival #135: Nick Brewer (Primal Moves)
The incredible life story of how a South American smuggler became a yogi and the daily practice which became his refuge and his dharma.
Pleasure is Medicine
Life is a Festival #134: Chloe Macintosh (Kama: Sex & Pleasure Education)
The importance of embodiment from erectile disfunction to the magical art of squirting.
The Neverending Healing Journey
Life is a Festival #133: Adam Andros Aronovich (Healing From Healing)
The creator of “Healing From Healing” offers us levity and a much needed reprieve from our hyper-individualistic personal development.
Every Daddy Needs a Daddy
Life is a Festival #132: Eamon Armstrong with Chloe Macintosh (Live from Burning Man)
Kink, like psychedelics and Burning Man itself, can be a powerful transformational technology, if used wisely.
The Best of Black Rock City
Life is a Festival #131: Burning Man Compilation
From Burners without Borders to the Nordic Borderland, these are some of my favorite BRC moments from Life is a Festival.
Flow States and Festival Consciousness
Life is a Festival #130: Jason Silva
The Wizard of Awe talks festival consciousness and how we, the refugees from the mundane, can unleash the brave and reckless Gods we really are at Burning Man and beyond.
Dunking on the New Age is Boring Now
Life is a Festival #129: Alex Ebert
There is much that is still valuable and relevant from the New Age.
Festivals Create Lasting Transformation
Life is a Festival #128: Dr. Molly Crockett (Crockett Lab)
A new study from Yale University confirms what all always knew was true about the power of festivals.
Building an Ethical & Sustainable Healing Practice
Life is a Festival #127: Laura Mae Northrup (Radical Healership)
From psychedelic medicine to therapy to bodywork, how do we create a practice that is both ethical and sustainable?
The Poetry of Gender
Life is a Festival #126: Janne Robinson
Feminist beat poet and author Janne Robinson discusses authenticity, gender, and her no bullshit approach to creating the life you want.
California Lucid Dreaming
Life is a Festival #122: Jonah Gabriel Haas (Lucidity Festival)
Lucidity Festival is a dreamy annual adventure amidst the coastal California Oaks of Santa Barbara.
...Because You're Going to Die
Life is a Festival #121: Ned Buskirk
Embracing impermanence is one of the paradoxical keys to a life like a festival, to live in the moment we have to learn to let go.
The Small Self on a Big Stage
Life is a Festival #115: Nick Mulvey
In the tradition of an English troubadour, Nick Mulvey is a soulful multi-instrumentalist, Earth protector, and student of Celtic shamanism.
How to Help Someone Having a Bad Trip
Life is a Festival #113: Solocast
My experience offering psychedelic peer support in the wild.
Brotherhood is the Medicine
Life is a Festival #106: Adam Jackson (Sacred Sons)
A deep dive on modern men's work and how Sacred Sons is working to bring forth the embodied masculine.
Ayahuasca for Healing Ancestral Racial Trauma
Life is a Festival #105: Tony Moss
A mighty deep dive on Ayahuasca healing for post traumatic slave syndrome.
An Open-Source Operating System for Transformational Culture
Life is a Festival #104: Jamie Wheal
Jamie’s new book "Recapture the Rapture," is your invitation to the sexual yoga of becoming a homegrown human.
From Boy Prince to Embodied Man
Life is a Festival #103: Adrian Grenier
An icon of male fantasy finds peace and purpose in healthy masculinity and joyful service.
Reconnecting After Covid
Life is a Festival #102: Radha Agrawal
Feeling a nervous about post-pandemic gatherings? A master community builder gives us a gentle nudge back to IRL connection.
The Yang Container
Life is a Festival #100: Benjamin
For the 100th episode of Life is a Festival, I’m honored to bring you this conversation with my dear friend and spiritual teacher Benjamin.