Primal Nature

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

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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:

[email protected]

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Primal Nature is a podcast and psychedelic retreat center in rural Spain. 

www.primalnature.eu

Insta: @existential.hormesis

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 a center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.

www.primalnature.eu

We collaborate with Sapient, a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures.

www.sapientfuture.org

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 a center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.

www.primalnature.eu

We collaborate with Sapient, a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures.

www.sapientfuture.org

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 a center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.

www.primalnature.eu

We collaborate with Sapient, a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures.

www.sapientfuture.org

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 a center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.

www.primalnature.eu

We collaborate with Sapient, a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures.

www.sapientfuture.org

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 a center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.

www.primalnature.eu

We collaborate with Sapient, a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures.

www.sapientfuture.org

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.

Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.

You can find Maci here:

www.passionandpresence.com

You can find Primal Nature here:

www.primalnature.eu

Sapient is a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures through collaborative exploration and immersive experience: 

www.sapientfuture.org

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.

Primal Nature is a podcast and center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.

You can find Tarzan here:

Web: https://tarzanmovement.wixsite.com/tarzanmovement

IG: @tarzan_movement

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPW3Ea8cs1U

You can find Primal Nature here:

www.primalnature.eu

Sapient is a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures through collaborative exploration and immersive experience: 

www.sapientfuture.org

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. 

Primal Nature is a podcast and a center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.

You can find Rafe here:

https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/

IG: @rafekelley

You can find Primal Nature here:

www.primalnature.eu

Sapient is a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world’s oldest living cultures through collaborative exploration and immersive experience: 

www.sapientfuture.org

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.

www.primalnature.eu