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Atish: Beats, Breaks, and Balance, a DJ Unplugs

Life is a Festival #175

Service, legacy, and giving back to one’s community.

Community, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Fame, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mentorship, Music, RaceEamon ArmstrongOctober 25, 2024Comment

Will Chase: How Burning Man Keeps the Magic

Life is a Festival #174

A guide to Burning Man's survival

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Critical Thinking, SolocastEamon ArmstrongSeptember 28, 2024Burning ManComment

Burning Man Isn't Cool Anymore

Life is a Festival #173

and "Life is a Festival" is changing too

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Critical Thinking, SolocastEamon ArmstrongSeptember 12, 2024Burning ManComment

Live From Burning Man Information Radio (Encore)

Life is a Festival #172

Playing around at BMIR 2019 and Harm Reduction Tips for 2024

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Harm Reduction, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongAugust 22, 2024Burning ManComment

Camille Barton: The Urgent Art of Grief Ritual

Life is a Festival #170

In a world beset by tragedy its important to learn how to grieve.

Community, LGBTQ, Yoga, Death, Gender, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, RaceEamon ArmstrongMay 16, 2024Comment

Tina Nance: Beyond the "Divine" Feminine

Life is a Festival #169

Tina Nance, yin yoga and embodiment specialist returns to Life is a Festival to share her evolving ideas around gender, trauma healing, and embodiment.

Community, Personal Growth, LGBTQ, Sexuality, Gender, YogaEamon ArmstrongApril 23, 2024Tina NanceComment

Lizz Larouge & Guinevere Rhonwen: Love's Many Colors

Life is a Festival #168

Guinevere Rhonwen & Lizz Larouge created the festival Colours of Love on the island d of Koh Phangan as their wedding celebration.

Leadership, Community, Festivals, Personal Growth, Art, Business, Gender, LGBTQ, SexualityEamon ArmstrongMarch 19, 2024Comment

Julia Maryanska & Ian MacKenzie: From Polyagony to a Village of Lovers

Life is a Festival #166

The Village of Lovers helps us heal the wounds of gender and experience love free from fear.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, Community, Critical Thinking, Film, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental WellnessEamon ArmstrongFebruary 6, 2024TameraComment

Gillian Reid: Sexual Kung Fu (Yin)

Life is a Festival #165

In Part Two of our Taoist sexuality series, focusing on woman’s body’s and yin principles, I speak with the Senior Woman’s Instructor at Tao Garden.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJanuary 14, 2024Comment

Mantak Chia: Sexual Kung Fu (Yang)

Life is a Festival #164

Master Chia, a celebrated Taoist teacher, is best known for his book "The Multi-Orgasmic Man" and his expertise in the alchemy of erotic energy.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJanuary 9, 2024Mantak ChiaComment

Colette Pervette: Why Are All My Friends Becoming Dominatrixes?

Life is a Festival #163

Instead of healing the kink, let the kink heal you.

Community, Harm Reduction, Personal Growth, Gender, Leadership, LGBTQ, SexualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 26, 2023Kink, DominatrixComment

Sophie Strand: A Mythic Probiotic for Masculinity

Life is a Festival #151

Healthy masculinity has been a passion of mine for years and it was an honor to learn from this neo-troubadour animist and her poetic insights.

Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Spirituality, Critical Thinking, Festivals, GenderEamon ArmstrongJune 21, 2023Comment

Ian MacKenzie: The Masculine Longing for Mythic Imagination

Life is a Festival #145

Ian Mackenzie returns to Life is a Festival to discuss mythopoetic masculinity.

Iboga Part 2: Initiating with Iboga in Africa

Life is a Festival #140 - Apollon (Bwiti Initiations)

A conversation with a Bwiti N’ganga about how Westerns can connect with this African spiritual practice.

Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 20, 2022MAPSComment

Iboga Part 1: Ibogaine Clinical Treatment

Life is a Festival #139 - Dr. Felipe Malacara, & Vianey Ariadna Perez (Beond Ibogaine)

Healing addiction and trauma using ibogaine HLC in a Western medical model at Beond Clinic in Cancun.

Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 10, 2022MAPSComment

The Art of Interviewing

Life is a Festival #138 - Eamon Armstrong & Ian MacKenzie

To celebrate four years of Life is a Festival, today I’m sharing a conversation I had with my friend Ian MacKenzie about how to conduct a good interview.