Spirit Horse Radio

Shivam talks with Eoghan Connaughton and Aron Hegarty. Eoghan is the Founder of the Gaelic Woodland Project, and Aron is Storyteller with the Candlelit Tales Podcast, and both are on the board of directors for the Gaelic Woodland Project. Combining ecological, and scientific knowledge to the lore or Ireland and the power of Storytelling is one of the ways these two marry their interests and cultiv...

Jimmy Wightman is a meditation and mindfulness teacher based in Brighton, UK. He’s been featured on the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Yahoo News and other similar publications. Jimmy’s interest in meditation started after many years of partying and DJing on the London clubbing scene left him feeling broken, depressed and suffering from insomnia. In a desperate attempt to gain back control of h...

Spirit Horse Radio EP17: Adam Duncan, Life-Stage Project Shivam catches up with an old friend and discusses old times, old age and the often uncomfortable topic of death and our mortality. Listen on our website via www.spirithorse.co.uk/podcast or search for 'Spirit Horse Radio' on your favourite podcast/music listening platform. Adam trained in Drama and Education at Goldsmiths before wri...

Shivam drops into conversation with Tiarnan O'Sullivan and Santiago Rial at the end of an Éire Faerys mens gathering near Galway in Ireland. Tiarnan is a herbalist and Fear Feasa, originally from Cork (Ireland), and currently lives in County Wexford. He runs his own business Mac Tíre Apothecary & Herbal Clinic. He started the Éire Faery Gatherings in 2018, a space for gay, bisexual and que...

As the founder of Rooted Healing, Veronica weaves her love for embodiment, ceremony, land, story and song into gatherings that heal and connect our inner and outer landscapes, including ceremonial psilocybin retreats, deep ecology courses and ancestral immersions. Originally from wild Welsh lands, her deep enquiry into indigenous traditions of the Americas and Mother Europe guides her fascination...

In this episode, Shivam O'Brien and crew members James and Eliot discuss their experiences of the Sacred Man, Sacred Woman ritual, offered at Spirit Horse retreat centre. An honoring and a ceremonial "war of beauty" between men and women. The annual summer event of the last 30 years at our wild nature retreat. Come to explore yourself, the mystery of the other, to love and grow, to f...

Shivam catches up with an old friend after 25 years. Courtney is acclaimed as the best known contemporary Celtic art designer in the world, His work has been exhibited far and wide in Europe, the US, Japan and Australia. Born of Welsh, Irish and Scottish descent in 1946 in Blackwood, South Wales, Courtney Davis has built a worldwide reputation as the artist who has re-awakened the exquisite artwor...

Award-winning sacred dance therapist and the creator of Awakened Bellydance. Katie is a renowned professional dancer with a passion for self-empowerment and self-initiation through conscious movement. Katie is an innerdance facilitator/trainer, a powerful energy whisperer and a PADI Mermaid instructor. Her natural, intuitive ability to hold space is testament to her commitment and a wealth of expe...

Dawn Bache, an eighteen year pioneer of Spirit Horse who first came to the valley as a single parent with a young son. Artist and maker living in East Yorkshire, weaving textiles and foraged materials into objects which, tell a story of the land. Always up for an adventure and loving the twists and turns of the valley's journey. Painter of the Dakini temple and interior decorator of structural...

A gift for the solstice hearth. This simple winters tale laced with ancestral grace, with its warmth and eerie mystery beckons us back into the original time, the early days and real living. Share it around your own fire with friends, family and tribe. Harp by Émer Anjali. Guitar, backing track and vocal by Shivam. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dao www.spirithorse.co.uk/podcast #story #storytime...

Paddy was a member of the Spirit Horse crew for the summer of 2023. A keen adventurer, Paddy is always looking for new frontiers and new ways to explore the depths of the self and human consciousness. This quest lead him on a solo mission to spend 3 days deep in the mountain cave at Spirit Horse with no food, no water, and no light. In this episode, he sits with Shivam to discuss his experiences i...

A brief introduction to Spirit Horse Radio by Shivam O'Brien.

Mai joins Shivam in the Dakini Temple for a conversation about her first visit to Spirit Horse and her experiences over the 7 years that followed. For 8 years, through her blog and social network she has been sharing her research for beauty, female culture and spirituality to spread transformational emotions for both cultural and intimate shifts. A talented film director, 'Make me a man' i...

Origin stories and tales of magic with the village seer and Spirit Horse co-founder, Erika Indra. “My life is as a long river, magnificent in its many twist and turns. I was born in Hungary in a big city, my longing for village life and ancient stories and traditions led me to study folklore and anthropology. There was so much still active and alive it was a privilege to record and preserve. After...

Robert O Atiko sits with Shivam for a 'blast from the past' conversation about the early days of ecstatic building at Spirit Horse, the creation of the Dakini Temple, turning wounds into blessings and The Golden Boy. Roberto has been an active member of the Spirit Horse community for over 15 years. Alongside Shivam, he has been a pivotal builder of the many structures in The Valley, as wel...

A live fireside recording of Shivam telling the tale of Ivan's Voyage. "A tale as old as the long Russian winters, spoken with delight from mouth to ear, through the centuries, on the tongues of grandmothers and old fathers huddled around stoves and fires with the snow deep outside, to wide eyed children in that great tradition of marvelously preserved story that vast, forested country can boast o...

This is the first of three episodes with Spirit Horse founder, Shivam O'Brien and crew members James and Eliot, discussing their experiences of Enlightenment Intensive self-enquiry, a retreat offered multiple times a year at Spirit Horse. Contents: • What is an enlightenment intensive • What is a direct experience • What is not an enlightenment experience • The power of the dyad technique • Se...

Shiv continues conversation with James and Eliot in part 2 of a three part series, diving into Enlightenment Intensive self-enquiry technique and their personal experiences. Contents: • Going through a crisis • Strict retreats • Vipassana • Satsang, Gurus • Buddhist Tradition • Psychedelics Check available dates, book and find out more info here: https://www.spirithorse.co.uk/enlightenment-intensi...

This is the 3rd and final episode in a three part series with Shivam, James and Eliot discussing Enlightenment Intensive self-enquiry practice, plant medicine and psychedelics. Contents: • Plant medicine and psychedelics • A shift within society • Direct experiences • Satsang experiences • Stages of life • Respect for indigenous cultures Check available dates, book and find out more info here: htt...

Jerry was formally trained as a humanistic and integrative psychotherapist before branching out to include tantric and shamanic philosophies and modalities. He has been working with people of all orientations for over 28 years, and leads the largest men’s group practice in the UK. He also offers mentorship and supervision for people who lead groups. An advocate of alternative plant medicines, he b...