In this episode I’m in conversation with Allison Priestman, body psychotherapist and wild psychotherapist. We talk about spirituality coming through or from the body, receiving something from the natural world and examples of wild spirituality. I’ve looked for the C.S. Lewis quote, ‘God is wild’ and it looks like Allison was right – it is…

In this episode I recount three experiences of being in sacred space, on on a rooftop in Delhi, one on a campsite in Harlech, and one during a five day chanting retreat. What was I encountering in those moments, and does it matter what it was? How do we interpret spiritual experience? Did I find…

In this episode we explore Wildness and Wild Therapy. We talk about what wildness means. Is it chaos and unpredictability? Or something else? We talk about what supports wildness, and wildness in urban settings.

Special guest Satya Robyn – pyschotherapist, Buddhist priest and author – and I explore what supports empathy. How can we be more empathetic in our relationships? We talk about the therapy/client relationship, friendship and how religious experience can support empathy.

In this episode I talk about the power of dialogue across difference, using the example of two counsellors who now work together, both grieving the loss of their sons. One killed by an ISIS suicide bomber, the other whilst fighting for ISIS. I talk about processing my own feelings that came up when I took…

Kaspa interviews Rev Ian Spencer, an Anglican priest and Zen Buddhist – how does he bring these two quite different traditions together?

If God or enlightenment is available everywhere – why build churches and temples?

The importance of wildness, why wildness is fundamental, and trusting the process. I talk about getting out into the natural world, and touch on the process that led to the creation of the Amida Mandala Temple. In this episode I refer to Isabella Tree’s Wilding, and Nick Totton’s Wild Therapy. Subscribe: RSS Feed

In which Kaspa discovers a deep need that’s impossible to meet – and how – once the ego subsides – that need is almost magically met.

After a recent good experience in an Anglican Church, Kaspa explores the connections between Buddhism and Christianity, drawing books like Paul F. Knitters Without Buddha I Could Not be a Christian