Jul 7, 2025
In this episode of the Escaping Samsara Podcast, we begin a four-part journey into the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind—a set of foundational Buddhist contemplations that help orient us toward Dharma.
Our focus today is on karma. I’m joined by Ellen Johansson, a long-time Ashtanga teacher and committed Vajrayana...
Jul 1, 2025
In this short announcement episode, I introduce our new online home: the Escaping Samsara Substack — a space where all our content will now live, including podcasts, written pieces, and weekly reflections.
Here’s what to expect:
🧘 Weekly Practice Notes
Personal insights from my daily practice — exploring themes...
Jun 24, 2025
In this episode of Escaping Samsara, Nathan Thompson sits down with Susi Sweeney—a lifelong yoga practitioner, teacher, mother, and now grandmother. Her path runs deep through 30 years of practice and cuts across the raw terrain of anxiety, eating disorders, motherhood, and aging.
She trained with Pattabhi Jois. She...
Jun 2, 2025
In this episode, Nathan sits down with Gregor Maehle to explore the deeper patterns that shape a lifetime of spiritual practice. Rather than focusing on technique or lineage, this conversation travels into the inner terrain—what changes as we mature in our practice, what stays hidden until we’re ready to see it, and...
Apr 20, 2025
What does it mean to walk a path across lifetimes, through lineages, and into the heart of divine practice?
In this intimate and powerful episode, we sit down with Sat Inder Khalsa, a teacher of Ashtanga Yoga, student of Tantra, and dedicated seeker who has traveled many spiritual paths—including Wicca, Sikhism,...