SOMA is an exploration of exceptional people through the lens of their encounters with the divine, mediated by sex, substance, and spirit. It’s an invitation for guests and listeners to analyze their mystical, ecstatic, and revelatory experiences free of inhibition and with a healthy dose of twenty-first century hedonism.
Student / Seeker / Aspiring JTwitter mainstay
Rachel Rumstein is a student journalist devoted to exploring the nexus of spiritual scholarship, contemplative practice, Jewish Mysticism, and psychedelic research. Her years of experience with meditation in Jewish, Vipassana, and Zen contexts inform her understanding of reality and the metaphysical, and she offers her very real "Beginner's mind" to listeners as a lens through which to apprehend the world. She is a student of neuroscience and behavior at Columbia University and Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.
Hacker / Entrepreneur / Spiritual Rebel
Aaron Chi has been a practitioner of traditional yoga, medical qigong, and psychedelic-assisted journeywork for nearly two decades. Driven by a passion for personal growth and self-discovery, Aaron has traveled the globe in search of the most effective techniques for facilitating awakening. Through his work with clients, he has witnessed firsthand the power of these modalities to produce healing and transformation. He is excited to share his powerful, unconventional, and deeply grounding practices with guests and listeners alike.