Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Podcast · International School of Temple Arts

How to Bend Time: Michal Maayan Don

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Michal says that in love, "time just stops" and the group feels like it could stay there forever.

1. Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Podcast features Simon Marvell speaking with ISTA lead faculty member Michal Maayan Don about bending time, vibrations, and ISTA practice. 2. Simon Marvell hosts the show, and Michal Maayan Don matters here as ISTA lead faculty and a returning guest who last spoke about "vibrations." 3. The episode asks how depth, love, and group coherence can make time feel non-linear. 4. Michal says increased aliveness can make "the electricity of our system" feel higher and the body can start "vibrating." 5. He connects vibration to sexuality, but says the aim is an "orgasmic life" that is "not about orgasm" or "about sex." 6. Simon and Michal discuss recording after an ISTA training in Sydney, Australia, and both describe the group as still "vibrant" from the experience. 7. Michal explains that ISTA facilitation meetings often happen in a bedroom, on a bed, and sometimes include cuddling. 8. Simon raises the likely reaction that this sounds "unprofessional" or like a "sex cult," and Michal rejects that framing. 9. Michal says touch is a missing resource for many people and argues that rituals without touch can feel incomplete. 10. He cites Michel Foucault and says culture has caged sexuality into a tiny space, which he treats as a major tragedy. 11. Michal describes losing his own sex drive during an eight-year marriage and says divorce led him into a deeper search for authentic desire. 12. He distinguishes erotic vibration from sexual performance and says people can share erotic energy without needing sex with each other. 13. Simon pushes on skepticism about whether bodies can really sense each other energetically, and Michal answers by invoking animal instinctive wisdom. 14. Michal argues that animals survive by feeling their surroundings and that humans pay a high cost when they lose that bodily sensitivity. 15. He says healthy boundaries come from instinct, memory, feelings, and capacity, not only from ideas absorbed from social media or advice. 16. The episode returns to "time space" when Michal says going deeper can create a feeling that time expands, especially in a training field. 17. Michal also says the group becomes more coherent over days, with people "drinking a bigger sip of love" when they become vulnerable and true. 18. The tone is intimate, conversational, and exploratory, with Simon often translating or pressure-testing Michal’s ideas in real time. 19. People interested in embodied spirituality, ISTA, and conscious relating will get the most from it. 20. People wanting a tightly structured interview or a skeptical debunking may skip it.

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