Associations
- I am a member of the board in the Finnish Association for Psychedelic Research.
- Since 2015 I have been an active member of Kotilo, a harm-reduction project organizing a space for those in need of psychological support in various (mostly) electronic music festivals in Finland.
- I am an active member of Nirodha, an association and buddhist community (sangha) for insight meditation, and have been organizing multiple retreats in recent years.
- In the past I was active in Prometheus-leirin tuki ry, organizing secular and philosophically oriented coming-of-age camps and running the association behind these.
Teaching
- I am also a qualified high-school teacher in philosophy, psychology and ethics.
Meditation
- I am a contemplative practitioner, following the dharma. I have practiced meditation over 12 years and done approximately 20 silent retreats over the last six years.
- A huge influence and blessing for me is the work of Rob Burbea, and a group of teachers associated with Rob, continuing his dharma-legacy.
Other hobbies
- I have been practicing contact improvisation since 2014. Also, in 2020-2021 I went for one year to a dance & somatics program in ISLO (Itä-Suomen Liikuntaopisto). I occasionally give contact improvisation classes.
- I am a practitioner of the Chinese martial art Yiquan.
- I am an amateur pianist, especially interested in improvisation and jamming : ).
Juuso Kähönen 