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Developing Set and Setting in Plant Ritual – Online Class
Here’s the recording of my online talk with Sphinx Mystery School on Feb, 3, 2015. This class was entitled, “Developing Set and Setting in Plant Ritual.” In this talk I shared aspects and practices to engage plants with simple ceremonies and … Continue reading
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The Rabbit vision – Observing a Rabbit Up Close
During a winter sit spot next to a rabbit hole I was lucky enough to be graced by its presence. After a few minutes sitting still, he came bounding out, and it was then my work to practice invisibility. In … Continue reading
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Gathering Winter Rose Hips
Gathering Winter Rose Hips: Nature offers an incredible abundance of medicinal plants, if one knows where to look. It takes deep work to abandon the dross of our modern culture, and re-tune our senses to have deep and clear perception … Continue reading
Practicing “Earth-Based” Intuition – Article in “Be Light Living” Magazine
Here is a new article I shared with Be Light Living magazine. In it I discuss aspects of practicing intuition with earth based naturalist practices like foraging, birding, or tracking. “We can observe Nature; human and ecological, by learning to pay … Continue reading
“Return to Nature: The Yoga of the Natural World” Online Class
Here’s the recording of my talk with Sphinx Mystery School in Jan, 2015. The class was entitled, “Return to Nature: The Yoga of the Natural World”. In it, I shared and discussed aspects of the RTN philosophy, ways of engaging a … Continue reading
Fermentation + Kombucha: Culture Your Health Video @ NOFA NJ Winter Conference. Jan, 2015
Heres a look at the playlist from my “Fermentation + Kombucha: Culture Your Health” Class at NOFA NJ Winter Conference, January 2015. In it, I discuss many of the relevant aspects of knowing if you truly have a fermented probiotic food, how … Continue reading
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Free Radical Media Interviews Dan De Lion
Just finished up a new interview with Free Radical Media, which will be coming out next week. Here’s the first interview we did back in 2014. It was a lot of fun and we got to discuss some great topics on everything … Continue reading
The Zen of Chicken of the Woods – New Video
Here’s a video on ethical and sustainable harvest of the Latiporus mushrooms, of which there are 2 or 3 species in North America; namely laetiporus sulphureus, and laetiporus cincinnatus. Commonly known as the chicken of the woods mushroom, this is a … Continue reading
Guanabana – An Anticancer Fruit – Seeking the Medicine @ Colombia
Before leaving Colombia we had to try Guanabana! It’s a huge investment of a fruit; a big mama from the plant family: Annonacea. This family hosts the magical exotic flavors of cherimoya (Annona cherimola), sugar apple (Annona squamosa), custard apple … Continue reading
The Power of Palms – Seeking the Medicine @ Colombia
Hola from Colombia, It’s been a profound experience so far here. Once we arrived at our first stop (yogeshram ashram), I was excited to begin discovering which plants were around us. As with most places I’ve been, all I had … Continue reading
