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About Dan

Dan De Lion is an earth herbalist, forager, musician, and teacher. He teaches through Return to Nature, providing classes, lectures, and seminars on wild food foraging, mushroom identification, herbal medicine making, as well as primitive and survival skills with a focus on wild foods and forest medicines. He also incorporates the philosophies of yoga, alchemy, meditation, and mysticism into his classes, lectures, and seminars and brings a deep rooted indigenous medicine perspective of practicing intuition with plants, in a systematic and earth-based way – Check out more at www.returntonature.us.

Chaga Tea and the Ethics of Wildcrafting

Heres a look at one of my favorite medicinal mushrooms, Chaga, or Inonotus obliquus. Of the several species in the Innotus genus, this is the one in which most is known about.  Chaga comes predominantly off of yellow, and white … Continue reading

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“Yoga of Herbalism” Upcoming Class in New Brunswick, Jan 21

Join us Jan, 21 at the Garden of Healing in New Brunswick for a class entitled, “The Yoga of Herbalism: Exploring Herbal Remedies for Cold and Flu Season” Price: $30 – Join Dan for a discussion on Ayurvedic herbal principles … Continue reading

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“Foragers Broadcast” Episode 28 – Check it out!

Hey friends of the forest, Heres a new episode from my ongoing Foragers Broadcast series.. This one is entitled, “Plant Talk, Fairy Speak, and the Biological Influence of Plants.”   Check out all the episodes on my youtube channel: Returntonatureskills … Continue reading

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Herbal CSA Winter Herbal Package – On Sale Now!

Greetings Plant Friends from the elven herbal kitchen! In celebration of the Winter season, Return to Nature is offering a limited-edition Winter Magic Herbal Goods Package and we still have a few left! Each package is carefully and lovingly handmade … Continue reading

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The Yoga of Plants Part 2 – “Plant Ritual and Mantra in Ayurveda” Webinar Intro:

The Yoga of Plants Part 2 – “Plant Ritual and Mantra in Ayurveda” Webinar Intro: Join Dan online for an informative talk about the ritual and practice with herbs, both in ancient and modern times. Here is a listen to the intro … Continue reading

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Return to Nature Tshirts! Available NOW!

Phoenix Fire Tshirts! Hey friends of the forest, we now have #Returntonature“phoenixfire” organic cotton tshirts in both green and white as rewards for donating to the gofundme foraging and herbalism traveling van school To see them as part of the … Continue reading

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Return to Nature Foragemobile Van Update – November 2016:

  Return to Nature Foragemobile Van Update – November 2016: Blessings brothers and sisters! Heres an update from my progress with crowd funding for a Foraging and Herbalism School on Wheels. This past few weeks, I have been so inundated … Continue reading

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New Podcast Interview with Dan De Lion on The Bridge

Hey friends, Heres a listen to the most recent podcast discussing aspects of herbalism, foraging, cultural transformation, and ideas about what we can all do to support the #noDAPL pipeline protest at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. “In the … Continue reading

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Foragers Broadcast – Episode 14 – Foraging Class Live Webcast:

 Hey friends, Heres a look from last Saturdays class where we broadcasted the intro the class live on the Return To Nature facebook page. Click and like our FB page to see more live classes, coming soon! If you appreciate this … Continue reading

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Dans Roving Gypsy Foragemobile Campaign – October 2016:

 Roving Gypsy Foragemobile Campaign – October 2016:   Hey Friends, Its been 20 days since we launched our Foragemobile Van Fundraiser. We need your help to get beyond the $3000 marker – If each of you who follow and appreciate this work … Continue reading

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