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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.

Foraging the Shaggy Mane Mushroom

Here’s a look at the shaggy mane mushroom – coprinus comatus:  This mushroom is a delicious edible of the genus coprinus (the inky caps). All coprinus have a very unique “self digestion” mechanism in which their cap turns into it’s … Continue reading

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Family Foraging Class: Class Reflection

Today at our family plant walk we discussed the resilient power of nature and how to see that with many examples such as the plants that were sticking out of the sidewalk in the poison ivy that was again taking … Continue reading

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New Podcast Interview on Lyme Ninja Radio

Heres a new podcast interview on Lyme Ninja Radio with Dan in which he discusses herbal remedies for lyme, living outside, and tick awareness… #55: Survivalist, Naturalist, Herbalist Dan De Lion On Surviving Lyme Naturally Check out more links on … Continue reading

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Foraging and Herbalism Retreat @ Ananda Ashram

  

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Beating the Fall Blues – Six Simple Tips to Transition into Fall

Here is a collaborative article on 6 steps to help you transition from Summer into Fall. with Dan De Lion,​ Antinanco Earth Arts School,​ and Be Light Living.​ http://www.belightliving.com/2015/08/beating-the-fall-blues-six-simple-tips-to-transition-into-fall/

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Seeking the Medicine – Colombia, 2014

For 2 weeks (Nov. 28 – Dec. 5 2014) we traveled to Colombia to seek and expand our knowledge of wild foods, medicinal plants, culture, and shamanic practices within these sacred lands. It was my first time exploring anywhere in … Continue reading

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Enriching Your Life With Fermented Food – Make Your Own at Home!

Enriching Your Life With Fermented Food – Make Your Own at Home It’s cheap and easy to make your own fermented foods at home. This is an ancient and almost effortless tradition for storing the bounty of the harvest worldwide! … Continue reading

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Foragers Autumn Olive Fruit Leather Recipe

Heres a look at some yumdiddlyumptious autumn olive fruit leather. After wild-crafting and freezing over 30 cups last year (freezing is essential to drive out the tannic taste) I thawed and made autumn olive fruit leather. The benefits of having fruit … Continue reading

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“Kids, Rewilding and the New Mythology” – New Article with Planet Shifter Magazine

Heres a new Return to Nature Interview entitled, “Kids, Rewilding and the New Mythology” – A conversation with Dan De Lion, of ReturntoNature.us and Willi Paul, of Planetshifter.com Media http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2295 (Click above for the full article) Heres a peek at … Continue reading

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Yarrow and Indigenous Medicine Perspectives

Yarrow – Achillea millefolia (Asteracea) is a great plant ally. Seen here is a photo of yarrow in flower. This plant is commonly worked with as a tea, in a salve, or tincture. A tea or tincture of yarrow is good … Continue reading

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