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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 Fun – Classes in Princeton, NJ

Happy June! The Foraging fun continues this weekend in Princeton, NJ! Saturday – Family Foraging Class  Sunday – Foraging for Food and Medicine RSVP for meeting location: Dan@Returntonature.us

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Herbal Q+A with Dandelion – April 2015 Webinar Recording

Heres class 2 of a live monthly series entitled “Herbal Q+A with Dandelion.” Each month join Dan for a monthly Return to Nature webcast “herbal Q+A” on the 4th Wednesday of each month – If you would like to attend, … Continue reading

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Monthly Return to Nature webcast “Herbal Q+A”

Each month join Dan for a monthly Return to Nature webcast “herbal Q+A” on the 4th Wednesday of each month using Skype – If you would like to attend, email Dan@ReturntoNature.us to RSVP for the class and receive info on … Continue reading

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Teasel Magic and Lyme Spirochetes

Teasel, (Dipsacus spp.) is truly a magical root in the Dipsacacea family. Work with this plant goes back countless generations, as it has always been revered as a medicinal plant. There are many stories about it’s place in folklore as a powerful magic plant.

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Pine Pollen and Allergies

Now a days we moderns are all allergic to pollen, but as I often ask in my classes; has plant diversity gone down? Yet allergies are on the rise? That is a broken math equation. This means that indeed what is changing in the environment is humans ability to have exposure and develop immunity.

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Return to Nature on Evolve Quest Radio – Survivalism & Food Foraging w/ Dan De Lion

Last night I got a chance to share the workings and philosophy of Return to Nature. Check out the recording here. Click below to listen to the interview… Return to Nature – Survivalism & Food Foraging w/ Dan De Lion … Continue reading

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Earth Day: 11 Steps to Make a Difference

Here are just few things you can do every day to connect and to help reduce greenhouse gases and make a less harmful impact on the environment. Of course, there are many other ways you can be a responsible citizen … Continue reading

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Fermentation + Kombucha Workshop – Part 5 – Oxidization, Turmeric, and Biological Intelligence

Here is part 5 of the Fermentation and Kombucha class I taught at the NOFA Winter Conference, in Jan, 2015 – In this segment, I discuss the benefits of using whole spices vs powders which help us avoid oxidization, or … Continue reading

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This Weekend – Foraging Classes in Howell, NJ

This weekends classes @ Howell, NJ area: Friday – Family Foraging Class Saturday – Foraging and Tracking Class Sunday – Dreaming Techniques Talk and Dream Sharing Circle + Potluck Details Here

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Permaculture Podcast Interview

Recently, I was a guest on “The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann“. It was truly a pleasure talking with Scott and we discussed a wide range of aspects in relation to the intersection between foraging and permaculture. In the write up about the … Continue reading

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