Teachers

Daniel Vitalis is a leading health, nutrition, and Personal Development Strategist as well as a nature based philosopher, teaching that our invincible health is a product of living in alignment with our biological design and our role in the ecosystem. He incorporates the wisdom of indigenous peoples into our modern lives. His entertaining, motivational, and magnetic delivery style has made him an in-demand public speaker in North America and abroad. He is the creator of www.findaspring.com, a resource helping the public find clean, fresh, wild water, free of pollutants wherever they live.

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Rootstalk Classes

The Quest for the Mushroom of Immortality
Forays into foraging and preparing medicine from medicinal mushrooms. Human beings have been using polypore fungi for food, medicine, and even fuel since deep antiquity. Come see how easy it is to add these fungal allies into your personal pharmacopeia, as we explore this strange kingdom of life. Neither plant nor animal, but somewhere betwixt the two lay the fungi, they inhabit a nether-realm of life, and have a lore that is all their own. Join Daniel Vitalis as he shares his experiences, techniques, and musings on the hunting, gathering, processing and preparing of medicinal polypore mushrooms.

Indigenous Nutrition and Human Evolution
A riveting and dynamic workshop exploring the origins of human nutrition and medicine from our inception as a species to modern society. How do we adapt and evolve to our environment and what implications are inherent in our current lifestyle choices? Deep scientific concepts are made simple through humor, yet the profundity and immediate relevance is made obvious. We will cover the gamut of nutrition and medicine choices, from natural wild foods to cloned and genetically engineered foods and synthesized medicines, and how our exposure to these affects us today, as well as the future generations who will inherit our genome.