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Ancestral Nutrition — for the modern family

Here we share the techniques we've utilized as a family to nourish our children — from picky eater to much less picky — restructuring the microbiome from the inside out with very little resistance. No matter who we're feeding, we know how to not only sneak nourishing foods in, but to build a deeply nourishing foundation that lasts.

Ancestral Nutrition 101 — the basics

Here we share all that we've learned through studying with the Weston A. Price Foundation over the last ten to twenty years — understanding how our ancestors and the ones who lived on the Earth nourished themselves all over the world, and the basic principles they all share. This is one of the purest methods of science there is: studying people who have lived this way for generations, and witnessing what happens when one of them changes — not just one people, but many, all over the world.

Camping for Beginner Families

We have many friends that we have taken on their first camping trip — whether meeting them in the forest or simply joining them in their backyard with an extra tent and a smiling face. We love to help people have nourishing, easeful, even deep experiences connecting with their capacity to connect with nature, no matter where they are — from setting up your tent, to the systems you can utilize to be comfortable through the night, to how to nourish yourself rising from the experience, and all the many things in between.

Capoeira Angola

An introduction to Capoeira Angola through its history, music, and movement — a living tradition carried for generations.

What other art form or practice do you know of that combines martial art, dance, music, poetry, healing, ritual, folklore, acrobatics, improvisation, strategy, bio-mimicry, intercultural connection, and spirituality; and is even inclusive to anyone regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, or identity. This is the beauty of Capoeira Angola, the Afro-Brazilian freedom fighting art form that was and is still used to this day to liberate and empower the bodies, minds, spirits, and communities of its practitioners from oppression and struggle. You will often see it's practitioners full of joy, smiles, and laughter, and among them, the art is called a "jogo" or game, where Capoeira is played.
Lev has been a devoted practitioner of the art for over a decade primarily as a student of Mestre Cobra Mansa, as well as other teachers along the way most notably Ras Tre Subira, Mastre Skher Brown, and ContraMestre Stefan Bonitz. During that time, Lev has taught and worked with Baltimore City Youth, performed with the Dancing Warriors, a Capoeira Edu-tainment Group at Baltimore City Schools, and is raising his own children with Capoeira Angola as a way of life. Workshops are customized to the group, taking age and experience level into account and invite the participants in to a new world in which they can explore a new way of moving their bodies, connecting with friends, and a cultural richness that transcends language barriers and body types.
Book a Capoeira Angola Experience for a memorable one of a kind taste of this rich cultural art that will leave you feeling connected, empowered, and enlivened to yourselves, to each other, and to nature itself.

Earth Skills

Natural incense harvesting and bundling: to walk around the forest and not only see what can be used for food or tools, but to see the potential of something to be burned — and to find plants you can turn into cordage to bundle your incense. From the moments where there's a smell we don't like, to the moments we want to bring in a smell we do — the smoke is a powerful tool, and knowing how to make fragrant wreaths from the Earth around you is a really powerful skill to have.

Palmetto weaving: a skill you can find in many situations, not just with palmetto fronds but with any plant that grows a certain way — weaving baskets, hats, and mats.

Wild herb foraging walks: we love to learn the land, the green allies that nourish us and give us what we need throughout the day — an experiential walk discovering what's in the environment we're sharing, even using some of these herbs in teas and meals in the moment.

Space Maintenance

Simple methods of cleaning and maintaining one's living space that are inexpensive, non-toxic, and ever increasingly more sovereign.

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Spiraling Hair Maintenance

Here we offer two techniques that we have fine-tuned over the last eight years that support easy processing of spiraling hair in a way that is gentle, easeful, and light — that doesn't require drama, tears, or pain, but supports freedom and play. If this resonates with you, we would love to share it.

Teeth Wellness

Through many hard lessons and some deeply celebrated successes, we have realized how to begin transitioning from toxic-laden fluoride and misunderstanding around nutrition to re-mineralizing our teeth in simple ways with tools we can have on hand. We're not acting like we know everything — but we have gone through the trenches and come out having re-mineralized, paused decay, and witnessed it not returning. We continue to study with the dentists and wise people carrying forward the work of Weston Price, and we can teach you what we have learned.