Spencer Nielsen
Spencer Nielsen is a guide to Nature inside and out: in the wild lands, gardens, and consciousness. He is a perennial student and teacher of Ecology, Permaculture, Yoga, Qigong, Ayurveda, and Herbalism. With nearly 20 years of experience farming, landscaping, and gardening, Spencer currently teaches permaculture at the Natura Institute for Ecology & Medicine in Bolinas, CA and Sivananda Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, CA. He is an herbalist weaving Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, and Traditional European Medicine, along with bioregional California herbs, completing multi-year programs with both the East-West School of Planetary Herbology and the American Institute of Vedic Studies. He has also studied at Five Branches University and Kerala Ayurveda Academy. Spencer has worked on and designed farms and gardens around the world, studying ethnobotany along the way. Beyond plants and permaculture, his service path includes guiding youth nature connection, teaching ancestral skills, leading wilderness rites of passage, and sharing yoga and qigong. A lover of life, Spencer maximizes his time at his half-acre homestead, where he tends his garden and enjoys drinking tea and playing music.
Upcoming Permaculture Courses:
https://sivanandayogafarm.org/permaculture-design-certification/
https://www.naturainstitute.org/four-seasons-permaculture-design-co
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