Show Notes - Daan Timmers and the Paleo Expedition Click here to go to the podcast show notes If you're reading this in your podcast reader you can find the full show notes at EatMoveLive52.com/Expedition Daan Timmers Lives on a historic sailing ship in the canals of downtown Amsterdam, right across from the NEMO Museum. Although, since the 2020 pandemic, she's temporarily located her family to a secret river location, deep in the forests of the Netherlands! Our interview with Daan: You are here to talk about your paleo expedition, but tell us first, what is your life like when not on expedition?How do you view natural movement and its place in your life as a movement educator, in your own life, as a parent?What are your sincere feelings about people’s interest and infatuation with the paleo diet in recent years?Tell us about the year you took to prepare for the expedition? What did you have to learn? How was the learning itself?Let’s dive in, and learn about the expedition itself: the mission, the day to day life, gathering and hunting, rest and energy, the collective space, movement….I would love to be a fly on the wall as you tell the story.I was really touched by you talking about the keeper of the fire. I will read a little passage you wrote about it here. Can you talk about your relationship to fire and water before and after the expedition?Tell me about your sense of our human activity effect on the environment - how did the expedition influence your view of our modern world?What was it like coming back and starting “life as usual”What was the effect of the expedition on your mental health, what did you learn, grow into or start to practice that you didn’t before? Topics include: Living on a historic ship in downtown AmsterdamRelocating to get away from the unknowns of the quarantinePreparing herself to live like paleo manLiving as our ancient ancestorsOh no, a paleo period? Using spagnum moss instead of modern feminine hygiene productsForaging, hunting, and having healthy stoolsNo clocks, coffee, wifi, phones, or modern addictionsTwelve days in the woods without shoesPositive separation - Time away from it all to take care of one's self Who is Daan Timmers? Daan loves being part of nature and shares this connection by homeschooling her 3 kids in nature as well as rewilding others to deepened their nature connection. She offers a wild range of Earth Skills like ancients crafts, sit spots, games and stories. With her tribe, she aims for a nomadic lifestyle roaming the water with their historical sailing boat. She has been teaching Restorative Exercises for years for people to get connected to their bodies. Now she takes people outdoors to experience Ancestral Movement hands-on. I post my wild adventures at: Daan Timmers on Facebook Daan gaat Wild on Instagram Websites: Yogalab.nl Verwildernis.nl Did you like the show? The best things you can do to help support a podcast you like is to share it with a friend, Subscribe and Review the EatMoveLive52 Podcast Reviews help spread the word, big time! It only takes a minute to leave a quick review. Just try ten words and see how fast it goes! Oh, and subscribing to the show brings each episode to you and your phone automatically! Subscribe or review on Apple/iTunes Subscribe or review on Podbean Subscribe or review on Stitcher Subscribe or review on Google Play Use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast app Our podcast theme music is "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0. Talk soon, Roland & Galina
