Maestro Quetzalcoatl - Creating Food Sovereignty through Traditional Eating & Health as a bi-product of Human Connection
Show Notes:
Today we bring you a very special conversation where I get to take a deep dive behind the curtain of our modern relationships with food, nutrition, life and death, and other things health related with a powerful human I follow on Instagram known as Maestro Quetzalcoatl! (@WildQuetzal on Social)
Quetzal is a master when it comes to bringing the nature of our disconnections from what it means to be human to the forefront of peoples minds… In really bright, intuitive, beautifully orchestrated content backed by a rich history of self-education and personal discovery. He serves up high level of Truth and understanding of our food systems and their relations (or lack thereof) to indigenous cultures from around the world in easy-to-digest formats that allow for big takeaways in small amounts of time.
Quetzal has a profound way of connecting the dots between our current standards of living and our lack of healthy relationships. He paints a picture of modern society as a system that has led us to lose ourselves through convenience of the built environment and removal from the natural world. Quetzal shows through his work that we presently tend to foster lack of connection with our food, our communities, and the ways of our ancestors, but that we do not have to… He shows people that even now, we have the power to choose the systems of life we invest our energy in. Don’t miss out on this one, it’s a heavy hitter!
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Source for education on the petrochemical food system)
Supersize Me 2: Holy Chicken (Source for conventional US chicken lifespan from chick to slaughter)
Time Markers:
@8:25 - 17:07 Introductions & Evolving perspectives on social media as we grow into ourselves
@17:07 - 19:16 Breath Work Session
@19:16 - 24:09 Queztal’s Life Vision, and thoughts on modern community
@24:09 - 38:15 What are we saving time for by skipping to end results?
@38:15 - 42:31 What are we really eating? Nature? Or a deviation away from nature? Where is it all coming from?
@42:31 - 46:45 Where are we getting our Inputs from that support our lives?
@46:45 - 50:14 The more we modify our food, the greater our food-shortage problems: Higher Systems for sustainable creation do exist, and they have existed for a long time…
@50:14 - 59:01 Can we feed everyone in a sustainable regenerative manner? Is Earth’s future bright? Can we turn this ship around soon enough for a smooth transition?
@59:01 - 1:01:40 Staying Balanced - Walking the Middle Path, and acknowledging true importance
@1:01:40 - 1:19:31 How tiny our blip on the timeline is, what we are willing to give for our food, and other expansive perspectives on where our food can come from
@1:19:31 - 1:27:48 Conscious Omnivory -Accessing all kingdoms of life and utilizing our environments to their fullest… + how seasonal local eating is achievable everywhere
@1:27:48 - 1:35:24 The Power of Seasonality, and how health can be a byproduct of your lifestyle. Arriving at health without striving for health…
@1:35:24 - 1:41:53 Life eats Life: How can we be spiritual and eat meat? All is Life is Spirit, and all that supports systems that affirm continued life is an act of goodness
@1:41:53 - Our separation from Death in the modern world & how disconnection from the death-life cycle effects our perception of food
@1:48:22 - 1:52:48 Do Humans need to be “bad for nature”?
@1:52:48 - 1:58:43 Outgrowing Veganism and the plant-based diet paradigm
@1:58:43 - End: How rigidity does not belong in diet, there is no universal fit, how dogma crowds out intuition, and how to get started making your own food choices