Tristan Anderson

About Me

I am 28 years young and live on the Northern Coast of California amidst the majestic redwood trees. I grew up in Seattle, Washington and moved to California when I was 19. As soon as I reached this awe inspiring place, I quickly began to experience a strong pull toward self transformation.

This process started through various spiritual disciplines such as Yoga, Taoist Internal Alchemy Meditation, Depth Psychological Reflection, and Nature based practices such as communing with the elements of nature. I also began to look into the role that nutrition could play in assisting this desire for self transformation, and soon did a month long herbal cleanse while eating 100% raw organic foods.

As an adjunct to my personal exploration of spirituality, I decided to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Humboldt State University. The curriculum in this program was phenomenal and gave me deep insight into the drive for meaning that all humans share.

After I graduated, I took some time off from school and lived on the Big Island of Hawaii for one year with my girlfriend. Hawaii's natural beauty, eternal summer-like weather, endless exotic fresh fruits, and powerful energetic qualities, such as those from Kilauea (a continually flowing Volcano), once again invited me into further transformation.

I began to feel another strong pull to look more deeply into nutrition. Searching in the Hawaiian libraries for inspiration, I came across several interesting books such as Healing With Whole Foods and The Sunfood Diet Success System. These books opened my eyes once again to the power and nutritional potency of whole, fresh, plant foods.

I quickly began to adopt the recommendations from these books and noticed profound healing happening on all levels of my being. Becoming so enthralled at the radical changes my girlfriend and I were experiencing, I decided to look into a graduate program that could teach me the holistic and scientific effects of plant foods.

By synchronicity I was led to a program through the University of Integrated Sciences, directed by (in my opinion) one of the most knowledgeable humans on the planet, holistic Medical Doctor Gabriel Cousens. The other main teacher in this program was superfood expert David Wolfe.

Three years later, I had completed a Master's degree in Vegan & Live Food Nutrition. The information in this program was forever life changing and has led me to where I am right now; working as a Graduate Teacher with the program, which entails grading papers and supporting students, offering nutrition counseling in my local area and over the phone, as well as making this website on the healing powers of plants, specifically superfoods.

My thesis for the program was a 110 page paper outlining my research on two interconnected topics: how living, organic, plant foods can assist in the transformation of human consciousness into greater appreciation and alignment with the Living Earth, and how specific methods of agriculture affect various components of the Living Earth such as the topsoil, water ways, atmosphere, natural resources, animal life, as well as human life.

The research on integrative nutrition that I have done over the last eight years has been so valuable in my life. But this information was not just for me. All along I knew that someday I would get to share this information with people like you!

I feel deep gratitude to be able to share and serve in this way. I hope that it benefits you, your family, and your friends.

To your health and to the health of the Earth,

Tristan Anderson, M.A.

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