Become the architect of your reality, break free from the cage, up skill and open doors

only what you need

Back to basics, no flare, health is simple not easy.

Ancient health is the older knowledge of how a human stays well — movement, food, breath, rest, community and connection to the living world.

Health has become intellectual and over complicated.

It is not. Health is effort, step by step, earn your health back.

built to last longer than a trend

The work is simple, meaningful and deeply connected to the natural world. In a world lost on technology and comfort we have created a health based adventure company. We bring the people together to learn skills in nature that have meaning, are holistic, effective and challenging.

Move, breathe, heal, survive, defend, connect & transcend are the working pillars of ancient health.

The old wisdom, the old knowledge, pioneering into the future

we value the truth

No marketing language. No invented method with a clever name. The practices are old because they already work.

If it does not serve the body, mind and spirit, it is left out.

About joe

Joe is a cross training athlete & multidisciplinary health practitioner, with decades of experience as an Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, Movement Coach, Yoga Teacher, Health Educator / Presenter, Surf Guide, Functional Medicine Practitioner and Martial Artist. A skilled freediver, bowhunter, and bushcraft survival outdoorsman, Joe is a craftsman with dual trades as a structural draftsman and carpenter. Learn more about Joe’s story and how he can help you on your journey to perfect health.

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We have become comfortable and distracted. Our health and vitality, our mental calmness and our physical bodies have become subpar, we have signed a contract to grind out our lives in the cage of modern life, we have lost our way, our connection with spirit and with the natural world, it is the blind leading the blind in a pursuit of bullshit success. Strength and courage is required to become a pioneer, to expand our conscious awareness beyond the limitations of current culture.

  • Joe’s guidance in meditation and movement is intuitive, gentle and insightful. He playfully challenges practitioners to explore new physical and mental boundaries. His slow, deliberate movement practice is a kind reminder to do exactly that — live life more slowly and deliberately.

    Julia Dorn, TV Executive Producer/Director - National Geographic

  • Joe is a teacher/coach. I’m a practitioner that rebuilt my body after a near death experience. Everytime I see Joe — he gives me a new technique that takes my mind/body understanding to a new level. I’m back in my body — and just when I think I’ve come close to reaching the end of my progress — Joe blows my mind with a new way to move about this planet. Joe’s work has increased the awareness of my capabilities and my potential.

    Jean Marie Boben - San Francisco USA

  • Joe teaches what could be considered really heady, inaccessible things (meditation, breath work, Ayurveda, etc.) to the average person in a truly easy and approachable way. His smile is infectious and everything with him is about having fun and being joyful.

    Rebecca Maglathlin - PHD Organic Chemistry - Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA

  • Joe has helped me to upgrade my discernment and common sense and apply them to improving my health rather than follow blanket protocols such as “keto or vegan Diets will solve my health issues” or “exercise is the answer to better health”. My world has become less complicated, more abundant, and integrated since working with Joe.

    Soisci Porchetta @soisci_human_patterns