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Nic’s teaching style: Nic is a gentle, grounded teacher who enjoys expanding peoples outlook on animal processing by guiding them through a slow and thoughtful exploration of taking an animals life for food. His class is balanced between deep conversation on the topic and deepening the skills needed to do this on your own. He has been teaching this class for many years at primitive skills gatherings and is excited to bring a new perspective on this topic to our local community. Learn more about his background here.
Reflections from past students:
“Nic is a natural instructor — skilled, patient, and supportive of those learning. The experience is made special by his approach, which centers respect and honor for the animal throughout the process.” -Victoria
“Nic‘s teaching style is a patient expansive welcoming approach to an experience that many people have many different reactions to. He has an amazing respect for life and death and the process in between. Processing animals with Nic feels like he is doing the animals life justice by the way he holds space for the animal and the people facilitating the space.” - Lila
“Nic teaches this ancient skill with lots of compassion and heart. His connection with, love for and care of his animals is palpable and this comes through in his teaching style. I greatly appreciated that Nic gathered our group together both before and after the animal harvesting and processing. Sitting with the group beforehand allowed for us all to connect. We shared a bit about ourselves and any experiences we may have had with taking an animal's life, or why we felt called or drawn to the class. We were able to address any questions, nerves, or excitement that we may have been feeling. It felt very grounding to meet beforehand in this way. Our gathering after the animal harvesting allowed for us to process our unique individual experience and share that aloud with the group. Nic holds the process of taking an animal's life with much sacredness and honor, and allows space for participants to sink into the experience in their own way. I highly recommend anyone to take advantage of learning this craft from Nic!” - Lily