After I graduated, I started living in a variety of intentional communities. From communal houses in Eugene to I volunteering full-time for Tarthang Tulku’s  Nyingma Institute as well as Odiyan. While living at Brietenbush Hot Springs, I received 2 reiki initiations, and started studying bodywork.  I then moved to Hawaii and contributed to two different communities; one based on raw food, the other on the principles of Shivalila. During that time, I was also actively working with psychedelics of all kinds, and got familiar with the lay of that “land”. My sister had had two sons, and I wanted to enjoy being their uncle, so I moved back to the mainland, the bay area, CA. I started working with emotionally disturbed children and a freelance massage therapist and energy worker. One day, my old friend Ano invited me to have a satsang with Saniel Bonder and his Waking Down community, which is how I met my wife, Maria, who was active in that tantric community.   We bonded and decided to marry and we’ve since made two now nearly-grown children, Marley and Logan.

While the babies were little, I got a job working early mornings as a limousine chauffeur. I did that for 10 years, until I got fired!  So I started a farmers market artisanal sauerkraut and kombucha company, Edible Alchemy.  I brought on some partners after a while, and in 2020, I sold it to one of them.  It was a joyous labor of love and I adored being a part of the local food movement. Our business was featured on a PBS show, Tastemakers, you can watch the video here.