About

David Rainoshek:

Maverick. Mystic. A life of effort to exemplify the true sense of these words in the tradition of Walt Whitman, Edward Abbey, Joseph Campbell, Ken Wilber…

I was raised in Houston, Texas by two passionate, artistically-inclined parents – an architect father and my mother, an avid reader. Every chance we got we travelled, mainly to the American Southwest to run rivers, hike, go very far off road, visit national parks, forests, monuments. I was raised to be a lover of the outdoors, a free-thinker, a leader, an American in the best sense of the word.

That being said, conventionality was still largely present: I was raised in the Christian church, was an Eagle Scout, and did many typical big-city southern things such as tennis and cheerleading.

My college/university years were  invested in new discovery – I gravitated to psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, spirituality and mysticism. My declared, self-created major was “Intentional Communities: Spiritual, Educational, and Agrarian.”

Major milestones in my post-graduate life: living in Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s community Plum Village in France for a year, considering life as a monk (1998-99); walking the 2,200 mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine (1999); three-years of intense, debilitating illness followed by a miraculous recovery aided largely by the application of a Raw/Live Vegan diet for several years (2000 – 2003); an M.A. in Live Food Nutrition (2006) with Dr. Gabriel Cousens, M.D., and teaching courses, leading fasts, and co-authoring a book with Dr. Cousens (There is a Cure for Diabetes); finding my soulmate, Katrina (2007) ; the birth of our daughter Sophia (2009).

Meeting me now, you find a passionate learner and a mystic, and professionally, a life-coach. I relish eating fresh, local, deep food, and enjoy medicinal mushrooms, chlorella, meat and seafood, leafy greens, blackberry wine, and port. I would rather have more time than money (although both are very acceptable.) I value good conversation. To the extent I can, I avail myself of opportunities to keep learning and practicing  the art of living deeply, of evolutionary development. I honor all voices, perspectives, life experiences, delicious burdens, presences and possibilities.