An Anthropological Library for the Preservation of Human Knowledge
Holistic Life Paths bridges ancient modalities with modern peer-reviewed research. Every lesson is grounded in science, rooted in history, and built with your learning in mind.
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Warriors and Monks have more in common than realized. Learn how service goes beyond any one identity.
How did our ancestors define love and what does our modern science say about the emotion?
The Human Record traces how we governed, spoke, ate, built, celebrated, exchanged, and made music across every epoch
The Human Lifecycle traces how civilizations across every continent and epoch understood what it means to be born, grow, age, and die.
Behind the HLP
What began as a search for meaning following military service became a library preserving the knowledge, history, and science that has sustained humanity across every civilization.
After a 2020 honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps, Zach was met with the COVID-19 pandemic, adding complexity to the transition process back into society. During that time Zach focused on his mental heath in unconventional ways for a Westerner. However, being stationed in South East Asia for 4 years made the notion of mindfulness, yoga, and Vedic thought familiar and comfortable.
Following the path of yoga lead to living in the jungle with the Shipibo people outside of Iquitos, Peru. For months Zach studied under a Shipibo Maestro to continue to address his metal health and learn the wisdom of plant medicine.
To continue to integrate his military experience with the healing wisdom of plant medicine, Zach enrolled into Naropa University - home of contemplative education. Creating Holistic Life Paths as a graduation project focused on making contemplative education affordable and self paced.
Holistic Life Paths has since evolved into a humanitarian-anthropological library. A library of research rooted in humanity, paired with the means to communicate and connect with others who share a curiosity of what it means to be alive and human.
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