Leo Utton
@barefootforager

Leo is a professional forager and mindfulness enthusiast. Growing up in a city he found his passion for foraging by learning the plants in peoples front gardens and city parks. An interest became an obsession and he found himself spending all his time researching history, identification and wild nutrition. 

Keen to share his passion Leo began to run wild food courses in woodlands and urban areas across Sussex, Hampshire, Kent and Surrey teaching thousands of people how to identify plants, trees and mushrooms and sharing his knowledge of cooking and exploring the processes of fermentation and preservation of wild ingredients. 

Through foraging Leo deepened his connection to nature but felt there was more to discover. Slowing down the process of mind allows you focus more intentionally on the natural world, Leo began to explore his internal experience through insight and open awareness meditation practices. Studying the works of teachers like Joseph Goldstein, Diana Winston and Adyashanti he brings formal mindfulness into digestible practices of daily life. 

With his hands on and interactive courses Leo combines foraging and meditation to deepen our senses and explore what it means to be human.