Rob Lenfestey traveled the world and after years of expanding his edges, he came to the Appalachian forest and founded Mandala Chocolate, an organic chocolate factory and Mandala Springs, a peaceful sustainable retreat on the edge of the Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina. Rob’s passion is to give the gifts of knowledge, empowerment and health to all. 

Rob says, "There is no need for us to live anything less than magnificent. Nothing less than magnificence is what we need to create the world we want to give to future generations."

Rob is also a conservation ecologist, a campaign director for Forestkeeper, a lifestyle coach, and he is a Wim Hof Method Instructor with his own youtube channel called Convergence Lifestyle.

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