Nicolas Zahasky

Chef, Advanced Culinary Educator, and Breathwork Expert


Nic started practicing Wim Hof nine years ago after moving to Minnesota. Feeling its benefits for himself, and being instructed by a Wim Hof leader in Iceland, he decided to add other breath work modalities to his nature-based practice as well. Nic is also a certified hyoppressive instructor. He not only uses these specific breathwork practices daily, his true passion is to share this craft with more and more people.

An executive chef since 2002, Nic has launched, run and redeveloped restaurants and food-service programs in Nevada, California, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. He has cooked for many elite figures such as Madeline Albright, Micheal Pollan, Arun Gandhi, Wailin’ Jennys, the King and Queen of Norway and Five for Fighting, along with independent contracting for the bullet proof executive himself, Dave Asprey.

In 2011, Nic retired from his executive chef role and left “the corporate lifestyle” to pursue self-training (and shortly after, training many others who sought him out) with functional fitness and Paleo nutrition. He began racing for the first time with this new-found energy, strength and passion, and began to consistently win national obstacle course races and competitions. Quickly becoming a public figure and personality for Paleo nutrition and ancestral health, he designed Cultivate in 2016 to bring more awareness and accessibility for ancestral nutrition, his Low-Impact model and functionally appropriate movement to the international stage.