UNCIVILIZED VITALITY × MOVNAT
Partner Events in Rewilding, Ancestral Fieldcraft, and Natural Movement Mastery.
Uniting MovNat’s systematic biomotor biomechanics with Uncivilized Vitality’s primal outdoor fieldcraft and community rewilding. Train beyond sterile gym floors—reclaim true biological agency in the Michigan wilderness.
Ancestral Biology & Eudaimonia
WHAT IS UNCIVILIZED VITALITY?
Uncivilized Vitality is a methodology of Health & Happiness Optimization inspired by the evolutionary lifestyle of pre-civilized hunter-gatherers, striving toward the classical Greek ideal of Eudaimonia—a life serene, joyful, and enthusiastic.
Counteracting Diseases of Civilization
Sedentary indoor confinement, artificial comforts, and chronic sensory overstimulation have degraded human vitality. Uncivilized Vitality provides a practical antidote: returning safely and intelligently to primal outdoor conditions to restore nervous system equilibrium and raw physical self-reliance.
The 3 Pillars of Vitality
Universal attributes developed at every field event
Pillar 01
Capability
Biomotor competence across irregular earth. Crawling, scrambling, vaulting deadfalls, moving heavy timber, and balancing on wet logs with graceful efficiency.
Balance • Locomotion • Lifting
Pillar 02
Adaptability
Cognitive flexibility and seasonal resilience. Thriving in cold rain, snowpack, or wind without reliance on modern luxury crutches or synthetic insulations.
Thermal Range • Fire Craft • Field Grit
Pillar 03
Durability
Connective tissue remodeling, immune robustness, and metabolic fortitude. Unbroken physical agency sustained through natural outdoor work and deep rest.
Connective Tissue • Fasting Fortitude • Immune Vigor
Instructor Roster Update
DR. JON MOREY RETURNS AS
MOVNAT MASTER TEAM INSTRUCTOR
MovNat is proud to announce the return of Dr. Jon D. Morey to our Master Team Instructor roster. Through this official alliance, MovNat and Uncivilized Vitality bridge systematic motor learning with true primitive field immersion.
What MovNat Delivers
Progressive biomechanical drills, skill grading, precise jumping, vaulting, lifting mechanics, and natural conditioning.
What UV Delivers
The untamed wilderness crucible—shelter crafting, natural fire making, primitive group camping, and deep seasonal adaptation.
Important: Registration Process Handled on Uncivilized Vitality Platform
Because these expeditions require field waivers, medical check-ins, and gear logistics coordinated directly by Dr. Jon Morey’s team, ticketing is processed through Uncivilized Vitality rather than MovNat.com.
Questions? Call:
HOW REGISTRATION WORKS
1
Select Cohort & Review Gear
Pick your seasonal campaign. Check the kit list—if you lack specialized outdoor cold gear, UV provides loaner equipment free of charge so gear is never a barrier.
Loaner Kits Provided
2
Submit UV Registration & Pledge
Complete the participant intake form via the UV portal. Event proceeds support the non-profit Uncivilized Living Foundation, serving differently abled and underserved youths.
Supports 501(c)(3) Foundation
3
Rendezvous at Great Lakes Clinic
Meet Dr. Jon Morey, Administrator Bonnie Griffin, and your squad in Flint, MI. Receive your final briefing and convoy together to Atlanta State Forest.
Flint, MI Headquarters
UPCOMING PARTNER EXPEDITIONS —
EXPAND YOUR CAPABILITY IN THE WILD
Bridging MovNat’s systematic biomotor competence with Uncivilized Vitality’s primal fieldcraft across four distinct seasonal cohorts in 2027. Step outside climate-controlled facilities and test your strength, endurance, locomotion, and mental resilience across authentic living landscapes.
DEEP FREEZE 2027
SPRING HAS SPRUNG 2027
UNCIVILIZED FAMILY 2027
WILD WOMEN 2027
MovNat Master Team Instructor
Founder, UV Foundation
DR. JON D. MOREY
Chiropractic Physician • Anatomy Professor (UM-Flint) • 5th Dan Hapkido
Dr. Jon D. Morey is a Chiropractic Physician, Anatomy Professor at the University of Michigan-Flint, and the founder of Uncivilized Vitality. With advanced graduate credentials in Human Biology and Anthropology, Dr. Morey blends rigorous medical anatomy with ancestral movement lore.
Academic & Clinical
Directing clinician at Great Lakes Chiropractic & Movement Center in Flint, MI. Teaches musculoskeletal anatomy to future healthcare providers.
Martial & Field Lineage
5th degree black belt in Korean Hapkido (Kolgulsa Buddhist Temple). Decades practicing wilderness survival and natural locomotor biomechanics.