At Holistic Survival School (HoSS), we know that you want to connect more deeply with the natural world, yourself, and your fellow humans. We believe it is your human birthright to have a physical, emotional, and spiritual connection to your local landscape. 

With love and compassion, we meet you wherever you are in your life. We’ll teach you hands-on, heart-centered, Earth-based skills like foraging, pottery, fire making, hide-tanning, etc.

We strive to share these connections so that you and others can lead a fulfilling, balanced, and healthy life rooted in the natural world.

Wilderness Skills Immersion Program

HoSS is now offering a 10-month primitive skills & connection program called Deep Remembering. Join our intimate group of like-minded folks in remembering together, who we are as a species and who we are individually.

Deep Remembering takes place near Asheville, NC, for over 40 class days spread over ten months. Each month will feature a four day class that focuses on one main primitive skill, (i.e. baskets, survival, plants) as well as the emotional & spiritual lessons that will help us survive our modern lives of disconnection.

This life-changing experience will deepen your connection with yourself, nature and community. You will remember the deep range of primitive skills, community living and emotional regulation tools that are our human legacy.

Applications for 2024 are now open!

We are also available for booking for public workshops and for private customized classes. HoSS is no longer self-hosting single classes. Instead, we’re teaching at a variety of schools and events.

Luke also works hard to provide other ways to connect and learn, including the blog articles and videos. You can spend some more in depth time with Luke at his recent podcast appearances too.

And of course, he is best known for his successful participation in the Discovery Channel shows Naked and Afraid, Naked and Afraid XL, and 2020’s Naked and Afraid Alone.

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HoSS is based in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We teach at a variety of locations around Asheville, North Carolina, and offer classes at schools and events all over.

Luke McLaughlin, founder of HoSS, talks about how and why he started HoSS and what he hopes it will bring to the World.

We invite you to get involved with Deep Remembering, or take an upcoming class, or book us for something special. Let’s camp out for some nights, climb mountains, connect deeply, share skills and tell stories by our firelight.  All are welcome!