2026 class Schedule
MARCH 19-22nd
Opening the Container & inner realm Philosophy
How we heal, getting to know your cohort, wood carving, meditation and breathing
APRIL 16-19th
holistic Survival
Survival Basics: Outer awareness, friction fire, carving, survival 101, non-violent communication
MAY 14-17th
Wild edible & Medicinal Plants
Ethical Harvesting & ritual, Appalachian eco-systems, edible & medicinal plants, folklore, Tree ID, Tulip poplar baskets
JUNE 18-21st
Bone and stone tools
Intro to flint knapping, animal processing, and bone tools, cordage and knots, camouflage
JULY 23-26th
Hide Tanning
Making your own suede deer leather, theory of grain-on leather making
AUGUST 20-23rd
Willow Pack Baskets
Weaving willow on the shore of a beautiful lake
SEPTEMBER 17-20th
Village living & Fall foraging
Invite a guest day, Skill share, Nut gathering
OCTOBER 8-11th
Ancestors, Grief, & Shadow
Ancestor feast, grief ritual, cold plunge, nut processing
NOVEMBER 5-8th
Survival II
Solo ceremony, applying what you have learned
Final class: December 3-6th
Leather Sewing & closing
Integration of the year & Closing of the container