Join us and learn the skills and lifeways of your ancient ancestors. In this 4 day class students will learn the principles of Holistic Survival; skills such as awareness, community, wood carving, plant ID, survival knowledge, stone tools, and friction fire. These skills will not only help keep you alive they will also make you happier, more connected and help you feel belonging to your local landscape.

2.3 million years ago, two of our human ancestors sat in a cave in eastern Africa and flint knapped stone by firelight. Their flakes of stone fell off into the fire and left evidence for us of some of the earliest known flint knapping in the world. Since then, humans relied on flint and other high-siliica content rocks for their survival. So much so that we don’t have the physical ability to cut and tear into plants and animals without tools! Our bodies are built upon this rich history of lithics and there is physical and emotional “medicine” in learning the art of flint knapping

Join us in this 4 day bow building class where you can begin your journey of handmade “selfbows” (bows from one piece of wood).