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Holistic Survival School's mission is to facilitate deep, Nature connection through the teaching of Earth-based skills and ancestral knowledge (see below). By facilitating these connections to self, community and Nature, HSS strives to change the hearts of people by re-establishing our lost connection with the Natural World. 

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HSS strives to be the voice in our culture that beckons us to come back to the land. With love and compassion we promise to meet each student where they are and help them take steps toward living a more "eco-centric" life, as our ancestors have lived for millennia. 

Earth based SKills we teach:

  • Hide Tanning (natural leather brain and bark tanning, animal skins)
  • Wild Medicinal and Edible Plants
  • Fire by Friction (fire with sticks)
  • Mindfulness, Awareness & Mind-body connection  
  • Flint Knapping (making stone tools)
  • Atlatl skills (spear throwing)
  • Primitive Bows and Arrows 
  • Primitive Shelters 
  • Inner tracking (self-awareness) 
  • Primitive Vessels (baskets, pottery, wooden bowls)
  • Cordage (fibers and rope from natural materials)
  • Local Ecology
  • Hunting and Tracking
  • Camoflage and Stalking 
  • Bone Tools 
  • Food Preservation 
  • Drum making 
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Build your own Osage Bow (5 days)
Oct 3
Build your own Osage Bow (5 days)
The Sacred Hunt
Oct 13
The Sacred Hunt

In this class we will start from the very beginning of the process of pursuing the hunt. We will cover where to hunt, who to hunt, what to hunt them with, local laws and regulations, tracking and sign, site assessment and placement, and offer our personal insights as to how take life in a more intimate, connective and sacred way.

Making the Sacred Hand Drum
Oct 14
Making the Sacred Hand Drum
Autumn's Wild Harvest
Nov 3
Autumn's Wild Harvest
Beyond Survival: Level II
Nov 8
Beyond Survival: Level II

The intention of this class is to experience living as our ancestors did. Through this experience we will gain greater connection to ourselves, each other and the Earth.   These are the skills of our ancestors and it is a gift to learn them. 

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