2022 Class Schedule
We'll be adding more classes over the coming weeks as scheduling is finalized. Check back here or follow us for updates and announcements.
Survival Intensive
With Tim Swanson
of
Owl Eyes Wilderness Survival
April 22-24
Join us for a full weekend of survival skills! The focus will be on Fire, Water, Food and Shelter. With these four basic skills, you will be well prepared should you ever find yourself in a survival situation.
Camping, dinners, and morning coffee is provided.
Click below for more information or to sign up for this class:
Naturalist Weekend
With Jonathan Shapiro
of Fox Paw School
June 25-26
To build authentic relationship with the wild world, we need to read what's happening on the landscape around us! Join Jonathan Shapiro of Fox Paw School for an intro to the land as we learn to identify and interpret what we see in the more-than-human realm.
We'll construct a broad-scale ecological framework of the area, then focus on tree and plant ID, animal tracking, and bird language/identification, and connect it to the cycle of the seasons. And of course, we'll have time for contemplation of and gratitude to the beings with whom we share our home.
Most of our time will be in the field, with a few short classroom segments.
On-site camping and four meals are included (Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch). Those students who are coming from farther away may want to arrive Friday evening to be ready to begin Saturday morning.
Cost: $200
Limit of 10 students
Fire Walk
With Certified Firewalk Instructors Christina Tsang and Weaver Goldsmith
June 25-26
Elemental Alchemy from an Animistic Perspective with Ceremonial Firewalk
The four elements are the building blocks of everything in the universe including ourselves. Traditionally, these elements have been treated as relatives and as our beloved elders. Through intentional engagement with the elements, we can work through the patterns and beliefs that have limited us from experiencing our fullest potential. During this weekend journey, we will engage in practices and rituals to joyfully connect with and honor each element. They are crafted to initiate one into the experience of direct gnosis, or learning from the natural world herself. We will complete our time together with a ceremonial firewalk. In this ancient ritual, we celebrate the height of summer by burning away limitations, and harvesting the gifts that were hidden in our fears/ shadow.
Christina and Weaver are Sundoor Certified Firewalk Instructors and have been practitioners of the healing arts for over 15 years. They are initiated in the lineages of Amazonian, Andean and contemporary shamanism, the Mexica Mystery School tradition, and indigenous healing ceremonies of Turtle Island. They are students of nature and passionate about wellness, wildcrafting, gardening, and radical mycology.
On-site camping is included. Meals are included with the $200 class fee (Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch). Those students who are coming from farther away may want to arrive Friday evening to be ready to begin Saturday morning.
Cost: $200 Class and Firewalk
$50 Firewalk only
If you would like to attend, but funds
are tight at the moment, contact us
for a discounted rate:
Mukluks
With Caelan Dunwoody
August 20-21
Come camp with us and craft a warm pair of Mukluks for the colder weather that's just around the corner. We will be using leather, wool liners, and canvas. All materials are included.
On-site camping and four meals are included (Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch). Those students who are coming from farther away may want to arrive Friday evening to be ready to begin Saturday morning.
Cost: $275
Limit of 6 students
Natural Dyeing with Plants
With Laura Wolfer
August 20-21
Before the invention of chemical dyes, all color came from natural pigments! Plants that may be growing in your own backyard can yield vibrant color for fabrics and clothing. In this class you will learn how to tell which plants make a good dye, how to scour and mordant fabrics to accept the dye, and how to make many different colors from the same plant. All materials are provided.
On-site camping and four meals are included (Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch)
Cost: $225
Limit of 8 students
Green Wood Carving
With Emilie Rigby
September 10-11
Green Woodworking (noun): the process of carving and shaping wood before it has cured. Greenwood is easy to carve and offers a wide range of possibilities that cured wood does not.
About the Instructor:
Emilie Rigby is a green woodworker who has been carving for 11 years. She has traveled across the country, teaching woodworking and outdoor skills. She landed in Portland, OR in 2017 where she ran a teaching woodshop for a prominent outdoor skills company. With 6 years of teaching experience, she has taught green woodworking to people aged 8 to 80. She recently moved back to Upstate NY where she has continued to build her life as a woodworker and artist. She is endlessly inspired by the natural world, where many elements of her designs can be found. Her classes are open to all experience levels, and beginners are welcome and encouraged.
What to Bring (for the workshop):
A notebook and writing utensil
Water bottle and snacks
Work gloves (optional)
Whatever tools you have that you want to talk about (optional)
What to Expect:
The weekend workshop will cover fundamentals in green woodworking, including carving safety and foundational techniques, all while creating a series of simple yet useful projects. We will also cover several finishing and decoration techniques. The classes blend demo time and work time in order to maximize learning. We take regular breaks for snacks and show-and-tell. You’ll leave the workshop with a head full of knowledge, several finished projects, and the ability to craft logs into useful items. All materials and tools are included, with the option to purchase tools to take home at the end of the workshop.
On-site camping and four meals are included (Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch).
Those students who are coming from farther away may want to arrive Friday evening to be ready to begin Saturday morning.
Cost: $200
Limit of 12 students (ages 16+)
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Foraging Food & Medicine
With Laura Wolfer
September 10-11
Have you always wanted to forage for food and medicine but didn't know where to start? Here's your opportunity! We will learn to identify some of the many edible and medicinal plants commonly found here in the northeast. We will also talk about the benefits of including wild foods in the diet, and learn the basics of making plant medicines.
On-site camping and four meals are included
(Saturday lunch and dinner,
and Sunday breakfast and lunch)
Cost: $150
Limit of 10 students
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Beaver Mittens
With Kate Wentworth
September 9-11
Hand-crafted protection from the cold! In this two day class you will design and sew your very own pair of mittens with real Beaver Fur. The pelts, liner material and sewing supplies will be provided. Come prepared to hand stitch, share stories, and craft!
On-site camping and four meals are included (Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday breakfast and lunch). Those students who are coming from farther away may want to arrive Friday evening to be ready to begin Saturday morning.
Cost: $300
Limit of 6 students
Ages 16+
Plant Reliance
Weekend
With Owl Eyes Wilderness
&
Land of Milk and Honey Herbalism
September 30-October 2
This weekend class will be full of learning wilderness botanical medicine, discovering the many uses of plants through wildcrafting, making herbal medicine, and processing wild food from the landscape. Camp out in rural Maine with a group of like-minded folks sharing the same interest as you. Coffee and dinner will be provided. Campsites will be provided.
Skills covered: Herbal medicine making, wood carving, cordage from plants, crafting glue from pine resin, making herbal salves, foraging, and acorn processing. Many other skills experiences will be explored, including survival skills.
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