Wilderness Survival & Nature Awareness Program
With Guest Instructor Victor Wooten  -  2019 Dates TBA

Class Location: Wooten Woods near Nashville, TN

You will never look at nature and music the same way again!
This course will change you forever !!!

• Learn to identify a number of wild edible plants , growing in your yard, that have more vitamins, minerals, and nutritional value than anything you can get in your grocery store. You walk right by them every day!
• We'll teach you how to make rope from Natural fibers and simple, but highly effective tools from stone, bone and wood !
  
• Finding safe, clean water is a problem in even the most remote, untouched wilderness areas today due to pollution, viruses, and bacteria. Learn how to purify water collected from streams, rivers, & lakes without the need for filters or chemical tablets!
  
• Learn an easy technique to enhance your ability to hear even the slightest sound. Its like turning up the volume on your ears!
  
• How to make a natural bowl , from a solid chunk of wood, without any tools . No carving, chipping, or chopping required! (and we'll show you how to cook in it too!)
  
• Learn to identify animals from their tracks . We'll show you how to see tracks, not only in mud or sand (easy), but also in grassy fields, leafy forest debris, pine needles and even on solid rock!
  
• And much, much more!

Testimonials from Past Students...

Dear Richard,

"During my incredible one week studying survival skills with Richard and Victor, I learned more about awareness, nature, survival, music and myself, than I have learned during many years of my life.  I am deeply grateful to both of them for what they shared with me and my class.  It was an exciting and eye-opening week.  I recommend this program to everyone...it has truly changed my life. PS You should see the looks I get practicing bowdrill fires in the Bronx!"

Blake Rosenthal,  The Bronx, NYC.

My visit to you in July was a great experience - I enjoyed it very much and thank you for the gift, hospitality, patience, kindness, skills and love for what you do and believe in. I am looking forward to the next opportunity to attend another nature class under your guidance. I highly recommend the Earth School experience to everyone !

I wish you the very best.

Chuck Rainey, Bass player, TX.

"Having developed no musical skills or much appreciation for music, other than what is provided on the radio, I had never heard of your guest instructor Victor Wooten. I attended the class strictly for your wilderness survival and nature awareness instruction. It was quite an experience learning bow drill, tracking and visual enhancement, Etc. directly from Richard, Victor, Seth, Brad, and Shannon. However, one of the most unique experiences for me was getting to not only listen but to be a part of the jam sessions with Victor. Such amazing sounds I had never experienced or appreciated before, especially being combined with such a generosity of spirit.

There are a multitude of things I remember and continue to draw from that I was introduced to in your class. I can't help but think it is the easy flowing atmosphere and truly interested expert instructors with their unique depth of character that made it such a fulfilling experience. The week was worth every cent and then some. I am looking forward to the opportunity to be a part of one of your classes again in the near future."

Fred Engel, Marietta, GA.

Richard,

" I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for the profoundly positive effect your teachings have had on my life. As a somewhat wayward youth, I attended one of your teen camps, and was blown away by the scope of your lessons. For the first time in my life, I had been introduced to a grounded, dogma-free structure in which to explore the world around me, and ultimately, the world within. The effort I had begun to put into dropping out of high school was transformed to a motivation that had me graduated by the following January, six months early !

I attended several more teachings with you after that first, and they were always magnificent. The skill level of you and your instructors is of the highest order, and your personalized attention draws the best from your students. The confidence that comes with building your first fire with only sticks, shrubs and twigs lasts a lifetime. The sense of connection that is fostered by your awareness exercises, and the sense of self that grows and grows with each new adventure has helped put my (and many others') life in perspective; Inclusive of the natural world we all rely on.

Years have passed, but the lessons have stayed, and continue to reveal their wisdom to me. They help my daily problem solving by enabling me to be more creative and think systemically. I know that if needed, my family and I are much better prepared to live well without the conveniences we are accustomed to, no matter how severe. In these times, that is a good feeling to have... personal empowerment is everything.

This once wayward youth has now become a doctor of oriental medicine, a natural outgrowth of wilderness skills. Interestingly, in recent years, I have found myself working with national institutions to find the most effective ways to motivate and inspire at-risk adolescents to help themselves. Knowing what you did for me, I have realized that teaching confidence through competence is key. I can only hope that my colleagues and I can affect people's lives in an equally profound way. Thanks again."

Jed Michael, M.O.M., CHt., CertSM

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