Fall break camp coming up!
awa’awapuhi trail
Hiking Awa’awapuhi is a blast, this adventure is for avid hikers seeking a breathtaking view and life on the edge. You decend from 4120 feet to 2500 feet in 3 miles to get to a spectacular view of Nualolo valley. Save some energy for the way back however as you climb 1620 feet back to the start. 
Awa'awapuhi
Jon Young at the Manzanita School. A talk about Deep Nature Connection!
Kauai Nature School
This is a great video from one of Kauai Nature Schools mentors Jon Young. Please check it out he is an amazing storyteller. This talk was given at the Manzanita School. I would love to visit there!
Deep Nature Connection Friday
Deep Nature Connection Friday
Take a morning to get connected to nature!
Learn and experience how to revitalize yourself through nature connection practices from earth-based cultures:- Sit spot and sense meditation
- Awareness Walking
- Using nature awareness as a mirror for personal growth
- Playing nature awareness games
All at the amazing Lokahi Gardens in Kilauea.
Starting October 20th
8am-12 Noon
Check it Out Rate $35 for One Friday
All Fridays in a Month – Recurring Monthly $100
All materials provided.
Instructor:
Matt Kirk
Recurring Monthly Rate
Shoreline Fishing Adventures
Our Shoreline Fishing Adventures are a great way to get out and see some spectacular coastline and some of the fish that inhabit Kauai’s reefs and sand bars. We have different locations to suit all abilities and interests. We follow all fishing regulations, size limits and practice catch and release with certain reef fish.
Natural Movement
Natural Movement
Practice skills of invisibility taught by hunter gatherer cultures.
We will cover basic and advanced techniques:
- The routines of invisibility
- Basic bird language
- How to use the movements of animals to stalk and get close to any bird or animal.
Lessons will be taught through instruction, practice, and awareness games.
Adventure for a day or a group retreat.
Kauai Deep Nature Connection and Survival Training.
Contact Us for Group Rates and Scheduling
All materials are provided.
Advanced awareness skills are challenging to take on without expert instruction. Natural Movement is a wilderness survival workshop designed to give you expert instruction and hands on practice with methods used all over the world by indigenous cultures.
Survival Shelters
Survival Shelters
Learn the basic skills of survival shelter building that could save your life!
Shelters for the tropics and cold climates. including:
- Lean-to shelter
- Debris hut
- Debripis
Go home confident in your ability to create survival shelters wherever you go.
Adventure for a day or a group retreat.
Kauai Deep Nature Connection and Survival Training.
Contact Us for Group Rates and Scheduling
All materials are provided.
Survival Shelter is a workshop designed to give you expert instruction and hands on practice with methods used all over the world by indigenous cultures.
Bird Language
Bird Language
Understanding the language of birds is a gateway to unravelling the patterns of the forest and developing a greater sensitivity of how to walk in a sacred manner in nature, in your relationships, and the world.
In this workshop you will learn and experience:
- Understanding the Five Voices of the Birds
- Interpreting the Shapes of Alarm, the building block of bird language
- Engaging the Senses in Nature
- Key bird species for learning bird language
- Journal keeping techniques
and how to use these techniques to enhance your sensitivity and awareness - How to rejuvenate and enliven your senses
Adventure for a day or a group retreat.
Kauai Deep Nature Connection and Survival Training.
Contact Us for Group Rates and Scheduling
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All materials are provided.
Bird Language is a challenging task to take on without expert instruction. Bird Language is a wilderness survival workshop designed to give you expert instruction and hands on practice with methods used all over the world by indigenous cultures.
Fire by Friction Starter
Fire by Friction Starter
Learn how to build and use your own fire by friction kit in this workshop.
Everyone goes home with two fire making kits!
Discover how to walk into the woods and make fire by rubbing sticks together using only materials found in nature!
In this class we’ll explore basic fire principles, such as how to build and use fire in a variety of situations.
Then you will learn and practice two fire-by-friction methods using the bow drill and hand drill.
Bow Drill
Hand Drill
Adventure for a day or a group retreat.
Kauai Deep Nature Connection and Survival Training.
Contact Us for Group Rates and Scheduling
All materials are provided to make your own fire by friction kit.
Fire making is a mysterious and challenging task. Fire by Friction Starter is designed to give you expert instruction and hands on practice with two tried and true fire by friction methods used all over the world by indigenous cultures.
