Nate Summers, author of Primal: Why We Long to be Wild and Free, has been a survival skills instructor for over 20 years with a background in anthropology, Asian studies, and natural medicine. He taught and directed at the Wilderness Awareness School for over 15 years, and has served as faculty for the Desert Institute of Healing Arts, the Asian Institute of Medical Studies, and as adjunct faculty for Prescott College. Nate’s passions include ethnobotany, natural mentoring, hunter-gatherer childhoods, natural movement, herbal medicine, internal martial arts, and all things related to being a ranger, scout, and forest ninja.
Nate holds a Master’s degree from NIAOM (Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine), and B.A.s in both anthropology and Asian studies from the University of Illinois. www.primalnate.com
The Art of Invisibility, Becoming Animal in the Landscape
Learn to quiet your presence and move through nature more naturally creating less of a disturbance. Flow with the land, get closer to animals, and unlock your natural camouflage as you step onto the path of natural invisibility. Become like the rangers, scouts, and ninja of old in this introductory workshop. We will also play with different natural movement techniques for unleashing your wild, inner animal. Play, dance, and prance like our wild animal kin. Learn both specific animal-movement techniques, as well as ways of activating your
imagination to shapeshift into your favorite furry or feathered friends.