Ancestral Skills
Ancestral Skills: skills for connection
Wild Awake runs classes for individuals and groups which aims to draw you away from the city and the pressures of modern-day life, back to the land where you are freely able to explore your own connection to place.
At the heart of these skills lies the real learning: community building, grief-tending, cultural regeneration, and rewilding
“Most of us think of belonging as a place outside of ourselves, that if we keep searching for, that maybe one day we’ll find it. But what if belonging isn’t a place at all, but a set of skills, or competencies, that we in modern times have lost or forgotten”
From ‘Belonging: Remembering ourselves home’, by Toko-PaTurner.
Why Ancestral Skills matter.
We firmly believe that it is through practicing the skills of our ancestors, those who knew the land so intimately and recognised their place within it, that we can strengthen our connection to the earth and all its inhabitants.
Connection to the Land.
We understand the land to be our greatest teacher. Through these experiences, we open ourselves to the unseen and cultivate belonging to something much more ancient.
Personal Growth.
Through these classes, we aim to provide authentic, transformational, and immersive experiences that contribute to personal growth, community building, and real skill development.
Community building
We recognise that these skills lose their meaning when they are practised in isolation. The real treasure lies in the heart of the community that is generated through these practices.
“Great digestible snippets of wild awareness, foraging and other fascinating insights into our wonderful wilderness all around us but too often not seen....”
– Jim Glackin, Satisfied Customer
