THE WILD SURVIVAL ACADEMY

What you can expect

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This two-day life-transforming workshop will teach you how to live in harmony with nature, the forest, and the wilderness in an eco-friendly and sustainable manner. Many people in the world today have chosen to live this way of life to have a more peaceful co-existence with other living beings dependent on the resources of our planet. You will disconnect and reconnect with modern life during this workshop. Unlearning and relearning are what we aim at during this workshop in complete harmony with nature. You do not have to kill animals or destroy the fauna; life can be peaceful coexistence with all your needs met adequately to survive. 

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Self-Transformation and essential payoffs from this experience

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• Reconnect with yourself.

• Destress and detoxify your mind.

• Mindfulness and increased intuition.

• Skills and confidence to survive against all odds.

• Develop a keen sense of observation and lateral thinking.

• Improved sleep and strengthening of your immune system.

• Clarity of thoughts and vision for life.

• Primitive living skills.

• Connect with creations of nature and get insight into your inner self.

• Ignite your creativity and appreciation for the marvels of nature.

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Some of the Outdoor Skills you will learn and practice in this program are given below. Not a comprehensive list, we may cover more or less depending on the time available and local conditions permitting. However, the essentials you will need for a safe outdoor life will be adequately covered.​

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• Psychology of Survival, Understanding a survival situation and steps  

• Wilderness Survival & bushcraft Techniques

• Knife Skills, handling & improvising

• Ropes, Knots, Lashings

• Cordage Making & Camp Craft

• Direction finding by Day and by Night( Different methods)

• Making your own compass

• Survival Kit, How to build and use

• Building bridges for obstacle crossing. Obstacle crossing techniques. Safety parameters.

• Fire, Friction Fire techniques, Types and layout, Safety in dealing with fire, and precautions.

• Shelter building, Importance, Siting, and construction

• Water, Water Sourcing, and purification

• Outdoor cooking techniques

• Foraging, What to eat, and what to avoid. Identification of edible and medicinal plants.

• Safety in the wilderness against wild animals and other threats

• Tracking essentials

• Search and Rescue

• Signaling

• .......and many other practical tips and techniques

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We will be teaching you practical techniques which can be applied in your respective lives. The skills which you build as above will give you a thorough understanding of Wilderness Survival and Bushcraft. You can use them to overcome any manmade or natural emergency.

We will gradually build up your skills from a very basic level in order to give you a good foundation in outdoor Skills. Whether you are an avid trekker, a mountaineer, or just curious about wilderness you will love immersing in nature and learning from our experienced faculty which is primarily drawn from the Military.​​​​​​​​​​​​ 

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This is a 48-hour day and night course for you. The course will be conducted by expert veterans from the Army who will mentor you at every step during the course. Your safety is of paramount importance and it is expected that you adhere to the instructions given by our mentors.​

You can call this a crash course on wilderness survival. You will learn how to live off the land. You will learn raw skills to create basic necessities for your life in the first half of the day. Primarily you will be taught skills to make fire, food, water, and shelter. You will be taught how to make and use a knife and some skills with ropes. This includes knowledge of knots and lashing. As also make your own cordage with the help of natural materials. Later in the day, you will learn about fire types and different techniques to make fire. You will learn about Map study and how to find directions. You will learn actions to be taken when faced with life-threatening situations. Time permitting, we will teach you some basic search and rescue techniques as well as safe obstacle crossing. The evening is devoted to spot situations and clearing your doubts about survival in the wilderness, You also learn tracking skills designed to give you practice in wilderness survival. You will learn navigation by stars at night followed by a dinner and bonfire. 

Night poses different challenges when you are in a survival situation. We will condition you to handle challenges effectively.

We share experiences and memories over a campfire and hot food before retiring for the day.

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Day 2- A day to apply the skills learned. You will go out on a small trek to understand the outdoors better. You will learn the day navigation basics and how to traverse unknown terrain. You will learn and practice a few advanced techniques related to obstacles. floatation, wild animals, wilderness cooking, and some bushcraft skills. We will also guide you to wilderness foraging and you may cook and eat what you foraged too. We will then expose you to different methods of wilderness cooking. 

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Who should do this?

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This life-transforming experience is for anyone who is looking at a deeper meaning to existence and life. To detox and rejuvenate in nature away from the hectic lifestyle with daily stressors that wean you away from being Alive. Children are allowed to attend if accompanied by either parent. It is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts, adventurers, explorers, trekkers, and campers who will not only learn to survive under any eventuality but also save the lives of others when needed.

 

How we do it.

 

The 48h-day immersive experience is designed in a way that slowly you will learn to reduce your dependence on modern means of existence. You will develop a unique perspective to live a richer and more fulfilling life, just like our forefathers and ancestors lived in complete harmony with nature. You will learn to meet your needs of living without the modern resources we are accustomed to. This is an eco-friendly workshop. We believe in forest conservation and preservation.​

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