Brother Wolf Foundation offers this course in conjunction with Teaching Drum Outdoor School.
A week of immersion in the world of our Brother Wolf
to bring us closer to discovering the truth about Wolves—and ourselves
This course takes you into a world few people are lucky enough to visit. For an entire week, your whole world is the territory of a pack (i.e. family) of Wolves. You take a journey into the heart of the family, to listen to their teachings on how they are so successful with cooperation, survival, leadership, commitment, and how they enjoy what life gives them. You learn that they—just like us—play, love, care for others, show compassion, die of broken hearts, pine for home, and can be endlessly patient. You observe their hunting, mating, and childrearing practices. In doing so, you discover that they personify our ideals for being loving family members, empathetic helpers, and firm but fair leaders who know when to defer to others. And you see that even they have rambunctious teenagers and fun-loving pranksters.
In this day, our social order seems to be falling apart, while the Wolf’s remains intact. Our organizations—and we ourselves—are disoriented from the aftershocks of trauma, divorce, crime, war, overpopulation, economic turmoil, and environmental degradation. The Wolf family, on the other hand, remains a model of playfulness, teamwork, efficiency, and living in balance with Nature. While our educational system flounders, Wolves always put the instruction, protection, and mentoring of their young first, along with the care of their elders, as they know that therein lies their future. We clearly have much we could learn from Wolf, who is willing to share with us if we are willing to listen.
Course Highlights
*Live for a week as a family of Wolves.
*Bring Wolves to life, as the intelligent, sensitive, and cooperative creatures they are.
*Trail a family of Wolves in the Headwaters Wilderness, reading their sign and hearing the story they tell.
*Explore the similarities between Wolf families and Human families.
*Listen to a local Native Elder describe her people’s relationship with Wolf.
*Hear traditional stories of the Wolf-Human relationship.
*Learn more about being an advocate for Wolves.
Daily Activities:
Mornings begin with a Greeting the Sun Ceremony, which is one of Wolves’ four ritual practices. After breakfast, we then explore some aspect of the life of a Wolf. After lunch, we see how what we learned in the morning fits by heading out to the wilderness to immerse ourselves in the life of an actual Wolf pack. Evenings are spent exploring the afternoon mysteries we discovered, and the course guides bring in their knowledge and experience from living with Wolves, following the local Wolf families, and learning from the local Native Elders.
Testimonial:
The wolf tracking immersion is a thrilling and educational experience that will keep you engaged the whole time. Whether you are in the field following the tracks or in the classroom learning about the culture of the wolf, you will be captivated. The instructors are some of the best in the world and their combined experience and wisdom will leave you in awe. They take a very holistic approach to teaching about the wolves in their entirety. They know the wolves that they track, they know the land that they live on, and they know how to make you feel like you belong.
~ Nick Harnish, 2020 Wolf Tracking Immersion participant
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