9-month, Weekend Immersion
The Curriculum of Shadows: Stealth and Nature Awareness
Please Note For 2011 this program only occurs at our Portland, Oregon branch. Weekends take place within a one hour drive from Portland, Oregon and PDX Airport (an international terminal).
9-month Immersion Take 1-weekend a month for 9 months to immerse yourself in the core study of The Curriculum of Shadows: Stealth and Nature Awareness. Through mentoring by our experienced instructors, you set about 9-months of awareness, stealth, martial arts and business strategy training that will forever change how you see the world.
Nature Awareness and The Way of the Ranger
This immersive course fully covers all aspects of nature awareness and beyond. Students spend over 9-months literally shifting how they move in the world. We take invisibility and silence from simply a philosophy and turn it into functional art. The Way of the Ranger trains calm in the center of a crises, the ability to live and walk on the edge, the awareness and scope to truly see beyond your senses and a deep connection to the natural world. One that seemingly stitches you into the shadows of the wilderness and beyond.
Honing the Body and Mind
The Curriculum of Shadows is not simply a philosophy. It is physical and emotional conditioning on a deep level. This is not a course for self-improvement, this course is about becoming "truly useful" to your village, family and the land you live. From live-action stealth evasion to developing sound fiscal plans for family businesses, we train scenario after scenario that builds both a finely honed awareness of the world and also an innate capacity of highly efficient action. You begin to understand that both survival and life strategy emerge from a deep root and flow with the natural world.
Indomitable Spirit
An indomitable spirit is a survival tool few people understand. It's often confused with the hubris of dominance. Yet an indomitable spirit has more to do with listening, learning and faith that the land will care for you. To quote Miyamoto Musashi, one of the greatest swordsmen that ever lived...
In order for a warrior to follow the path of Heiho, it is necessary to keep in mind that the essence of Heiho is to build an indomitable spirit and an iron will; to believe that you cannot fail in doing anything.
He went on to outline his steps to cultivate an indomitable spirit...
FIRST: Do not harbour sinister designs
SECOND: Diligently pursue the path of Niten Ichiryu (Musashi's school of Two Swords)
THIRD: Cultivate a wide range of interests in the arts
FOURTH: Be knowledgeable in a variety of occupation
FIFTH: Be discreet regarding one’s commercial dealings
SIXTH: Nurture the ability to perceive the truth in all matters
SEVENTH: Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye
EIGHTH: Do not be negligent, even in trifling matters
NINTH: Do not engage in useless activity
For number two we replace Niten Ichiryu with the Way of the Rangers Guild. You can also interchange that with particle physics, writing, medicine or much more. As Musashi also said, "To know one thing is to know one-thousand things."
This program teach that mastery let's us experience the intrinsic depth and beauty of all things. Great learning is rooted in understanding the dynamics and patterns of all relationships. Cultivating an indomitable spirit is born from this articulate navigation and flow through the rivers of life.
Independent Study and Research
You are given independent study homework for skills projects outside of program weekends. The amount of work is flexible and tailored to a student's available time. This optimizes what you can be learning during actual course days with our instructors.
Immersion That Fits Your Life
Our Guild Immersion Programs integrates well into both your working and social life. Each weekend begins Friday evening and ends Sunday afternoon. Most weekends take place within a one hour drive from Portland, Oregon and PDX Airport (an international terminal). Each weekend occurs monthly, so there is time for students to self-utilize and refine experience in the skills we teach. Dates are as follows….
September 16-18, 2011
October 14-16, 2011
November 18-20, 2011
January 20-22, 2012
February 17-19, 2012
March 16-18, 2012
April 20-22, 2012
May 18-20, 2012
June 1-3, 2012
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Tuition
Tuition Tuition includes meals and camping for program weekends. Plus, course reader materials. Our payment options include...
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9-month Payment Plan 3 payments of $950 every 3 months. Please Contact Us
Scholarships or Our Outdoor & Environmental Educator Training Program We have scholarship or Our Outdoor & Environmental Educator Training Program awards available of up to 10%-50% or tuition. Due to limited funds of awards we recommend you apply early to increase your chances of acceptance. Submit a scholarship or Our Outdoor & Environmental Educator Training Program application
The Curriculum of Shadows Immersion includes...
• Optimization of physical reaction time
• Silence and calm through real world crises
• Consistent stealth and awareness scenario training
• Foundational training in primitive & modern weapons and martial arts
• Bad ass awareness skills
• The Way of the Ranger: Flow in wild foraging, survival, tracking and everyday life.
• The art of invisibility: stealth, camouflage and silence
• Bird songs and calls as a tool to track movement in the forest and see more wildlife
• Hyper-adaptive learning
• How to move through both landscapes and systems virtually undetected
• Long term systems thinking; reviving and protecting the village now and 100 years into the future
• A fundamentally deeper awareness of the world around you
More Curriculum of Shadows: Stealth and Nature Awareness Programs
Guild Immersion Programs are designed to be an immersive experience in a core Guild study. They are 1-weekend a month for 9-months. Check out our other core programs for more in-depth work...
$25 Taster The Curriculum of Shadows 3-hour introduction
Fundamentals The Curriculum of Shadows 2-days learning the foundations
Field Intensive The Curriculum of Shadows 4-day overnight expedition
Weekend Immersion The Curriculum of Shadows 1-weekend a month for 9-months of immersive study
More from the Rangers Guild
This is one of 3-core study tracks of the Rangers Guild curriculum. Other tracks include...
• Wilderness Survival and Primitive Skills
• Wildlife Tracking
Long Term Immersion
The Way of the Rangers 3-weekends per month Combine all the Rangers immersion programs to create full 3-weekend per month program.
Trackers Village: Residential Wilderness Living Program 7-days a week Live in a primitive and traditional village for one 1-year.
