SEEING THROUGH NATIVE EYES - BY JON YOUNG

Because they lived close to the land, native cultures the world over spoke the language of their place. They knew how to navigate and find shelter and food. They had an intimate understanding of plant and animal lifestyles. Above all they knew how to move with grace and ease through the wilderness. Practicing routines that made them invisible, they could read the language of tracks and interpret the stories birds told. Seeing through native eyes means immersing the senses in the natural world and discovering heightened spiritual awareness and a sense of belonging. Nine hours of instruction!

• Tape 1 Basics: Presents the essential routines of wilderness awareness and native traditions for learning them. An intense collection of rich insights. Developing common sense in training others in the outdoors. 90 min.
• Tape 2 Tracking: Tracking with all your senses leads you deep into the spirit of wild places and wild animals. The "seven arts of tracking" are practical tools for interpreting nature's ways.90 min.
• Tape 3 Wandering: A native is one who can live off the land. This tape teaches how to navigate the land with a native sense of direction and to how to forage with familiarity for edible and medicinal plants. 90 min.
• Tape 4 Community: The communal traditions of land-based cultures were shaped by natural rhythms that sustained them through generations. Stories elders told their children can teach us principles for peaceful living. 90 min.
• Tape 5 Survival: Presents a scout's survival kit--how to find shelter, water, fire, and food. Then it inspires the attitude of the scout, the quiet mind that makes the wilderness a comfort zone. 90 min.
• Tape 6 Nature's best kept secret...The Language of the Birds. How many times have you surprised a fox at play? Or glimpsed a buck before it glimpsed you? How often have you seen a wild creature eye to eye instead of in retreat? What secret do wild things know that allows them to melt into shadows before we arrive?

Available as six audio tapes or eight CD's.

ADVANCED BIRD LANGUANGE: READING THE CONCENTRIC RINGS OF NATURE - BY JON YOUNG

How is it that the cougar, the bear, and the coyote can live so close to us, yet never be seen? Similarly, how is it that the native scout or hunter can move silently through the forest without being detected? It is no coincidence that they all have one thing in common: they understand the language of the birds.

Through the exciting stories and examples contained in Advanced Bird Language: Reading the Concentric Rings of Nature, naturalist and tracker Jon Young explains the hidden worlds of nature that await your discovery and unlocks the secrets to learning the language of the forest.

• Hear of ancient Natives who were able to tell of the far-off movements of animals and people without seeing or hearing them.
• See how cultivating your senses by listening to the birds can reduce the stresses caused by our work-a-day lifestyle.
• Learn about how the human mind is designed to understand the language of the birds and of all of nature.
• Learn how the birds and animals communicate through easy-to-understand songs, calls, and body language.
• Discover how to move silently through the forest around the "alarm triggers" of the birds to catch animals by surprise.
• Understand why birds have been tied to spirituality in the stories of all cultures since the beginning of history.

By learning the language of the birds and tuning into your senses, a simple walk in the forest will be forever changed into the adventure of a lifetime. Certainly the next great step for any bird or nature enthusiast. Nine hours of instruction!

Available as six audio tapes or eight CD's.

TRACKING PACK ONE - BY JON YOUNG

Essential insights into tracking feats and foundational routines for developing quality tracking skill by one of the world's foremost trainer's of trackers, Jon Young.

Tape 1: What Tracking Can Do For You & What All Great Trackers Have In Common

Side A: Tracking is truly a way of thinking and a powerful tool for observation. It makes one a master of the art of questioning.

Side B: Increase your tracking ability by learning from the great trackers of the world? There is much to be learned by studying the ways in which our role models pattern their lives for success in a field. 60 min

Tape 2: Spirit Tracking & Other Feats of Native Awareness

There are many hair-raising, adventurous and inspirational stories from the world of trackers. These happenings make us question the human potential of awareness and even intelligence. Listen to stories from Jon Young as he relates tales of finding animals’ “spirit” trails without seeing tracks. The stories are Inspiring, true, and grounded in experience from many sources. Learn how to increase your own “spiritual tracking” and instinctive abilities. 90 min.

Available as two audio tapes only.

FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS OF THE AKAMBA - BY INGWE, READ BY VICTOR WOOTEN

On this wonderful audio compilation, Grammy Award winning musician Victor Wooten lends his heart and his voice to the words of Ingwe's tribal family from Kenya, East Africa. Hear the tales told to Ingwe over many, many nights, beneath stars brilliant and as plentiful as the grains of sand in the Savanna. The glow of the village fires lights up the faces of the children whose eyes sparkle with the reflection of the dancing light - with the mystery of the dancing stories. The love of the elders is present and eternal. Or is it?

The village fires around which Ingwe was raised have long grown cold. The children of the earth whose faces surrounded Ingwe when he was a boy have long faded from view, their names now disappearing into the mists of time. Ingwe, the last of these children, remembers when ...

Won't you join us by this fire now?

Kai Eckhardt's haunting and beautiful bass tones add so much feeling to the love of Ingwe, Victor and all of us who wish to bring this treasure to you. May the children's faces appear once again by the fire and beneath the stars our ancestors know and love.

Available as CD only.

LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS - BY JON YOUNG

How many times have you surprised a fox at play? Or glimpsed a buck before it glimpsed you? How often have you seen a wild creature eye to eye instead of in retreat? What secret do wild things know that allows them to melt into shadows before we arrive?

In this tape, Jon shares one of the best-kept secrets in nature. By learning the "Language of the Birds", the listener can begin to disarm the forest alarm system, and can learn to enter the world of nature as a welcome guest.

*Note: This is Tape 6 of the Seeing Through Native Eyes series.

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THE ART OF MENTORING AND COYOTE TEACHING - HOSTED BY JON YOUNG

How did natives teach their children the complex arts of living off the land? How did they awaken instinct and spirit and a burning desire to know? How did they get children to learn for themselves? Can these educational methods help us teach our children today?

Native people traditionally taught their children to understand the world by mentoring them in nature's ways. Mentoring emphasizes adopting students as if they were kin, appreciating individuality, inspiring a need to know, and improvising to let nature be the teacher.

Coyote teaching strategies like storytelling, reflective questioning, and tracking will inspire student curiosity and encourage self-sufficiency both in the field and in the classroom. For parents, outdoor educators, homeschoolers, youth leaders, community teachers, and anyone seeking ways to teach nature literacy and guide children to be eager and inquisitive life-long learners.

Available as audio tape only.