North Valley Survival Skills is the organizer of courses and workshops led by internationally acclaimed survival expert, Toby Cowern. Toby Cowern teaches Wilderness and Urban survival skills courses to all ages. In addition we provide other courses about violence, self defense and safety. The courses about violence are taught by Rory Miller, author of Meditations on Violence. Self defence classes for women and SafeKids children safety program is led by Lee Lavi Ramirez, 4th Dan black belt.

As residents of Ventura and LA Counties, we created this group to come together and prepare for foreseeable crises.  We feel it is important to also build close supportive relationships in the event of a disaster. The purpose of this group is to interact with like-minded individuals on a regular basis to learn from one another the art of self-reliance.  We will learn together things such as - Urban & Wilderness Survival Training, - Earthquake Preparedness, - Natural Disaster Relief, - Self Defen …

 In light of the current world events, I find it imapative to concentrate and educate people on surving a crisis situation.  In today's world, we face very real threats of  nuclear and natural disaters, economic collapse, and viral outbreaks in America that most people are not prepared for.   I have found throughout history, groups that formed communities and networks had a much higher survival rate than those who did not. The focus of this group is to create such a community to open up dialog,  …