The Return of The Lion Tracker — Boyd Varty on The Wild Man Within, Nature’s Hidden Wisdom, and How to Feel Fully Alive (#832)

Boyd Varty (@boyd_varty) is the founder of Track Your Life. As a fourth-generation custodian of Londolozi Game Reserve, Boyd grew up with lions, leopards, snakes, and elephants and has spent his life in apprenticeship to the natural world. He is a lion tracker, storyteller, certified Master Life Coach, and literacy and wildlife activist. At the intersection of his two greatest passions, tracking and personal transformation, Boyd uses ancient wisdom to help people create a purpose-driven, meaningful life and to discover their most authentic, essential self. 

Boyd is a TED speaker, the author of Cathedral of the Wild and The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life, and the host of the Track Your Life podcast. Using wilderness as a place for deep introspection and personal transformation, Boyd has taught his philosophy of “Tracking Your Life” to companies and individuals all over the world.

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Boyd, Books, Retreats & Londolozi

• Boyd Varty 
• Cathedral of the Wild (book)
• The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life (book) 
• Londolozi Game Reserve
• Londolozi Blog 

Tracking, Bush Craft & Persistence Hunting

• Tracker Academy
• Ju/’hoansi (San) Bushmen 
• Persistence Hunting
• The Great Dance: A Hunter’s Story (documentary) 
• Craig Foster — filmmaker behind My Octopus Teacher.

People & Ideas Referenced

• Rich Barton 
• Diana Chapman — Conscious Leadership Group and the 15 Commitments (book); the Whole-Body Yes.
• Josh Waitzkin — The Art of Learning (book)
• Marcelo Garcia Academy 
• Chris Sacca 

Places & Wild Contexts Mentioned

• Kalahari Desert
• Luangwa River / Valley
• Maasai Mara
• Cotswolds 

Animals & Field Notes

• Vervet monkey
• Black mamba
• Greater kudu
• Gemsbok (oryx)
• Cheetah
• Leopard

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