SCP Podcast Episode 205: Boyd Varty

In this episode, join us as we talk with Boyd Varty, author of "The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life".  A wildlife and literacy activist Boyd Varty, had an unconventional upbringing. Born to a family of conservationists, Boyd grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in the South African wilderness, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside wonders. 

Since childhood, Boyd shared his home with lions, leopards, snakes, and elephants and has spent his life in apprenticeship to the wisdom of nature. Boyd survived a harrowing black mamba encounter, a debilitating bout with malaria, even a vicious crocodile attack, but his biggest challenge was a personal crisis of purpose. As a university student, he studied psychology and ecology, supplementing his education by learning martial arts in Thailand, hiking through the jungles of the Amazon, and apprenticing to a renowned tracker from the Shangaan tribe deepening his intimate knowledge of the natural world. Boyd grew up speaking the local language and learning the true meaning of coexistence between people and with nature.

Highlights of this podcast include:

• Awareness begins transformation
• Tracking
• Authentic self vs social self
• Healing
• Solitude in nature
• The story we tell ourselves 
• And so much more

Follow Boyd on Instagram @boyd_varty. Learn more about his books and his work at boydvarty.com.