Boyd Varty: The Meaning Of Being Human, Overcoming Trauma And Learning To Say 'I Don't Know' | EP 443

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Align Podcast, Boyd tells us how African safaris can relate to the journey into our own lives. He also emphasizes how important it is to connect with nature for our personal well-being, especially in a world where technology is dehumanizing us on many levels. Boyd shares his personal experience with trauma and how he embarked on a healing journey through transformational practices and doing the work. Join us as we discuss what it means to be human, how to live towards the feeling and giving into the idea of "I don't know”.

Boyd Varty is the author of two books, The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life and his memoir, Cathedral of the Wild. He has been featured in The New York Times, on NBC, and in other media and has taught his philosophy of “tracking your life” to individuals and companies around the world.

Boyd is a wildlife and literacy activist who has spent the last ten years refining the art of using wilderness as a place for deep introspection and personal transformation. He grew up in South Africa on Londolozi Game Reserve, a former hunting ground that was transformed into a nature preserve by Boyd’s father and uncle—both visionaries of the restoration movement. Under his family’s stewardship, the Reserve became renowned not only as a sanctuary for animals but as a place where once-ravaged land was able to flourish again and where the human spirit could be restored. When Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment, he went to Londolozi to recover.

Boyd has a degree in psychology from the University of South Africa. He is a TED speaker and the host of the *Track Your Life* podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Lion Podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander. This is a place that we bring together
0:06.4	the world's leading experts in all things health and wellness to help you optimize your mind,
0:10.0	body and movement. Today's conversation is all about African safaris and how they relate to a journey into our own lives is with my friend Boyd Vardy.
0:23.2	Boyd has been featured in the Tim Ferris podcast.
0:25.4	It's been featured in most major media platforms
0:28.5	and he has spent his entire life tracking, lions, rhinos, leopards, and various different animals that you would find in a
0:38.8	safari in South Africa.
0:41.0	He is the founder of Landaloesi, which is a place where you can go and track
0:44.6	lions and animals of the sort. He is a big protector of these animals and he's just a really
0:50.9	genius, beautiful, wise human being.
0:54.8	And this conversation is, I've said this before,
0:57.8	but I think this is one of the most important conversations
0:59.4	we've had on here.
1:00.5	I think it gets into the root of healing our deepest stuff shares a ton of I would call it
1:07.5	ancient wisdom on how to live a better life and he's also a brilliant story tell he's the greatest storyteller
1:14.8	that I've ever bared witness to recently went out to an event where he was
1:20.6	beside this huge 10-foot bonfire telling a group of us these amazing stories of his experience in Africa and safaris and tracking journeys and he's brilliant so you guys are going to love this conversation, buckle up, get some popcorn, get on a notepad. I think this is going to be a really important one for you guys.
1:41.0	Thank you guys so much for subscribing so you get each week's episodes. We have so many good
1:45.1	episodes coming up. I'm very excited to share those guys and thanks for
1:49.6	leaving this reviews. I read all of them I greatly appreciate that takes 25 seconds to leave one in your
1:54.7	cell phone so I appreciate you doing that and thanks for doing you so let's get to
1:59.7	the conversation with my guy a living legend Boyd Vardy.
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