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Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
Book • 2019
In this book, Boyd Varty merges his experiences as an African tracker and a Master Life Coach to convey profound lessons on how to live a fulfilling life.
The story follows Varty and his friends tracking lions in the South African bush, highlighting strategies such as navigating without a fixed destination, staying alert, and using all senses to read the environment.
These strategies are applied to everyday life, helping readers find and follow their inner tracks to discover what is deeply important to them.
The book emphasizes the importance of living in harmony with nature and listening to one's 'wild self,' which has been conditioned to be neglected in modern life.
The story follows Varty and his friends tracking lions in the South African bush, highlighting strategies such as navigating without a fixed destination, staying alert, and using all senses to read the environment.
These strategies are applied to everyday life, helping readers find and follow their inner tracks to discover what is deeply important to them.
The book emphasizes the importance of living in harmony with nature and listening to one's 'wild self,' which has been conditioned to be neglected in modern life.
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