John Stokes on the wisdom of traditional tracking
Season 1, Episode 5
WAYFINDING series
“The quality of your attention is the quality of your life.”
— John Stokes
In this episode of Project Sekai, we're speaking with John Stokes, founder of The Tracking Project, to explore the art of traditional tracking and what it can teach us about our relationship with the natural world.
Drawing on decades of learning alongside Indigenous elders and knowledge holders around the world, John shares stories of cultural exchange, the wisdom of elders, and the ways traditional knowledge can help us find our place in a rapidly changing world. He reflects on how our attention shapes our experience of life, why caring grows from connection, and what it means to learn to truly see the world around us.
John also shares three simple practices for reconnecting with ourselves and the living world towards the end of the episode.
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