Benjamin Sanford (Ben)—is a guide, educator, and lifelong student of both nature and human nature. He has spent over 25 years blending primal wisdom, cutting edge science, and soul work to help people reconnect with what’s essential. His background spans wilderness training, educational design, martial arts, and mentoring, awhich he brings into the way he lives and work. Whether he is leading a course, restoring habitat, or holding space for transformation, he shows up to help others grow, remember, and return to a wilder and wiser life of wholeness.

Ben and his wife Victoria live a simple life on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.

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I create, lead, and collaborate on transformative experiences and systems for learning, living, and leading in harmony with nature’s deeper patterns.
This includes:

• Coaching & consulting for individuals and organizations

• Designing learning ecosystems and rites of passage

• Facilitating training in survival, peacekeeping, and primal skills

• Stewarding land, wildlife, and regenerative community

• Building guilds and collectives rooted in relational wisdom

Each of my projects represents a branch of the evolving whole. I invite you to follow what resonates:

• Evolving Wisdom Project – The Meta-framework

• Kairos Guild – The Living Village

• Primal Wisdom Collective – The Global Network

• Tribal Edge – The Learning Center

• Hero Lab – Protector & Peacekeeper Training

• Spyder Lab – Trapping & Primitive Tech

• Tarzan’s Wyld – Tree, Forest & Wildlife Care

• Camp Aporia – Retreats, Rentals & Experiences

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I believe our world is in the midst of a meaning crisis—and that reconnection to nature, story, and embodied wisdom is the medicine we need.
I do this work to restore what’s been lost:

• The sacred bond between humans and the land

• The living wisdom traditions of mentorship and initiation

• The capacity to live, lead, and love with integrity in a complex world

My purpose is to help others remember what it means to be whole—and to walk alongside them on the path of becoming.

My approach is relational, emergent, and deeply rooted in practice.
I work:

• As a mentor, not a master—guiding rather than dictating

• Through ritual, rhythm, and real-world experience

• At the intersection of science, story, and soul

• With frameworks grounded in nature’s own design: complexity, cycles, and reciprocity

You won’t find formulas here—only living systems, responsive practices, and meaningful work that meets you where you are.

IThis section is for musings, stories, observations, and raw insights gathered from the trail. Expect a mix of reflections on education, leadership, symbolic wisdom, traplines, and the unspoken lessons of the forest.
You can find these shared in my blog, podcast, or newsletters—little fragments of the journey, written as if left carved on a tree for the next traveler.