Born from the Wild
Soul Safari Leadership was born from a series of awakenings – each one delivered by nature.
The first came in the Masai Mara in 2020. Watching a cheetah stalk with precision, a lion rest without apology, and an elephant wait patiently for water to serve her herd before herself was life‑altering.
No leadership book had ever taught what these animals demonstrated in minutes: presence, purpose, and power without performance.
Then came the global pause. Covid cracked open the world — and with it, the illusion of control. We saw how nature offered not just refuge, but reset.
To rewild was no longer metaphor. It was medicine.
Another awakening arrived in the remote valleys of the Middle East, when a flash flood turned a peaceful hike into a fight for survival. In those moments of raw clarity — when death was close and everything false fell away — a deeper truth emerged:
Nature doesn’t care about your title, your degrees, or your carefully constructed identity. Nature asks only one question — are you awake?
Soul Safari Leadership was founded as a response to that question.
Not to teach leadership — but to remember it.
Not to fix what’s broken — but to rewild what’s whole.
Why We Exist
We exist because the world has forgotten what real leadership feels like. In a culture of noise, speed, and constant performance, leaders are taught to think more, do more, and push more — even as they feel increasingly disconnected from themselves, their teams, and the world around them.
But nature teaches a different truth.
A cheetah doesn’t rush, a lion doesn’t pretend, and an elephant doesn’t abandon her herd. Presence, clarity, and courage are not skills — they are states of being.
At Soul Safari Leadership, we help people remember what the wild already knows.
Leadership is not a title, not a performance, and not something learned in a room. Leadership is a way of being — grounded, awake, and deeply connected to life.
We exist to bring people back to that truth.
To rewild what has been domesticated.
To restore what has been forgotten.
To return leaders to themselves.
This is why Soul Safari exists — not to add more information, but to awaken transformation.
Our Approach
Transformation rooted in nature. Leadership grounded in presence. Change authored from within.
Soul Safari Leadership is built on three pillars – each one a pathway back to what is natural, human, and whole.
Rewilding through Nature’s Wisdom
We return people to the wild so they can return to themselves.
Through immersive experiences in nature, participants reconnect with innate wisdom, resilience, and belonging.
This is where anxiety softens, clarity emerges, and the nervous system remembers how to breathe again.
Embodied Leadership & Access to Presence
Leadership is not a title – it is a way of being.
Through somatic practices, breathwork, and experiential learning, we help individuals cultivate authentic presence, courageous communication, and grounded decision-making.
The body becomes the compass. Presence becomes the strategy.
Authored Transformation & Self-Directed Action
Every person carries a story – some inherited, some chosen.
We guide participants to examine the narratives shaping their lives, reclaim authorship, and design futures aligned with their deepest values.
Transformation becomes sustainable because it is self-directed, not imposed.
Our Co-founders
Naila Kiani
Naila is one of Pakistan’s most iconic mountaineers who has summited 12 of the world’s 14 eight-thousanders, redefining what human potential looks like at the edge of the earth.
She is a national ambassador for girls’ education, an aerospace engineer, an elite competitive boxer, and a tech entrepreneur. Her achievements have been recognised with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian honours.
But beyond the accolades, Naila’s leadership is shaped by something deeper:
the humility of standing before mountains that do not negotiate, the discipline of moving through fear, and the devotion of raising two daughters while climbing the world’s deadliest peaks.
Her presence brings courage, clarity, and lived resilience to Soul Safari Leadership – reminding every participant that the wild is not conquered; it is partnered with.
Asim Khan
Asim is a transformational leadership coach with over 20 years of experience, having coached and empowered more than 10,000 individuals across four continents. He has led enterprise‑scale change across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East, and is the author of the upcoming book Soul Safari, a pioneering work on nature‑based leadership transformation.
His programmes have been delivered in multiple languages — including Arabic, Georgian, and Russian — and he brings academic depth through a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence from Oxford University.
Asim’s leadership philosophy was shaped not only in boardrooms, but also in the wild: watching elephants lead through devotion, witnessing a cheetah’s precision, and surviving a flash flood that stripped life down to its essential truth. These experiences revealed a deeper understanding of presence, courage, and clarity — qualities that cannot be taught through theory alone.
His gift lies in helping people reconnect with their inner compass, rewrite inherited narratives, and lead from presence rather than performance.
