“As a child growing up in a concrete village in Berkshire, I was my absolute happiest when running around barefoot in nature. Decades later and after a whole lot of learning, soul searching and personal growth, things have come full circle, and I’ve embraced the fact that being among nature and helping others experience the joys of a natural lifestyle is my calling. “

Though it was one I buried in my memory for a long time, I believe that my early experience being treated for clubfoot, strapped into restrictive boots, was what led me to seek freedom in whatever way I could find it – whether it was falling in with the wrong crowd and joyriding as a teenager, dabbling in drugs, or even joining the army for its promise of adventure. 

But it wasn’t until, many years later, I discovered that freedom is to be found in nature – in embracing our natural state, in a way that’s compatible with modern living – that I began to experience genuine health and happiness. My mission is to share all that I’ve learned with as many people as possible, so that they can experience it too. I hope you’ll join me on this liberating journey.

Tony

Official bio

Tony Riddle is a natural lifestyle coach, author and record-breaking barefoot endurance athlete.

Regarded as a trailblazer within the field of natural movement and lifestyle, Riddle is the creator of the Natural Lifestyle Philosophy, that encourages modern urbanites to reconnect with certain innate, ‘wild’ behaviours in order to increase physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellness.

Having overcome clubfoot as a child, which involved years of traumatic treatment, Riddle has devoted his life to physical training in various forms – whether it was serving in the army and later establishing himself as a respected personal trainer, pilates teacher and rewilding movement coach, or becoming an endurance athlete in his mid-40s, breaking records for running the length of the UK and completing the Three Peaks Challenge barefoot. 

While running his own successful pilates studio in West London, Riddle began to study the principles of natural human movement and wellness, including the works of Joseph Pilates, Erwan Le Corre, Lee Saxby and Dr Nicholas Romanov, as well as research into indigenous tribes. 

The resulting journey of discovery, which included extensive self-experimentation over 18 years, led to the development of Riddle’s Natural Lifestyle Philosophy, which combines his  physical training expertise with learnings across science, social anthropology and eastern spirituality.

A gifted coach and communicator, Riddle has taught the Philosophy to thousands of people worldwide, through talks, workshops, retreats, social media and the NatLife Tribe, an international subscriber-based community launched in 2020 as a response to the COVID pandemic. 

Riddle has been featured extensively in the press from The Times, Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Telegraph Magazine, New York Times, Men’s Health, Evening Standard, and on BBC Breakfast, Sky News, The Rich Roll Podcast and many others.

His bestselling debut book Be More Human was released in 2022. And the NATLIFEPOD, Tony’s podcast is released every two weeks.

A proud husband to Katarina and a father of four, Riddle considers his family to be his greatest teachers.