Hi! I'm Stephen.
I live in Totnes, Devon, UK...
...half an hour from Dartmoor, and half an hour from the South Devon coast.
These are some of the organisations I'm working with at the moment:
Short bio in the third person
Stephen Reid is a teacher and technologist who has trained in the fields of complexity science, physics, software development, meditation, psychotherapy, plant medicine, conscious sexuality and political activism. He is currently:
- teacher of the How to DAO, Tools for the Regenerative Renaissance, The Promise of Decentralisation and Introduction to Crypto & DeFi courses
- a delegate to the DAOhaus UberHaus DAO and one of the UberHaus UberPaladins
- a member of the not-for-profit worker co-operative Dandelion Collective and the lead developer of Dandelion, a platform for ticketed events and co-created gatherings
- a Panvala committee member and a representative to Panvala's Regenerative Commons Coalition
Previously, he was the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK and worked as a technology consultant for organisations including the New Economics Foundation, the Living Wage Foundation and 350.org. Stephen has an MPhys in Physics from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in quantum field theory, and an MRes in Complexity Sciences from the University of Bristol.
Since you've come this far, I'd love to stay in touch.
Ancestry
32.1%
British & Irish 13%
Broadly Northwestern European 12.8%
French & German 5.5%
Broadly European 0.7%
Scandinavian 0.7%
Spanish & Portuguese 0.2%
Broadly South European 8.5%
Ashkenazi Jewish 11.1%
Broadly Central & South Asian 9.7%
Northern Indian & Pakistani (Maharashtra) 4.2%
Broadly Central Asian, Northern Indian & Pakistani 0.3%
Broadly Southern South Asian 1.2%
Unknown Training and teachers
Soulcraft & Wild Mind
- Wild Mind Intensive at Lūžņa, Latvia (Aug 2021)
Meditation
- Vipassana at Dhamma Dipa (Feb 2017)
- Sensory Awareness at the Esalen Institute with Lee Lesser (Nov 2015)
Psychotherapy
- Foundation in Core Process Psychotherapy from the Karuna Institute (Mar 2020)
- One-on-one Core Process Psychotherapy sessions (Aug 2020 - Oct 2021)
- Awakening of Love by Path Retreats (Mar 2017)
Plant medicine
- Noya Rao dieta with Manuela Mahua near Pucallpa, Peru (Dec 2017)
- Mushroom cultivation at Fungi Academy, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala (Jan 2018)
Conscious sexuality
- ISTA 1 with Elaine Young, Binoy Milton D'souza & Frank Mondeose (Sep 2019)
- The Tantric Opening with Gaia Ma at Inanitah, Ometepe, Nicaragua (Nov 2017)
- Ma Ananda Sarita's Tantra Essence course (2020)
Burns
- Nowhere (2014, 2015, 2016)
- The Borderland (2016, 2017, 2019)
- Kiez Burn (2019)
Other
- Music retreats with Rainer Scheurenbrand (Mar 2018, Feb 2020)
- Deep Magic retreat with Julian Vayne and Nikki Wyrd at St. Nectan's Glen (May 2018)
- Short course in Erotic Ecology at Schumacher College with Andreas Weber (Mar 2018)
- Haka with Matiu Te Huki (Feb 2019)
- Divine Ridiculous Lupercalia (Feb 2020)
Physics
- MPhys in Physics at the University of Oxford (2004-2008)
- Final year specialisations in quantum field theory and condensed matter physics
- Dissertation on community detection in complex networks supervised by Mason Porter
- Main tutor Dr Candadi Sukumar
Complexity science
- MRes in Complexity Science at the Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, University of Bristol (2008-2009)
- Research projects on automated trading agents in financial markets and synthetic biology
- Lead developer of the software that won Best Model at the iGEM 2009 competition
Previous affiliations
- SEEDS, Contributor
- Enspiral, Contributor
- The Psychedelic Society, Founder
- Breaking Convention Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness, Press officer
- Greenpeace UK, Board member
- New Economy Organisers Network, Network organiser
- Extinction Rebellion, Livestreaming & Wellbeing
- UK Uncut, Co-founder
- The Intruders, Co-founder
- Digital consultancy work for organisations including the New Economics Foundation, 38 Degrees, the Labour Party, the Green Party, 350.org, the Living Wage Foundation, Positive Money, SumOfUs, 10:10 and Brandalism
Places and plans
Recent speaking engagements
- Mar 2021
- Charles Eisenstein on the Regenerative Renaissance
- Dec 2020
- Psychedelic Futures: The Pollination Approach
- Nov 2020, University of Cambridge
- Psychedelics and the Living Planet
- Aug 2020, Medicine Festival
- Tech for Good: The Promise of Decentralisation
- Aug 2020, Medicine Festival
- The Corporatisation of Medicine
Peer-reviewed research
- Sep 2012, PLOS One
- BSim: An Agent-Based Tool for Modeling Bacterial Populations in Systems and Synthetic Biology
- Aug 2012, APS Physical Review E
- Taxonomies of networks from community structure
Read my blog series on my samá (dieta) with Noya Rao
Diet
- Plant-based vegetarian
- Low dairy
- Cheese → Vegan umami flavours
- Milk/yoghurt → Soy/rice/nut/coconut alternatives
- Butter → Oil
- Cheese → Vegan umami flavours
- Few eggs
- Low sugar, complex over simple carbs
- Top snack: mixed nuts
- Fast from time to time
- Drink plenty of water & tea, some fresh juice
- Coffee and alcohol only on special occasions
- Medicinal foods: turmeric + black pepper, mushroom extract, lemon, ginger, garlic, green tea, cayenne
- Living foods: probiotic yoghurt, kombucha
- Digital health
- No smartphone in bedroom
- Notifications off for most apps
- Unplugged from social media
Airtable