Hi! I'm Stephen.
I live in Totnes, Devon, UK...
...half an hour from Dartmoor, and half an hour from the South Devon coast.
Short bio in the third person
Stephen Reid is a teacher and technologist devoted to the flourishing of Life on Earth 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 & Introduction to Crypto & DeFi courses, and a member of the not-for-profit worker co-operative Dandelion Collective, where he leads the development of the Dandelion platform for ticketed events and co-created gatherings.
Previously, he was the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK and consulted 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.
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Ancestry
Training and teachers
Soulcraft & Wild Mind
- Wild Mind Intensive at Lūžņa, Latvia with Sage Magdalene and Sara McFarland (Aug 2021)
Shipibo plant dietas
- Guayusa dieta with Maestras Ynes, Laura and Lila near La Fortuna, Costa Rica (Oct 2021, 10 days)
- Noya Rao dieta with Maestra Manuela near Pucallpa, Peru (Dec 2017, 10 days)
Psychotherapy & coaching
- Foundation in Core Process Psychotherapy from the Karuna Institute (Mar 2020)
- One-on-one Core Process Psychotherapy sessions (Aug 2020 – Oct 2021)
- Diploma in Transformational Coaching, Animas Coaching (Jan – May 2022)
- Awakening of Love by Path Retreats (Mar 2017)
- HER men's retreat with coach Alain Lagger at Brave Earth, Costa Rica (Oct 2021)
Meditation
- Vipassana at Dhamma Dipa (Feb 2017, 10 days)
- Sensory Awareness at the Esalen Institute with Lee Lesser (Nov 2015)
- The Courageous Heart at Gaia House with Kirsten Kratz and Laura Bridgman (Dec 2021)
Conscious sexuality
- ISTA 1 with Elaine Young, Binoy Milton D'souza & Frank Mondeose (Sep 2019)
- ISTA 2 with Elaine Yonge, Laurie Handlers & Eugene Hedlund (Apr 2022)
- The Tantric Opening with Gaia Ma at Inanitah, Ometepe, Nicaragua (Nov 2017)
- Ma Ananda Sarita's Tantra Essence course (2020)
Other
- Music retreats with Rainer Scheurenbrand (Mar 2018, Feb 2020)
- Mushroom cultivation at Fungi Academy, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala (Jan 2018)
- 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 at Canaan Downs, Golden Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand (Feb 2019)
- Clowning at the Divine Ridiculous Lupercalia (Feb 2020)
- Permaculture Design Course at the Apricot Centre (Sep 2022 – Feb 2023)
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
Burns
- Nowhere (2014, 2015, 2016)
- The Borderland (2016, 2017, 2019)
- Kiez Burn (2019)
Maestra Ynes
Maestra Manuela
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Previous affiliations
- 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
- Aug 2012, APS Physical Review E
- Taxonomies of networks from community structure
- Sep 2012, PLOS One
- BSim: An Agent-Based Tool for Modeling Bacterial Populations in Systems and Synthetic Biology
Diet
- Plant-based pescetarian
- 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
- Mindful use of coconut milk
- 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: green tea, turmeric + black pepper, mushroom extracts, lemon, ginger, garlic
- Living foods: probiotic yoghurt, kombucha
- Digital health
- No smartphone in bedroom
- Notifications off for most apps
- Unplugged from social media
Airtable