Life as Practice

“If you take care of the small things,
the big things take care of themselves.
Gain more control over your life
by paying closer attention to the little things.”

– Emily Dickinson, poet

Notes now available at https://stephenreid.net/life-as-practice

Join Stephen Reid on a four-week group journey in cultivating wholeness & developing the habits to become our best selves.

By the end of this course, you could:

• be eating better
• be sleeping and sitting better
• be spending more time outdoors
• be meditating regularly
• be moving your body more
• be expressing your inner world
• be reading more books
• be listening to more quality podcasts and music
• be sharing more thoughtfully online
• feel happier, healthier and more alive

Each session focuses on a different area of wellbeing, and is made up of two parts:

• An exploration of some of the most helpful models and maps on the topic
• A consideration of some of the key practices including a review of the science

Week 1: Foundations

• Maps: Five Ways to Wellbeing & Jamie Wheal's Recapture the Rapture
• Eating well
• Sleeping and sitting well
• Nature connection & mushroom growing

Week 2: Healthy mind, healthy body

• Maps: The Brahmaviharas & the Three Marks of Existence
• Meditation
• Embodiment

Week 3: Self-expression

• Maps: Wild Mind, Dark/Light Feminine/Masculine & The Wheel of Consent
• Journalling & dream logging
• Poetry, art & song

Week 4: Evolution

• Maps: Metamodern, Integral & The Empowerment Dynamic
• Reading, podcasts & music
• Sharing online
• Psychotherapy, mentoring & coaching

The course will take place 4pm-6pm UK time (UTC+1) via Zoom on:

• Wednesday 7th September 2022
• Wednesday 14th September 2022
• Wednesday 21st September 2022
• Wednesday 28th September 2022

You will be sent pre-reading/watching a few days before each session (allow 1 hour), and homework at the end of each session (allow 1 hour). In addition, you will get most out of this course if you have the time and will to cultivate daily practice.

Sessions will be recorded and shared (so you can catch up if you're late/miss one), and every participant will be offered a 30-minute private consultation during the course.

About Stephen

Stephen Reid is a teacher, technologist and coach devoted to the flourishing of Life on Earth who has trained in the fields of complexity science, physics, software development, transformational coaching, meditation and plant medicine. He writes a regular newsletter, teaches the How to DAO, Tools for the Regenerative Renaissance, The Promise of Decentralisation & Introduction to web3 courses, and is 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 founded The Psychedelic Society, served as 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.

“Working with Stephen was something else. He held space for me to tap into a truly authentic and deeply honest version of myself, and guided me through a journey that really helped me understand my values and how to use them to make challenging life decisions at a key inflection point in my life. I felt so "seen" by Stephen whenever we spoke: he both allowed me to be my complete self whilst also challenging me on some of the stories I was telling myself. I'd highly recommend Stephen as a coach.”