by Darren | May 12, 2018 | Embodiment, Exercise, Health, Movement
Play with yourself. Often. Reclaiming movement as your own. Recently, I’ve been playing with myself. Not because I have to, but because it feels good. At first I started to play with myself as an experiment – for plays sake. Increasingly though, I’m...
by Darren | Aug 23, 2016 | AlchemyFlow, Fermentation, Food, Health
23 AUGUST, 2016 In 2015, Octopus Alchemy held a fermentation workshop at a vegan cafe in St Leonard’s – A year on, we catch up with Scott Garrett to talk about his workshop experience and the impact it’s had on his own practice and local community. Scott Garrett What...
by Darren | Apr 7, 2016 | AlchemyFlow, Bodywork, Healing, Health, Massage, Touch
7 APRIL, 2016 Is there a biological and scientific premise to the importance of touch in our lives and communities? Yes. Those human communities that still live as tribe might have a giggle at our need to have explained and justified what is such an obvious joy and...
by Darren | Dec 19, 2015 | AlchemyFlow, Diet, Food, Food activism, Food politics, Healing, Health
19 DECEMBER, 2015 Trailing through the reams of research and stuffy articles on digestive health and autoimmune conditions, the human story can sometimes get a bit lost. For instance, there’s a great deal of focus on symptom complaints and potential remedies but...
by Darren | Dec 4, 2015 | AlchemyFlow, Alternative Health, Brighton Food, Crowdfunding, Diet, Fermentation, Food, Food activism, Food politics, Food review, Food Waste, Fundraising, Healing, Health, Medicine, Nutrition
4 DECEMBER, 2015 Since November 15th, Octopus Alchemy has been crowdfunding. To date, we’ve raised a staggering 55% of our overall target (about £2100) and the donations keep coming thick and fast. I’m completely overwhelmed by the generosity and interest in the...
by Darren | Nov 21, 2015 | AlchemyFlow, Alternative Health, Brighton Food, Crowdfunding, Diet, Fermentation, Food activism, Food politics, Food review, Food Waste, Fundraising, Health, Health politics, Medicine, Mental health, Nutrition, Update, Waste
Over the next month of our crowdfunding, we’ll be checking in with people who have been to one of our workshops and drawing on some of their experiences to help illustrate the benefits of supporting our work. Below we speak to Aidan who came to one of our...
