Howdy.
I’m Stephen.
Here’s absolutely everything.
What am I up to these days?
Traveling the USA and Canada, leading relational awareness (aka. “Circling“) retreats, tech consulting for multiple conscious businesses, integrating several years of Buddhist meditation training and two decades of technical systems mastery, all with an orientation toward service and collective healing. Recently I trained for over a year as a Resident at MAPLE in northern Vermont. Also I just completed the 200-hour CircleAnywhere Level Up program and certified as a Relatefulness facilitator.
The Meaning Crisis is no joke, and I am keen to explore the intersection of relational meditation practices and classical Dharma as a catalyst for positive individual and social transformation. I have recently led relational retreats for Dharma Gates and Circling Victoria, and in the past I have served as a facilitator and community organizer for the Austin Authentic Relating community, served many Vipassana courses, and volunteered with Permaculture and Ecovillage events around the world.
Doing this Together matters, perhaps now more than ever. 🤝
Where I Post
- Here.
- Publicly on Facebook
- In This Map of the Truth
Current Projects
- Relational Meditation (aka. “circling”) Facilitation in multiple cities (2022-Present)
- Heartful Tech Healing — Bespoke Consulting for Conscious entrepreneurs, coaches, and small business owners. (2016-Present)
- The Awakening Process — Complete Body-Mind rewiring. Here are some breadcrumbs from the Path so far. (2017-Present-ish)
Folks I’m Helping
- Dharma Gates — Relational Meditation Facilitator (2022-Present)
- The Relating Languages — Technical Consulting (2022-Present)
- Authentic Revolution — Technical Consulting (2017-2022)
- Jane Hayes (Garden Jane) — Technical Consulting (2016-Present), including the Permaculture in Ontario Map
- Bright Future Now, by Context.org — Network Member, Course Mentor, Technical Consulting (2015-Present)
Folks I Helped
- Monastic Academy Virtual Zendo — Community Steward (2022)
- Hickory House — Built their website (2022)
- EvalYouth North America — Built UI for their Kumu map (2022)
- Connect Humanity — AR Facilitator, Austin Games Night Coordinator (2017)
- The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) — Volunteer Staff (2015)
- EFF-Austin — Board Member, Meetup Coordinator (2014–2015)
- No. 4 St. James — Chief Operating Officer and House Generalist. (2012-2014)
- Texas Electronic Privacy Coalition — Geek Activist for HB2263/SB942 (which failed to pass) (2014-2015)
- Museum of Computer Culture — 501(c)3 that I co-founded in 2012. Waned by 2014. Dissolved in 2018.
Professional Desiderata
- Resume (PDF) (2020)
- LinkedIn Profile (2014)
Inactive Projects
- Bad Philosophy — Podcast, recorded semi-regularly with @kevsaund. (2008-2016)
- EcoTexan Tumblr — Short-to-medium updates on the EcoTexan Journey. (2015-2016)
- Last.fm — Music I listened to. Scrobbled from iTunes and Spotify. Bonus: Top Artists Wordle. (2007-2016)
- Instagram – @storrence — Images. Lots of images. (2012-2016)
- Twitter – @storrence — Tweets and stuff. Account suspended since name change to @ThatSoloMonk. Here’s a browsable archive. (2008-2015)
- Torrents of Thought Tumblr — Quotes, quips, GIFs, short writings. (2014)
- Torrents of Thought Blog — Essays and longer ramblings, sometimes poetry. (2014, Ghost, domain expired)
- CaptainValor (YouTube) — ASL music video channel. Also on: Facebook | Patreon | Tumblr | Vimeo | Pinterest (2007-2014)
- Stephen Torrence (YouTube) — Personal vlog. (2014)
- CaptValor (Flickr) — Photos and stuff. (2006-2013)
- The Input Learner (Tumblr) — Old blog. (2007-2011)
- Project Torlan — Halo / Unreal modding. (2004-2005)
How to Reach Me
- Book me on Zoom
- Email — stephen.torrence (at) that big free Google email service
- PayPal — Support my life & work
- ETH — 0x670B99633593758DbC5A3eeb610B0f7E0b4c9033 | stephentorrence.eth
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