Stephen Russell - The Barefoot Doctor
Voice of wisdom for unsettling times, martial arts, and meditation master, doctor of acupuncture, TV and radio presenter, author of 14 books, dance music producer, columnist, internet innovator and all-round loveable guy.
Stephen Russell, aka The Barefoot Doctor is a one off, unique character. He has dedicated his life to exploring, interpreting, practising and teaching the methods and philosophy of ancient Taoism, which he has made modern and funky – and appealing to the man/woman in the street.
Stephen has authored 14 books, all on the various aspects of work he has done so far including HANDBOOK FOR THE URBAN WARRIOR, LIBERATION, MANIFESTO, and more recently PURE, THE MAN WHO DROVE WITH HIS EYES CLOSED. He is currently working on his 15th book, SIX KILOS OF GOULASH. For five years, Stephen was also a columnist for THE OBSERVER.
Stephen has featured on many popular TV programmes including a regular on HEAVEN AND EARTH for BBC1, a term on BIG BREAKFAST, many GMTV appearances, and had his own series, THE BAREFOOT DOCTOR, comprising Stephen doing David Blaine style ‘street healing,’ which got all the picks of the week, month and year at the time.
More recently, Stephen has set up some revolutionary ways of teaching via video and live online events, using his own websites www.barefootdoctorglobal.com, www.superchargedtaoist.com and www.schoolforwarriors.com
For the past two years, Stephen has been living in Ibiza, where he has been working on two electronic music with voice albums in collaboration with two top German music producers and doing regular club nights, one of which was picked out by Style magazine as one of the most happening nights of the season. He is a composer and producer of mood-altering music and has played in clubs and at festivals as the front man of Barefoot Doctor Band. In 2009, Stephen launched his own weekly music show live on Ibiza Global Radio, the world’s most respected electronic music station. He also does a weekly hour on www.glastonburyradio.com
The Barefoot Doctor is truly a one off, and highly inspirational.