Darren Hey

MY MISSION

I see a world that has been taught to fear the most wonderful gift we have all been given…LIFE!.  I have known this fear myself…most intimately.  In my attempt to assuage and avoid this fear I was catapulted down a dark road of denial and self-destruction.  Life however had other plans for me and It thrust me into an awakening of intense self-confrontation.  While recovering from an accident that left me learning how to walk again I began an initiation into self-healing and the exploration of consciousness that began in my body and then expanded far beyond.  In using life-force intelligence as my guide I have come to see and experience the unequivocal connection between the natural world and the health of not only our body, but our psyche too. The turning point for me was the discovery of a sublime order in nature known as natural law, that governed not only the arrangement of matter, but its animation by life and its shaping by consciousness. In these confusing times of corporate bias and misrepresented science our ignorance and fear of this is our greatest weakness. My mission: To self-actualise the responsibility for authentic regeneration of self, planet and relationship, so that humans and the creatures we share this planet with may live in peace, freedom and abundance. The journey starts within.

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

From Western Australia, Darren’s passion has always been regeneration through the understanding of Life principles observed from Nature. Since leaving a degree in Chemical Engineering – Darren turned to training and understanding his body in a career spanning the martial arts, military, personal training and sports massage. Darren turned to the philosophies and practices of Nature Cure, Natural Hygiene and Biogenics after a severe motorcycle accident left him having to learn how to walk again.

While learning and applying these practices for the past 20 years under the mentorship of Dr John Fielder of the Academy of Natural Living, Darren assisted others to do the same. His personal motto became ‘Transformation through Regeneration’ with principles that Darren realised are congruent for both the land and body, and through body, the mind as well. Realising that the highest quality nutrition only comes from well nourished land Darren turned to understanding the design of systems that could achieve a restoration of Nature back to permanent productive abundance with the aesthetic beauty that commercial industrial systems were only destroying.

To this end, Darren completed his Permaculture Design Certificate under Geoff Lawton at Zaytuna Farm in 2016, shortly followed by Earthworks and Water Harvesting training. He was accepted into the Apprenticeship Program directly under Geoff Lawton in 2017, before going on to serve as farm manager at Zaytuna Farm, Permaculture Research Institute in 2018 to January 2022. Darren is a Permaculture Research Institute accredited teacher, and also holds a position within Permaculture Sustainable Consulting Pty Ltd (Geoff Lawton’s consultation arm) assisting others to achieve their dream of off grid or sustainable and regenerative living.

Currently living off grid, Darren believes that in order to really change the world and usher in a new paradigm of living on Earth, you actually have to live it yourself. Not only does Darren practice a high-raw to 100% raw plant based diet from food grown off the land, he is also actively involved in his own awareness training through the application of technologies of consciousness. Whether through yoga, meditation, breath-work and others, Darren understands that if you can connect with the intelligent life-force energy within by any means, you will have a tool (and living friend) that will surely advance you not only in wisdom, but in freedom, truth and love.