Who is Darryl Edwards?
“I Play” has opened my mind to exploring countless new ideas, and changed how I feel when I open my eyes every day of my life.
Darryl Edwards is a former investment banking technologist turned movement coach and author. He is the founder of the Primal Play Method® and a physical activity, health and play researcher.
After almost two decades working as a technologist in investment banking, Darryl transformed his health after adopting a back-to-basics approach to well-being. As a health and movement coach, Darryl now advises people on maintaining a healthy lifestyle—amidst the epidemic of chronic lifestyle disease. In September 2023 he became a fellow of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
He regularly presents as a keynote and motivational speaker at academic, clinical, health promotion and corporate events worldwide. Darryl's April 2019 TED talk "Why working out isn't working out" discussing the issues with physical inactivity and why most humans hate to exercise—has now been viewed over a million times!
Darryl is author of the best-selling books "Animal Moves" which highlights why humans should move like the animals we are. Inspired by the book’s success he launched a 30-day online course and created a range of fitness decks which have shipped to over 40 countries. The Animal Moves Fitness Decks are fun, fitness cards for adults, juniors (age 7-14), infants (age 3-6), office workers and fitness professionals. In late 2020 he released a children’s picture book called “My First Animal Moves”.
Darryl's work has been published in leading national and international press such as The New York Times, Men's Health, Women's Health, Top Santé, Elle Magazine, Men's Fitness and The Daily Telegraph, and featured on the BBC documentaries Eat to Live Forever, Doctor In The House and Inside The Factory. He has also appeared in the full-length documentaries Love Paleo and The Human Longevity Project.
His work has also been highlighted in the NY Times best-selling book "Grit and Grace" by one of the most successful music artists of all time Tim McGraw and in one of the UK's best-selling books of 2018 "The 4 Pillar Plan" by the UK's leading TV Doctor Rangan Chatterjee.
Darryl resides in London, England and publishes about living a healthy, playful lifestyle at PrimalPlay.com.
“Darryl Edwards is one of the world’s pre-eminent experts on Play!”
darryl edwards key Achievements
Amazon #1 best-seller in several categories for the book Animal Moves
2023 - Fellow of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (FBSLM)
Trustee for the British Holistic Medical Association.
Council of Directors for the True Health Initiative.
Board of Advisors Primal Health Coach Certification.
Presenting and hosting workshops at Harvard Medical School as part of Active Lives, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine.
Play Ambassador for US Play Coalition.
Amazon #1 best-seller in Children’s Fitness for “My First Animal Moves”.
Founder of the HEALTH Unplugged Lifestyle Conference, London, U.K.
Featured in BBC documentary 'Eat to Live Forever', 2015
Featured in the documentary 'We Love Paleo', 2016
Featured in the BBC documentary ‘Doctor In The House’ with Rangan Chatterjee, 2017.
Featured in the BBC Series “Inside The Factory”, 2022
2023 - Featured in the New York Times
