Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Need a musical lift at the right healing frequency as you get ready for the upcoming Holiday Season?Composer/sound alchemist Ian Morris returns to share his evolving process for creating healing music (including the use of astrology), details about an upcoming clinical trial based on his work and an answer to an age-old question in this soothing Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Ian and his work on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.For Living 4D listeners: Save 30 percent on Ian’s music and digital albums at Listening to Smile by using the promo code living4D at checkout. Save 5 percent on Workplace Wellness Programs by using the living4D promo code at checkout. Save 30 percent on Listening to Smile’s annual affiliate program (including support, training and 14 digital albums) by using the living4D promo code when you check out.Show NotesThe healing effect of Ian’s music with veterans leading to a clinical trial. (4:12)In the beginning, Ian felt the pain of a method actor constantly repeating the same role in the process of creating his healing music. (7:21)Using astrology to create healing music. (10:38)Creativity: One of the highest forms of healing. (18:17)“One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.” (31:15)A disrespect toward music. (42:39)Music and psychedelics. (1:03:51)Embrace your unique sound and voice. (1:12:29)Breaking the fear of expressing yourself through playing a musical instrument. (1:23:00)Have creative people lost their power to create things for good? (1:31:05)Creating something from nothing is magic. (1:40:51)The word palette. (1:47:19)What would want your future self teach you in childhood? (1:59:11)Struggling with perfection. (2:11:04)Monitor and modify your personal frequency. (2:17:29)Ian describes his workplace wellness and personal frequency coaching programs. (2:22:26)ResourcesIf you enjoy the songs you hear during Paul’s conversation with Ian Morris, check out the full albums on BandcampThe music of Herb Alpert Alan Moore discusses magic on YouTubeMore resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: CHEK Institute Black Friday, Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

How has fitness evolved as a practice and industry so far in the 21st Century? Has it changed for the better or worse? Where is fitness heading and what does that means for your life and health?Paul talks to a legendary trio of fitness veterans — Matt Nichol, Mindy Mylrea and Matthew Januszek — who share their valuable insights about the future of exercise and performance in this very special Living 4D podcast.Find out more about Matt’s work at his website and on Instagram. Learn more about Mindy’s mission on One Day to Wellness and social media via YouTube and Instagram. Enjoy a free workout with Mindy at this link. Explore Matthew’s work at his Escape Fitness website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Listen to his Escape Your Limits podcast on Apple Podcasts or watch it on YouTube.Show Notes“Your philosophy of health and fitness should have meaning, or your heart is never in it.” (4:06)Movement nutrition. (7:50)Cardio training is no panacea for total fitness. (15:52)The alignment of health, wellness, fitness and performance as one. (25:32)The ongoing struggle with filtering the good and useful information from the bad. (33:35)Human interaction really matters. (41:48)Mindy’s introduction to anaerobic training in a bar helped her win $5,000. (57:11)Mindy and Paul created the working-in concept at nearly the same time. (1:02:32)Young trainers in the fitness industry aren’t learning how to teach, create and think for themselves. (1:11:29)“I don’t want a device telling me that I’ve slept well.” (1:24:23)“A healthy body is at the center of what I do because it links to a healthy mind.” (1:40:46)If 80-90 percent of the world just did the basics… (1:57:38)The prices young people pay for enhancing their body’s performance will devastate them one day. (2:04:12)More resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: CHEK Institute/Black Friday, OrganifiThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

There’s little doubt that we’re living in an epistemological crisis, particularly when it comes to how we get food and water — mostly polluted and nutrient poor — from the source to our kitchen tables.How do we begin to clean up the mess and eat better and healthier foods?Fred Provenza, professor emeritus of Behavioral Ecology in the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University, describes nutritional wisdom and what that means for the future of the planet in this granular Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Fred’s work at Understanding AG and Farming Secrets.Show NotesWildlife biologists considered ranching and farming degraders of landscapes. (6:36)Have we lost our self-reliance? (9:32)Nutritional wisdom. (18:35)Animals can learn to eat or avoid foods based on post-ingested feedback. (29:06)How some animals innovate to survive. (40:32)“Eating (anything) is participating in a very sacred act.” (52:07)Have people lost a sense of becoming something more or better than themselves? (57:02)Animals discern the range and taste of nutritious foods they eat before leaving the womb. (1:09:29)The importance of the gut microbiome. (1:15:06)Adding the element of choice alters what animals eat and how much. (1:32:37)How Big Food hijacks the system and our health. (1:37:36)Where do you get your tomatoes? (1:41:35)“When the data don’t fit your hypothesis, you have to follow the data.” (2:02:52)Secondary compounds plants use to protect themselves from herbivores and other plants. (2:21:21)The value of plant diversity for our health and environment. (2:30:12)Plants and animals are one step ahead of the curve of Big Ag’s chemical arms race that humans will never win. (2:40:00) ResourcesNourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us About Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom and The Art and Science of Shepherding: Tapping the Wisdom of French Herders by Fred ProvenzaForaging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of Change by Fred Provenza (free PDF link)Woodrat housesMore resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: The CHEK Approach to Swiss Ball Conditioning at The CHEK Shop, Paleovalley (save 15 pThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

How do activists succeed in achieving lasting changes in our world?Learn the ins and out of smart activism and how to get started in your community with Christine Hildebrand, the founder and president of A Voice For Choice, in this Living 4D conversation.Discover more about Christine and her organization on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, BitChute and Parler.Show NotesHow Christina created A Voice For Choice. (4:03)Online petitions don’t do much for advocacy, but personal contact with legislators and local officials does matter. (16:20)The effect of fear mongering may be greater than any placebo/nocebo effect. (35:49)A mythical transition. (47:01)“To me, the COVID-19 lockdowns tore apart everything that makes us whole.” (1:04:03)Christine explains why her organization sells masks, although she doesn’t believe in them. (1:13:53)Easy things like sending postcards have a greater impact than emails or petitions. (1:24:00)What is justice? (1:32:19)What’s really killing Americans. (1:48:07)Censorship. (2:02:42)Creating alternative systems. (2:19:02)What do you want to change over the next decade? (2:37:09)Like many things, activism is a marathon, not a sprint. (2:46:14) ResourcesTurtles All The Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth edited by Zoey O’TooleDissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines and The Forgotten History by Dr. Suzanne Humphries and Roman BystrianykThe Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life by Arthur FirstenbergSacred Geometry: Spiritual Science with Robert Gilbert on GaiaThe Social Dilemma on NetflixOneness vs. the 1% by Vandana and Kartikey ShivaThe Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.More resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: CHEK IMS 1/CHEK Shop, BiOptimizers (save an extra 10 percent on your purchase by using the code PAUL10 at checkout), Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

Bonding with nature is a powerful thing, especially for those who use hunting to get in touch with the deepest parts of their souls.Mansal Denton describes the process of sacred hunting he teaches and how to harness the power of nature for your spiritual benefit, whether you want to hunt or not, in this very primal Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Mansal at his Sacred Hunting website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.For Living 4D listeners: If you’re interested in participating in a sacred hunt, receive a $250 discount when you enroll by mentioning that you heard about it on Living 4D.Show NotesMansal’s rite of passage into manhood came in prison. (5:54)What sacred ritual means to Mansal. (10:54)Sexual abstinence and hunting. (19:44)The act of sacrifice. (27:34)The importance of myth in our lives. (36:00)Could going to prison be its own rite of passage? (58:31)“Nature is the ultimate embodiment of the feminine.” (1:10:14)The act of hunting evokes a practice of death medicine. (1:14:09)How can you save the planet without processing the grief you feel? (1:22:53)What’s your relationship with death? (1:33:27) Any disconnects we have with fundamental parts of ourselves are revealed in very unhealthy ways. (1:41:45)Ways to get in touch with your primal nature without hunting. (1:46:09)You don’t have to take the life of an animal in a hunt to tap into your wisdom. (1:55:01)Women can get a lot out of the practice of hunting. (2:08:51)Do you really know how to slow down? (2:16:53)The cosmic ancestors of a place. (2:28:20)Sacred walks with others in nature. (2:38:19)No AR-style weapons needed for sacred hunting. (2:55:22)The most important relationships a hunter has: God, nature, your self and, most importantly, the animal. (2:59:23)ResourcesMansal on the Kyle Kingsbury PodcastKill BillBoys Adrift by Leonard SaxSand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson YunkaportaPaul’s Living 4D conversation with James CarseThe work of Shane McDermottMore resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: CHThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

If you haven’t noticed lately, housing has become unaffordable at about the same time in America that our environment has become dirtier and unhealthy. How do we move forward as a society with these very formidable obstacles standing in our way?Architect Michael Reynolds shares how he has perfected the Earthship concept that uses natural and repurposed materials to build ecologically sustainable dwellings to make the world a safer and nicer place in this very homey Living 4D conversation.For Living 4D listeners: Save 10 percent on Earthside Academy program sessions by mentioning the Living 4D with Paul Chek podcast when you sign up.Learn more Michael’s work at his Earthship Global website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.Show NotesEarthships: Vessels that sail on the seas of tomorrow. (3:02)“I want to make a life available for people so they are happy and secure, and it makes the world safer and nicer for me.” (20:53)Your best defense for the world that surrounds you. (25:51)Architects follow their own dogmas too. (35:12)Michael’s cautionary dream about human nature. (47:43)What people really thirst for. (54:36)Making mistakes helps you evolve. (1:06:47)A very popular t-shirt Michael sells. (1:11:52)The best complement Michael has received about his Earthships. (1:22:59)The trap of modernism. (1:33:33)“You have to learn to die before you die.” (1:45:26)Maneuverability. (1:50:20)How do you create a movement? (1:57:12)The manufactured American dream: An unreachable myth that’s never enough for some people. (2:07:09)ResourcesGarbage WarriorSurfers Against SewageThe work of Edgar MitchellMaslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsThanks to our awesome sponsors: CHEK Academy, Organifi (save 20 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout), Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code chek15 at checkout), BiOptimizers (save an extra 10 percent on your purchase by using the code PAUL10 at checkout) and Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK15 at checkout).We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

How you communicate with your pet on a daily basis often says a lot about how evolved you are as a human being. Pets have their own ways of communicating their needs, if their human companions are really paying attention.Learn why the alpha hierarchy is so important in any relationship with your pet and how dogs really communicate with their human companions from canine behaviorist Sasha Armstrong in this Living 4D conversation. (Don’t miss Paul’s electrifying experience with a shock collar!)Check out Sasha’s work on her Canine State of Mind website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.For Living 4D listeners: Sign up for Sasha’s new course, The Embodied Alpha Masterclass, and save 30 percent when you use the promo code paulchek30 at checkout time. Show NotesDogs were the original teachers for humans. (5:25)Working with the behaviors of a dog begins with educating his/her human companion. (11:43)How dogs benefit from being with humans. (13:10)The alpha male hierarchy between dogs and humans. (20:08)What happens when there's a lack of an alpha hierarchy in families and canines. (32:59)Most dogs eat biologically inappropriate, dead foods. (49:12)What combinations of animals can you raise safely in the same home? (1:04:03)Treating dogs as status symbols, not with real care. (1:12:19)“Dogs have needs, not wants or desires.” (1:16:19)Working with veterinarians. (1:24:04)How codependency plays out between dogs and owners. (1:31:27)Dogs speak energy, not English. (1:40:00)Treating undesirable behaviors from your dog with this magical technique. (1:59:17)Shock collar at max 1 Paul 0. (2:04:24)Resetting your dog’s behavior in public. (2:11:49)What Paul would do if one of his dogs talked to him. (2:29:56)ResourcesAnthropomorphismThe work of Dr. Barbara RoyalThe Forever Dog by Rodney Habib and Dr. Karen Shaw BeckerThe Royal Treatment: A Natural Approach to Wildly Healthy Pets by Dr. Barbara RoyalSoylent GreenThanks to our awesome sponsors: CHEK Academy, Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code chek15 at checkout), BiOptimizers (save an extra 10 percent on your purchase by using the code PAUL10 at checkout), Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

Join this enlightening conversation where a Catholic priest discusses mythology versus history, a third way between extremes, and the importance of laughter in spirituality. Explore the idea of prophesying to prevent the future, the touch of the Master's Hand, mental health in religion, and Sean's belief in reincarnation.

You’ve heard Paul talk a lot about the work of Ken Wilber and how it has influenced his life and career as a teacher and healer. Dr. Keith Witt returns the podcast to discuss the state of American life in the post COVID-19 era and how we can begin to heal and grow by embracing more integrative approaches inspired by Wilber and others in this mindful Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Keith’s work at his website where you can enroll in his FREE Art and Science of Relationships course which includes a copy of his book, The Attuned Family, and 12 weeks of videos full of spiritual, personal and relationship tips for a great life.Show NotesAmerican industry keeps people just healthy enough to be dependent on them. (9:52)Human behavior falls into two categories: Solutions or drama. (14:57)The dialectic of progress. (22:37)Everyone has this superpower. (30:02)A volatile mix of politics, emotional challenges and personality disorders. (41:11)Dos and don’ts with guns. (55:37)The lack of cognitive dissonance creates so much unnecessary suffering. (1:05:07)Do you learn through trauma or resilience? (1:16:18)How shadow work helps at an individual, unconscious level. (1:28:36)Authoritative versus authoritarian parenting. (1:47:06)Do kids need a little shame in their lives? (1:53:04)Recognizing your child’s inner wisdom. (2:02:03)Life inside the Four Quadrants, according to Ken Wilber. (2:06:50)The value of working with spirit guides. (2:19:11)A preview of Keith’s next book. (2:23:53)Do these mindfulness practices along with Keith. (2:30:46)Resources The work of Suzanne Cook-Grueter, Robert Kagan, Alex Grey and Dr. Dan SiegelMattias Desmet discusses mass-formation psychosis on YouTubeLisa Miller discusses her book The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life on YouTubeBeena Sharma describes Polarity Wisdom on YouTubeThe Gift of Shame by Dr. Keith WittMore resources for this episode are available on our website. Thanks to our awesome sponsors: CHEK Academy, CymbiotThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

How can we live in good health if grocers and suppliers sell foods full of chemicals and pesticides?Permaculture expert Jim Gale explains some easy ways to grow whole foods in your yard in this nourishing Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Jim and his work at Food Forest Abundance and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.For Living 4D listeners: Save 5 percent on a consultation or a customized food forest design with Jim and his team at his website by using the code PAULCHEK when you check out.Show Notes“ADD is my most precious gift.” (5:22)Energy and permanence separate permaculture from traditional agriculture. (14:34)There’s been a shortage of nutrient- and energy-dense foods for decades. (25:19)Part of Jim’s mission: Wiping out the three levels of BS about growing food. (37:04)Sweet potatoes: A prolific whole food you can grow very easily. (50:12)Repurpose seed from the organic foods you eat to grow your own foods. (57:11)Water quality suggestions for growing foods. (1:04:20)The scale of emotions in growing foods. (1:18:03)The definition of permaculture. (1:38:41)ResourcesCreating Abundance in Your Backyard with Jim and Del Bigtree on YouTubeThe work of Bill Mollison and Victor HugoPaul’s Living 4D conversations with Autumn Smith, Michael Judd, JP Sears, Dolf Zantinge, Dr. Ibrahim Karim and Doreya KarimFarmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea and Japan by F.H. KingFind A SpringBlueprint for Immortality by Harold Saxton BurrThanks to our awesome sponsors: CHEK AcademyThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesKorrect SPIRITGYMPique LifeCHEK Institute We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.