

Spirit Gym with Paul Chek
Paul Chek
Get ready for a no-holds-barred exploration of life and why we’re all here. Each week, world-renowned Holistic Health Practitioner Paul Chek and his guests will tackle topics like spirituality and metaphysics, human performance, diet, science, plant medicine, relationships, sexuality, lifestyle, and personal development with a depth and honesty that you won’t find anywhere else. Previously called Living 4D with Paul Chek, the podcast changed name to Spirit Gym with Paul Chek on Episode 300.
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Dec 14, 2021 • 2h 10min
EP 167 — Jamie Wheal: How to Recapture the Rapture
How does mankind find its way to a safer, healthier and more peaceful world?Jamie Wheal, a best-selling author and founder of the Flow Genome Project, provides a roadmap for getting to that next place in this no-holds-barred Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Jamie’s work on social media via Facebook and Instagram.For Living 4D listeners: Buy a copy of Jamie’s book Recapture the Rapture at your store of choice and receive a free copy of his Field Guide for Homegrown Humans at this link.Show NotesWhy Jamie wrote Recapture the Rapture. (6:13)How do we get to a 3.0 global system reboot? (14:51)Asking "Is today a good day to die? " is revelatory, not suicidal. (19:44)Transitioning from socially-defined selves to self-authoring selves to surrendered selves. (26:51)A leap of faith. (38:59)Humans are finally waking up in huge numbers that has never happened before. (51:53)The global Stock Market and timely election cycles undermine our collective ability to take the long view on big, societal problems. (1:05:42)Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technologies. (1:10:49)“By the time it hurts enough for us to be willing to make the hard choices, we no longer have those choices…” (1:31:52)Time to give up your entitlement. (1:41:40)Radical hope. (1:52:07)The explosion of podcasts exposes people to radical stuff. (2:01:17)ResourcesStealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy Seals and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Work by Steven Kotler and Jamie WhealJamie’s appearance on the Kyle Kingsbury Podcast via YouTubeThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe work of Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Dr. Bruce Damer and Philip K. DickCreative destructionThe 2,000-Watt SocietyFood of the Gods by Terence McKennaThe Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life by Arthur FirstenbergThanks to our awesome sponsors: The CHEK Shop, 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 eThanks 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.

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Dec 7, 2021 • 2h 39min
EP 166 — Dr. Monica Gagliano: Is Nature Conscious?
Could plants really be sentient beings who are capable of understanding and communicating with us?Dr. Monica Gagliano shares her amazing life’s journey that nearly led her away from science until “the plants rescued the scientist in me” in this environmentally conscious Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Monica and her work on her website and on social media via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.Show NotesGrowing up in Italy, Monica recognized the relationship between nature and health. (15:20)Monica’s work with plants emerged from a moral crisis in her research on marine animals. (24:28)Monica’s first plant medicine ceremony led to her deal with plants. (29:56)You have to choose to hear plants talking to you in this noisy Western world of ours. (41:20)The collective spirit between plants and humans. (50:32)Are we unidimensional or multi-dimensional beings? (1:06:05)Monica and her plants find a place to call home. (1:10:49)A specialist of impossibilities. (1:23:10)“We glorify innovation, pioneering and new bright ideas, but the truth is that pioneers don't fit very well with the educational system.” (1:30:25)Monica recognizes plants have consciousness for the first time in the lab. (1:37:09)Discovering the acoustic relationship between humans and plants. (1:50:02)The true and deeper meaning of reciprocity. (2:07:12)An amazing time of initiation. (2:20:34)Monica’s call to action: Resonant Earth. (2:31:19)ResourcesThus Spoke The Plant by Monica Gagliano and Suzanne SimardMonica’s interview with the New York TimesThe Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher BirdThe work of Cleve BacksterThe Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality by Paul LevyPaul’s Living 4D conversations with Paul Levy and James CarseFinite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James CarseThe Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life by Arthur FirstenbergThanks to our awesome sponsors: The CHEK Shop, Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code chek15 at checkout), 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.

Nov 30, 2021 • 2h 27min
EP 165 — Jeffrey Armstrong: Being A Spiritual Warrior
How did a man born in the white-bread suburbs of Detroit traverse the world to become a Vedic scholar, poet, a master of Sanskrit and a best-selling author, and do it all in one lifetime?The 75-year-young Jeffrey Armstrong describes his amazing life journey with pit stops as a monk, comedian, a writer of a rock opera, a horse trainer and an executive for Apple in the 80s in this Living 4D podcast Paul says is one of his all-time favorites!Learn more about Jeffrey at his website and The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive.com, YouTube, Vedic Vidya on Citti Media and on social media via Facebook and Twitter.Show Notes “I see you as an immortal being on an amazing long journey across infinite time.” (6:09)What’s your Where was I? moment? (16:17)Jeffery does rap. (24:18)The real meaning of words. (34:35)Sanskrit: A verbal expression of the laws of nature. (47:54)The significance of 108. (59:47)The eye of knowing. (1:16:19)Jeffrey’s first corporate job at Apple. (1:31:31)“You must have a core identity that cannot be broken.” (1:42:29)The importance of real courage. (1:55:40)“Our entire journey is to teach us to know what love and beauty really is.” (2:03:11)“Embody the love and beauty you have always sought.” (2:11:31)What psychoanalysis really means. (2:16:25)ResourcesThe Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive: A Radical Translation by Jeffrey ArmstrongSearching For Sugar ManThe work of Dr. Fred Alan WolfThe study of Jyotish also known as Vedic astrologyBruce Lipton on GaiaPaul’s Living 4D conversation with Laurel AiricaA History of God: The 4,000 Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen ArmstrongOneness vs. the 1% by Vandana and Kartikey ShivaThanks to our awesome sponsors: BiOptimizers (save up to 25 percent on your purchase of Magnesium Breakthrough and access more than $200 of free gifts during our November Black Friday/Cyber Monday blowout sale by using the code living4d 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.

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Nov 23, 2021 • 2h 9min
EP 164 — Paul Chek: Creating Real Health
Are you struggling with becoming healthier and whole in your life and your relationships?Paul shares how you can create real health in your life by having a clear dream, doing the shadow work to begin the process of healing, following his tried-and-true five program design factors, really understanding the three optimal choices you must make all the time and so much more in this very special Living 4D podcast.Show NotesWhy it’s not wise to work on healing a family member. (7:34)Where does one love come from? (11:34)How to achieve smart goal setting. (25:53)Shadow work: How to heal your story gap. (34:59)What’s your core complaint? (50:09)Shadow work and marriage. (1:00:52)Heal your shadow by switching from judgment mode to observation mode. (1:10:11)Does free will exist? (1:16:07)Paul shares an ancient Chinese creation myth. (1:27:24)The magical experience of living in balance. (1:39:56)The positive applications for doing nothing. (1:47:49)Transform your life by following these five program design factors. (1:55:14)ResourcesMind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics by Henry StappAmy Fournier’s Awakening Aphrodite podcast Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding The Dark Side of Psyche by Robert A. JohnsonKnowing Your Shadow: Becoming Intimate With All That You Are by Robert Augustus MastersArchetype Cards by Caroline MyssPaul’s Living 4D conversation with Mark WolynnPaul’s Living 4D Evolve series starting with Evolve Yourself PhysicallyPaul’s Living 4D series on Ancient Wisdom and Reimagining Your Health and PerformanceIt Didn’t Start With You by Mark WolynnNonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall RosenbergMore resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: The CHEK Institute's Black Friday sale, Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK15 at checkout), Organifi (save 20 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout), Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using tThanks 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.

Nov 16, 2021 • 3h 23min
EP 163 — James Tunney: The Life or Death of Our Future
Many have predicted the emergence of scientocracy in our lives and a machine-centric view of the world. How do we turn the focus back on Mother Nature and humanity?Author and painter James Tunney returns to discuss the dangers of scientocracy, the distraction of transhumanism and the steps we must make to work together to restore the world to a healthier place in this Living 4D podcast.Learn more about James, his books and art at his website.Show NotesJames dedicated his new book to Paul. (6:19)The year that the empire of scientism emerged, according to James. (12:17)“I believe we have moved into a totalitarian regime even though people don't want to recognize it yet.” (27:42)Balancing the rational and irrational. (33:09)Imagination as spiritual consciousness. (49:49)“Religion without experience is nothing.” (1:02:09)Has science become a religion or ideology? (1:19:33)“Technology and machines drive out the organic.” (1:30:44)Facing modern demons in the eye with no fear. (1:51:51)The slow killing of Mother Nature. (2:02:12)Don’t outsource your sovereignty, spiritual beliefs or mystical evolution to anyone… (2:13:22)“This idea of transhumanism is a spurious movement of distraction.” (2:24:02)“People are not algorithms or fragments. They are the highest thing we know of in the universe.” (2:44:21)The solutions: Go forward, never backward and embrace cooperation. (2:51:30)Living with honesty, open-mindedness, toleration, pragmatism and a non-judgmental attitude. (3:06:22)ResourcesHuman Entrance to Transhumanism: Machine Merger and The End of Humanity by James TunneyThe Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman by Rudolf SteinerJames’ discussion on New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove on Personhood via YouTubePaul’s Living 4D conversations with Ryan Meeks and Jeffrey MishloveMore resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: 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 up to 25 percent on your purchase of Magnesium Breakthrough and access more than $200 of free gifts during our NovembeThanks 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.

Nov 9, 2021 • 1h 59min
EP 162 — Dr. Kelly Brogan: What is Life Teaching Us Now?
How do you help to facilitate changes in others? Do you treat people like a hardcore drill sergeant or do you consider their consent and work with them more gently?Best-selling author and holistic psychiatrist Dr. Kelly Brogan shares what it’s like to have a soft, open heart and a strong spine and explains why people “outsource” their power to others in this deep Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Kelly’s work on her website, Telegram and her Vital Life Community here.For Living 4D listeners: Download free guides and e-books written and produced by Kelly at this link.Show NotesAre you grieving or angered about the state of our environment? (6:44)Dancing in complementarity. (12:08)Having a strong spine and a soft, open heart. (24:16)“Science and information can’t hold a candle to the power of trauma.” (36:57)The essence of readiness. (45:01)Why are people outsourcing their full power to others? (58:46)Tasting the power of choice. (1:08:27)“I have faith that people will be exposed to the information they need.” (1:19:37)“How would it change who it is you are right now to see the divine in what’s in front of you?” (1:41:53)Do you consider the concept of consent when wanting to help others? (1:50:31)ResourcesPLOS One study on the decline of insectsMaslow’s hierarchy of needsKelly’s paper on Healing Graves’ Disease Thorough Lifestyle Changes: A Case Report in Advances in Mind-body MedicinePaul’s Living 4D conversations with Dave Murphy and Sayer JiSilent Spring by Rachel CarlsonThe work of Edward Edinger and Alan WattsThanks to our awesome sponsors: Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code chek15 at checkout), BiOptimizers (save up to 25 percent on your purchase of Magnesium Breakthrough and access more than $200 of free gifts during our November Black Friday/Cyber Monday blowout sale by using the code living4d at checkout), Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK15 at checkout), Organifi (save 2Thanks 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.

Nov 2, 2021 • 2h 53min
EP 161 — Greg Schmaus: Healing The Mind: A Journey to Wholeness
Struggling with emotional challenges that dominate your life and harm your health?CHEK Professional Greg Schmaus returns to share the holistic principles he uses to help his clients create the mental space to heal in this very thoughtful Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Greg at his 4D Healing website and on Instagram.For Living 4D listeners: Save 20 percent on Greg’s Healing The Mind: A Journey to Wholeness program by using the code CHEK20 at checkout. Greg is also offering a free 15-minute discovery call so you can determine if his program is right for you. Check out this link for more details.Show NotesPeople who struggle with mental/emotional challenges aren’t connected to their bodies. (12:24)Using the elements as sources of medicine. (18:28)Often, the thoughts you have are downloaded from your relationships with others. (30:58)Do Paul’s mental diving board exercise with Greg. (46:04)The gut-brain connection. (1:02:27)Do Paul’s beginning of the mind exercise with Greg. (1:06:41)Archetypes, generational trauma and the human psyche are linked. (1:18:46)Do you experience challenges with being alone? (1:25:00)When Greg works with new clients, he starts with diet, a critical component of mental health. (1:36:11)Working with the mental watchdog. (1:43:53)Are there good emotions and bad ones? (1:53:25)Do you schedule healthy rituals and sacred time? (2:15:39)“The prerequisite to healing: Having a reason to heal.” (2:22:15)Creating a place of real stillness in your life. (2:33:12)ResourcesThe work of Alberto Villoldo and Charles Webster LeadbeaterEgregores: The Occult Entities That Watch Over Human Destiny by Mark Stavish and James WassermanThe Biology of Belief by Bruce LiptonGreg’s recent conversation on the Kyle Kingsbury podcastMore resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: BiOptimizers (save up to 25 percent on your purchase of Magnesium Breakthrough and access more than $200 of free gifts during our November Black Friday/Cyber Monday blowout sale by using the code living4D at checkout), Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchasThanks 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.

Oct 26, 2021 • 2h 7min
EP 160 — Dr. Nathan Riley with Angie Chek: The Inner World of Birth and Parenting
Are you planning for a baby in the near future and need some guidance on the best next steps to take?Dr. Nathan Riley returns to Living 4D along with Angie Chek to share some important advice about choosing the right physician, the low intervention birth process, the three stages of childhood development and how to handle fevers in this gentle conversation.Learn more about Nathan’s work at his Beloved Holistics website and podcast.For Living 4D listeners: Save $50 on your first consultation with Nathan or 10 percent on a time-bank purchase at Beloved Holistics by using the code CHEK10. For health professionals, consider Nathan’s Collaborator Program. Show NotesDo you have a real relationship with your doctor? (7:53)What does a low intervention birth process look like? (19:30)Childbirth is a rite of passage and spiritual process, not a medical procedure. (27:15)Why the health of a Mom’s gut microbiome is so important, especially for her baby. (36:53)Doctors don’t have all the answers. (44:07)The Golden Hour of bonding between a Mom and her baby. (1:02:43)Does your baby sleep in bed with you? (1:15:09)Nathan’s stages of childhood development. (1:24:39)Potty training. (1:34:30)The purpose of fevers in children. (1:43:47)“Life has to be seen as an adventure, not an outcome.” (2:00:48)ResourcesCartesianismGut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBrideThe Bitter Pill by Ellen GrantThe Soul of Discipline by Kim John PayneThe Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care by Sally Fallon Morell and Tom CowanThe work of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer and Marie-Louise von Franz Biochemical Individuality by Roger WilliamsScience in Agriculture: Advanced Methods For Sustainable Farming by Arden AndersenThe Biology of Transcendence by Joseph Chilton PearceThanks to our awesome sponsors: Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK15 at checkout), Organifi (save 20 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout), Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the cThanks 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.

Oct 19, 2021 • 2h 20min
EP 159 — Paul Chek: Why Kings Kill Your Children
Are you ready to wake up, grow up, show up and get involved in the world before the Kings and Queens who own more influence than ever take over?Learn about which archetype represents the life you’re living right now and how to move forward in Paul’s latest solo podcast this week on Living 4D.Be sure to stay to the end to listen to the song, Wake Up: Your Soul Knows What It Is Here to Do, created by Ian Morris for this episode.Show NotesWhat is an archetype? (9:41)The production of consciousness. (13:12)The child stage. (20:50)The warrior stage. (34:16)A fork in the road: Taking the Hero’s Journey. (39:52)Becoming a King or Queen requires high levels of mastery and discipline. (55:05)Where are the rebels? (1:08:32)The Wise Man or Woman path. (1:18:03)The punchline. (1:40:03)How to save your children. (2:03:12)“There’s 85 Kings and Queens in the world and 7 billion of us.” (2:10:15)ResourcesThe Collected Works of Carl JungThe work of Edward Edinger, Ken Wilbur, Arnold Mindell, John Archibald Wheeler, Edward Bernays, Manly Palmer Hall, Adam Smith, Chris Hardy, Walter Russell and E.O. WilsonThe Biology of Transcendence by Joseph Chilton PearceThe Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi KleinTao Te Ching: The Book of Meaning and Life by Richard WilhelmWhen God Was a Woman by Merlin StoneMore resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: 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), BiOThanks 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.

Oct 12, 2021 • 2h 11min
EP 158 — Tom Paladino: Scalar Light For Rapid Healing
ith all of the energies in the world that harm us, are you interested in learning how to harness a little-known energy to promote and quicken healing? Tom Paladino describes the phenomenon of scalar energy and how it can be used in healing modalities you never imagined in this Living 4D podcast.Learn more about Tom’s work on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.For Living 4D Listeners: Sign up for a 15-day free trial at Scalar Light.Show NotesScalar energy: The fundamental energy of the universe. (12:00)The double-helix composition of scalar energy. (19:46)The GMO food problem. (26:39)A fundamental mass-less form of energy. (36:24)Nikola Tesla’s connection to scalar energy. (47:49)Was the Philadelphia Experiment a scalar energy event? (1:07:02)Extreme weather events like tornadoes may produce scalar energy events. (1:13:00)Scalar energy is not bound by time or space. (1:20:29)A connection between the placebo effect and scalar energy. (1:39:03)How Tom works with clients remotely using scalar energy. (1:43:29)Can frequencies make health problems worse? (1:55:09)ResourcesThe work of David Bohm, Nicolai Kozyrev, Viktor Grebennikov and Royal RifeDisclosure with Dr. Steven Greer on GaiaPaul’s Living 4D conversations with Dr. Ibrahim Karim and Doreya KarimTom explains how his company uses scalar energy in this video on VimeoMore resources for this episode are available on our website. Thanks to our awesome sponsors: Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code chek15 at checkout), BiOptimizers (save 10 percent on your purchase by using the code Paul10 at checkout, PLUS, for a limited time, BiOptimizers is also giving away free bottles of their best-selling products, P3OM and Masszymes, with select purchases), 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.


