No matter how many resources of great scientific information that are available to us, how little you don’t know about the foods you eat can be the difference between living the good life and one full of sickness.

Dr. Autumn Smith, co-founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures, knows this all too well as a once very sick person who healed herself via nutrition (with help from Paul via CD) many years ago.

Autumn shares her life’s continuing food as medicine mission, her recent Ph.D. studies on nutrient densities of meat and her concerns about efficiency over ecology in the food industry this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Autumn’s inspiring journey on YouTube and watch her eight-part ReThink Meat series here. Follow Autumn via social media on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Timestamps

4:07 What people really don’t know about the food they eat.

11:09 Could farm-to-table nutrition in schools be part of our future?

29:03 Our top soil may run out within 60-80 years.

35:40 Dr. Bruce Ames’ triage theory.

43:16 The most common reaction to food sensitivities for pork consumption.

52:31 “We prioritize efficiency over ecology.”

1:01:38 Are synthetic vitamins really good for your health?

1:09:47 Good advice from the late Jerry Telle: Eat like you live on a farm.

1:20:23 Autumn worked with Dr. Stephan van Vilet on his study that compared nutrient densities in beef.

1:33:06 Most grass-fed beef we eat in America is produced in China.

Resources

The Dewayne Lee Johnson vs. Monsanto case

Glycine and methionine

Weston A. Price Foundation

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There have been countless arguments throughout millennia among great thinkers and scholars debating what organ in our body really runs the show. Is it the brain that stores our thoughts and information that drives our human spirit or our hearts that not only pump blood throughout our bodies but guide our feelings and emotions?

Rollin McCraty, executive VP and director of research for the HeartMath Institute, describes how our energetic hearts allow us to connect to our deeper selves and the world via a consciousness upgrade this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Rollin’s work at the HeartMath Institute website and on social media via Facebook here and here, YouTube and Instagram. Download a free copy of Science of the Heart: Exploring the Role of the Heart in Human Performance Volume 2 at this link.

Timestamps

4:40 Rollin’s early career in the military (learning missile systems) mirrored Paul’s experience working on helicopters.

11:00 A curious Rollin asks questions his college professors couldn’t be bothered to answer.

18:20 HeartMath founder Doc Lew Childre meets Rollin for the first time.

24:13 A series of transformations.

28:44 The energetic heart and the spiritual heart.

36:16 “Of course, DNA is an antenna.”

43:36 The main message of HeartMath aligns with Rollin’s spiritual philosophy.

52:03 Have you changed your world paradigms lately?

1:07:01 How do you describe coherence?

1:12:05 Heart rate variability: The most reflective measurement of a person’s emotional state.

1:17:52 The vagus nerve connection.

1:28:04 Love as the organizing intelligence that informs our physical reality.

1:31:07 Love as a spectrum of frequencies.

1:42:47 How the heart informs our emotional experiences.

1:46:20 What separates us from our pets.

1:52:33 Water, electromagnetic fields and the human heartbeat.

Resources

Heart Intelligence: Connecting with the Heart’s Intuitive Guidance for Effective Choices and Solutions by Doc Lew Childre, Deborah Rozman, Howard Matin and Rollin McCraty

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Despite what you may have assumed about channeling, it’s not a superpower that a minuscule few can tap into. The ability to channel is a gift you can master any time in your life, but only if you’re willing to do the work.

Cynthia Rivard shares her journey from executive boardrooms and raising four children to following the breadcrumbs to the spiritual space via channeling this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Cynthia and her work and free training resources on her website and social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Timestamps

3:20 You can never be too old to wake up, stay open to possibilities and follow the breadcrumbs from Source.

12:35 “All of us have divinity within us.”

20:30 World religions and new age culture have created too many walls between us and the divine.

31:19 Most of our struggles originate from human choices and toxic emotions that are stuck inside us that we must work on.

43:55 Wisdom comes from your connection to Spirit regardless how old or young you are.

54:06 Could you be using technology to hide from the world?

1:01:46 People are afraid to dream because they fear change.

1:16:31 Spiritual marketing and corporate religion.

1:21:29 This kinesiology tool helped Cynthia connect with Spirit and her clairsentience.

1:26:31 Improve your frequency by doing these things.

1:37:55 “Sharing what we know with others is the best way to make an impact.”

1:47:41 Change is coming…

Resources

Hope For a New Era: Turning the Tide, Love and Leadership Through Turbulent Times by Cynthia Rivard

Paul’s Living 4D conversation with Vanessa Lambert

Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings by Richard Hooper

Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by Dr. David Hawkins

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The practice of meditation is a safe and gentle way to liberate you from the noise and rebuild your inner peace and calm.

Yet, it takes a lot of work to master it, and what you may learn about yourself once you get there — depending on how much you’ve stuffed down into your unconscious mind — may be painful…

CHEK Practitioner Michael Holt describes some of the uncomfortable truths about meditation that no one will tell you unless/until you do the work this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Michael at his Savage & Saint website and Patreon. Find him on social media via Instagram and YouTube.

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Timestamps

2:59 Michael’s profound experience at Paul’s Mandala workshop in 2023.

11:50 Are you cultivating a life that allows you to examine and liberate the repressed emotional residues in your body?

24:09 Inverted hallucinations.

35:20 Today's world is populated with the most distracted people today it’s ever had.

49:06 “Everything you see is actually you.”

56:48 A good meditation practice is the cultivation of your skills of attention.

1:03:45 The Zen of unconscious competency.

1:07:55 Creating sovereignty through meditation.

1:14:49 The arrogance of humility.

1:27:24 A space of no demand.

1:38:05 The lion’s gaze meditation strategy.

1:59:08 Slow walking.

Resources

Michael’s conversation about Embodied Wisdom on the Kyle Kingsbury Podcast

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You’ve probably heard of chemtrails, those visible white streaks trailing behind planes spewing all sorts of chemical trails into the atmosphere, for a long time.

Unfortunately, that’s merely the tip of the literal iceberg these days as plans for even more deliberate climate change interventions under the guise of geoengineering are happening with no guarantee our planet will benefit from them.

Grassroots activist Matt Landman shares what he’s learned about the dangers of geoengineering as well as 5G and electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation this week on Spirit Gym.

Watch part 1 of FrankenSkies, The Documentary on the FrankenSkies website or on YouTube. Learn more about Matt and his work at his Actual Activists website and on social media via Facebook. Watch his Waking Up With Matt podcast at this website.

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Timestamps 

7:16 Matt’s introduction to chemtrails and weather engineering on a farm.

13:30 Matt’s life trajectory changed for good when he lived next to a smart meter.

29:03 The chemical components of chemtrails.

35:11 Authority as truth or truth as authority.

43:32 What’s in minds of people and governmental entities who support chemtrails along with whistleblowers?

52:42 Is glyphosate used in chemtrails (and vaccines)?

1:02:24 What can people do to stop this chemical invasion?

1:14:16 “Their endgame is bypassing karma.”

1:26:23 Will the pervasiveness of AI require us to prove we’re human?

1:36:00 A divine plan exists.

1:48:36 Our ability to go within is what will help us see all of the lies and win the war.

1:56:26 “There’s no stopping the evolution of consciousness.”

2:01:40 A spiritual crisis.

Resources

Loose Change by Dylan Avery on YouTube

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What’s more dangerous: Surviving the gauntlet of fighters in the UFC and still living in your mother’s house or sustaining a rattlesnake bite in your backyard? 

Kyle Kingsbury (UFC) and Paul (rattlesnake) trade survival tactics and share practices that will help you break the habit of being yourself this week on Spirit Gym.

Check out Kyle and his work on his community page and his Kingsbu website and on social media via Instagram and Twitter/X.

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Timestamps

2:55 Paul’s very close encounter with a rattlesnake in his water charger.

11:58 Kyle’s participation in a class-action lawsuit against the UFC.

25:35 What Kyle learned while working with Aubrey Marcus on the Fit For Service program.

43:48 Learning practices that will help you break the habit of being yourself.

1:00:17 “Give me a sign…”

1:11:03 The connection piece.

1:22:02 The book that changed everything for Kyle.

1:39:08 “The function of a broken heart is to let your love pour out…”

Resources

The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act

Walking With Bears: On Bridges to Earth’s New Era by Dr. Will Taegel

Thomas Hanna’s Green and Red Light responses

Paul’s Spirit Gym conversations with Julie Dean Richards, Dr. Alexis Cowan and John Churchill

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If you’ve watched the news lately, the pharmaceutical world is beginning to embrace the use of psychedelic medicines as a safer and more effective means to treat deep emotional challenges. That’s the good news…

However, are people using these ancestral medicines like allopathic medicines to bypass the deeper work they truly need that can create real pathways to personal growth and lasting healing?

Payam, a renowned international master of psychedelic medicines, describes the real and false promises of these medicines and how they can be used wisely to heal the wounded child within all of us this week on Spirit Gym. 

Learn more about Payam and his practice at his website.

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Timestamps 

3:37 Payam offers an invocation to begin his conversation with Paul.

6:52 A life of suffering and trauma from a very young age was the emotional baseline for Payam.

10:09 The start to becoming a medical doctor is turning off the human heart machine.

13:06 Treating psychedelics like allopathic medicines.

23:47 Healing the thorn in our soul.

32:52 Insight (synthetic) medicines (ketamine, MDMA) versus organic (spirit) medicines (Huachuma).

42:48 The importance of relational safety.

48:10 “All it takes is a kiss to get there.”

51:30 The false promises of plant medicines.

1:02:09 Payam’s recent lesson from the spirits: Cloud people and earth people.

1:19:16 The mark of a great man and his butterfly effect on the world.

1:23:32 The knives that were Payam’s first teachers.

1:32:30 Medicines Payam uses with his clients.

1:40:18 “The question isn’t not why (drug) addiction but why the pain?”

1:51:13 All of us are wounded children…

Resources

The work of Dr. Gabor Maté

Paul’s Spirit Gym conversation with Greg Schmaus

Reality +: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by David Chalmers

The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe by Jeremy Lent

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Over his long career as a practitioner and therapist, Paul has taken such great care in honing and fine-tuning his daily practices that for him to consider changing them is pretty rare.

That is, until Simon Cheng, the founder and CEO of Pique Life, put a thought into Paul’s brain in their first podcast conversation more than five years ago about using black teas to support his early morning meditation practice.

Discover what Paul learned from Simon that changed his meditation practice for good and why having a daily practice can mean all the difference in feeling fear versus peace of mind this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Simon and Pique Life on social media via Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. 

Timestamps 

7:49 Can drinking tea support a meditation practice?

14:41 “Technically, we’re spiritual kung fu brothers.”

19:40 One of the coolest things about tai chi.

26:25 The one book Simon has given to so many people.

39:39 A pivotal point in Simon’s life that led him to create Pique Life.

51:38 Understanding adversity from a spiritual perspective.

1:03:00 Meditation is only one of many ways to develop your own mindfulness practice.

1:09:25 Don’t mix Pranayamas!

1:15:00 Can you experience spiritual healing without psychedelic drugs?

1:24:15 A symphony of nature.

1:34:05 The intersection of nature and science combined with Eastern medicinal architecture.

Resources

Nandaka, the sword of Hindu god Vishnu

I Ching or book of changes by Richard Wilhelm

It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn

The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden

Reality +: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by David Chalmers

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East by Baird Spalding

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1Filmmaker Ben Stewart describes the tactics mass media uses to bend your mind to their will and how you can turn the tables by living your own myths and stories and embracing the badassery of being human by learning how to use the tools the fat cats use for good, this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Ben’s work on his website and social media via Instagram. Watch his series Psychedelica and Limitless on Gaia. Take the first steps to tell your own stories on film by checking out Ben’s The Soul of Filmmaking program.

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Timestamps

9:59 Storytelling: The oldest technology known to man.

20:01 The obvious answer and the new myth that can solve the world’s problems.

32:04 Neurocinematics.

41:40 Did you know your smartphone may be a military-grade weapon aimed at your brainstem?

52:46 Embrace the badassery of being human and don’t hyper-focus on the negative applications of technology.

1:02:56 How can we trust the messenger in the age of the influencer?

1:15:55 The only difference between art and propaganda.

1:21:42 Ben’s evolution from poet to singer-songwriter and, finally, filmmaker.

1:33:14 Synergies between myth and story.

1:40:13 In this age of AI, rapidly advancing technologies and dumbfounded people, we must write our new mythology right now!

1:45:53 Myth calls on us to locate, understand and engage the self on a new level.

2:00:57 To the change the world, you must actively engage with the consensus of opinions or you’ll be ignored and misunderstood.

2:18:09 The use of story to promote propaganda.

Resources

Land of the Free

Inception

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The stories we tell each other and ourselves have a very profound effect on our ability to sooth, heal and nurture ourselves.

Nancy Mellon, a pioneer in healing and therapeutic storytelling and author of the landmark book, Body Eloquence: The Power of Myth to Awaken the Body’s Energies, shares her life lessons, the moment she discovered Rudolf Steiner and how myth plays a critical role in our lives this week on Spirit Gym.

Find out more about Nancy and her work at her Healing Story website. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation with Nancy here.

Timestamps

2:12 Paul’s all-time, top-three book for health, healing and centering yourself.

10:09 Nancy experiences Rudolf Steiner for the first time.

21:14 How Nancy was inspired to write Body Eloquence.

26:00 An opening in Nancy’s heart one spring morning.

37:16 A case study symbolizing the power of story and art.

51:33 An old definition of inspiration: The breath of God.

1:09:31 Paul’s first encounter with Rudolf Steiner.

1:21:39 Imagination is in danger of being electrocuted.

1:36:09 Nancy’s favorite myths: Demeter and Persephone and Prometheus.

1:43:40 Einstein and fairy tales.

1:52:52 “The best healers are the wounded healers.”

2:01:10 Breath: An important element of storytelling.

2:13:38 “Every good story should be strange and miraculous.”

2:32:22 “The heart is the best guide for finding our real selves.”

Resources

Healing Storytelling: The Art of Imagination and Storytelling for Personal Growth by Nancy Mellon

The Cycle of the Year by Rudolf Steiner

Healing Forces in the Word and Its Rhythms by Heinz Müeller (free access via Internet Archive)

An Outline of Occult Science by Rudolf Steiner

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