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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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  • 421 — Quit Paying to Feel Worse: Redirect It Into Your Health With Eugene Trufkin

    421 — Quit Paying to Feel Worse: Redirect It Into Your Health With Eugene Trufkin
    Oct 27 2026
    Today, the world is facing a serious health crisis that’s pretty similar to another catastrophe nearly 100 years ago although we have more knowledge and tools at our fingertips than ever before to make a positive and meaningful impact on our health.However, today’s challenges are so grave what passes for modern medicine has shifted the goalposts so much that being obese is considered normal and healthy.Paul and HLC Practitioner and Eugene Trufkin, author of the new book American Culture and Normalized Pathology: When Obesity, Misery, Medical Drug Dependence and Disease Becomes a Normal Way of Life, share their vast expertise on living a better, healthier life by mastering simple principles this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Eugene at his Trufkin athletics website. Find him on social media via Facebook and Instagram. Check out his Eugene Trufkin Radio podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get them.Timestamps7:47 Creating a healthier lifestyle less focused on work inspired Eugene to write his latest book.10:14 “Americans have somehow figured out a way to become mentally and physically the sickest humans in all of human history.”24:01 Humans are buried in bad, dumbed-down health information.34:31 “Think of epigenetics as our environment playing the keys on a piano.”40:49 Can you reduce your expenses and live on a shorter work week?59:37 How much more does it cost (in health expenses) to maintain an overweight or obese body?1:14:00 The estimated cost of living on a 2,000-calorie organic diet for a year.1:25:38 The pioneer of the organic food movement.1:37:20 Humans are built as integrated, holistic, cybernetic systems, yet the allopathic medical system still looks at us as separate parts.1:49:53 “I know you get it, but are you doing it?”1:56:49 Are you following the path of average?ResourcesAnti-Factory Farm Shopping Guide and Laws of Aesthetics by Eugene TrufkinAnimal Farm by George OrwellEugenicsThe Technological Society by Jacques Ellul, John Wilkinson and Robert MertonAgainst The Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul KingsnorthThe work of Sir Robert McCarrison, Matt Kahn and Stephen WolinskyThe Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary SeldenThe Living Soil and the Haughley Experiment by Lady Evelyn Barbara BalfourThe Peckham Experiment by Innes Hope PearseThe 1-2-3-4 of Overcoming Addiction, Obesity and Disease by PaulPaul’s podcast conversations with Eben Britton, Jason Pickard and Dr. Autumn SmithFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20CHEK InstituteSpirit GymWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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    2 hrs and 6 mins
  • 420 — Why Psilocybin Belongs in a Church, Not a Clinic With Eric Osborne

    420 — Why Psilocybin Belongs in a Church, Not a Clinic With Eric Osborne
    Oct 20 2026
    More than a decade ago, Eric Osborne co-founded the world’s first public psilocybin retreat In Jamaica (MycoMeditations) on the heels of Michael Pollan’s revelatory New Yorker feature, The Trip Treatment.Eventually, Eric left the world of wellness retreats behind to establish Psanctuary, a Louisville, Ky., church that allowed him to create an ideal environment where he could build a permanent and legal community that focuses on people and healing with psilocybin.Eric Osborne shares his amazing journey from teen snake-charmer to spiritual leader and healer, explains why a church is the best place to do psychedelic work and reveals what he learned from his first experience with psilocybin at age 19 that he keeps exploring even now, this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about Eric and his work at his website and his Psanctuary website (where you can check out his My Mushroom Map mini-course). Sign up to read the first chapter of his upcoming book, The Psychedelic Reformation, at this link. Find Eric on social media via Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok.For Spirit Gym listeners: Eric is offering Spirit Gym listeners a 10 percent discount on all three courses Psanctuary teaches — his upcoming live, three-session My Mushroom Map Bootcamp (via Zoom) starting on Monday, Oct. 26 and Level 1: MySelf Training and Level 2: Friends and Family Spaceholder Training geared for people seeking out deeper journeys — through this special link. Save 10 percent on these courses by using the promo code SPIRITGYM at checkout.Timestamps3:39 Eric’s scientific obsession with snakes introduced him to the world of taboo subjects, like mushrooms.10:57 A sovereign being in a spiritual space.19:23 “I've learned more from plant medicines than all the books I've ever read in my life and I've read a lot of them.”24:14 Do you fear consuming mushrooms because you’ll find out what entities are already possessing you?35:24 Applying material science to psychedelics can be a real problem.41:40 What Eric learned in his first mushroom experience that he will keep exploring for the rest of his life.48:18 Eric believes a church is the best place to do psychedelic work.57:45 Why do so many consider scientism a religion?1:02:13 Are mushrooms conscious entities?1:16:31 Eric communicates with mushrooms.1:49:44 Eric leaves the Jamaica retreat he created to build Psanctuary, a Kentucky-based church.1:59:49 “Quantum biology will teach us more about the psychedelic experience and what is happening in these states than psychology will.”2:08:06 “Losing your mind is the entry point to becoming everything.”2:13:41 Eric is very cautious before he considers playing a role in a ceremony.2:23:39 Eric’s philosophy on working with someone in a ceremony: “I’m here to help you learn how to use this medicine on your own.”2:29:24 Could psychedelic therapy wake people up to their own personal empowerment or perpetuate their codependency?2:37:45 People can come to psilocybin with help from clinical professionals but they’re really not equipped to support you through this sacred experience.2:47:38 “We cannot truly be ourselves or discover ourselves without a community.”ResourcesEric’s recent podcast conversation with Kyle KingsburyRastafariPodcaster Shawn Ryan shares his experience with Ibogaine on YouTubeHow Psychedelics Work: The Hidden Mind and Our Power to Heal by Dr. Robin Carhart-HarrisPsilocybe ovoideocystidiataPantheism and panentheismThe work of Hunter S. Thompson, Thomas Merton, Paul Stamets, Iain McGilchrist, Albert Hofmann and Rupert SheldrakeOwning Your Own Shadow: Understanding The Dark Side of Psyche by Robert A. JohnsonPaul’s podcast conversations with Hamilton Souther, Robert Forte, Dr. Nathan Riley and Sasha LatypovaPaul’s solocasts on Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman and Shadow WorkScience and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything by Ervin LaszloThe Unknown Spirit by Jean CharonThe Are You Possessed? audio program with Paul and Kaedrich OlsenFinite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James Carse Food of the Gods by Terence McKennaFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20CHEK InstituteSpirit GymWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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    2 hrs and 58 mins
  • 419 — Vaccines, Virology and Cancer Statistics With Sasha Latypova

    419 — Vaccines, Virology and Cancer Statistics With Sasha Latypova
    Oct 13 2026
    What’s contained/not contained in vaccines and why isn’t it regulated? After all these years, why is the polio vaccine still a sacred cow? Why has Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not made the impact in human health at the federal level so many people expected? Explore the scientific truth behind the fiction with former pharmaceutical R&D executive Sasha Latypova this week on Spirit Gym.Read Sasha’s work on Substack, including her Summary of Everything and Quick Links Update January 2026.Timestamps4:19 Most pharmaceutical professionals don’t understand biologics — drugs derived from living organisms — are totally different.6:28 By the spring of 2020 (the beginning of COVID), Sasha noticed the FDA was behaving in ways she’d never seen before.10:18 The TeGenero scandal.19:15 Falling into mental traps and pretending into real problems.25:10 The differing concepts of error versus intention.37:10 “Germ theory consciousness is fundamentally based on fear.”43:12 Fear-mongering and propaganda from medical “experts” really works.49:56 “People need to understand that virology is not a science.”56:59 The truth about cancer.1:08:14 If cancer is driven by exposures, how did its demographic profile change so radically over the course of a century?1:15:04 Nixon’s war on cancer.1:21:22 The great business of imaginary spirit cooking.1:30:09 The polio vaccine is a sacred cow.1:45:43 The Biologics Control Act/Virus-Toxin Law of 1902.1:52:01 Nothing about biologics is regulated, even in vaccines.1:56:37 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wasn’t the defender for public health Sasha, Paul and many others expected.2:02:07 “[RFK Jr.] has no values and does what his handlers tell him to do.”2:17:28 Glyphosate.2:28:08 Diffusion tactics that distract you from the truth.2:35:25 “Smoking is hazardous to your health” falsehoods.2:59:17 “Don’t endow tools [like AI] with superhuman properties.”3:02:50 The crisis of daily living is always the same, so take as much responsibility as you can for the decisions you make.3:10:51 “Make sure your picture of reality is accurate.”ResourcesSasha’s What is Cancer: a Comprehensive Theory of Causes and Mechanisms essay on SubstackSasha’s 175+ Years of Cancer: The Big Picture the Establishment Doesn’t Want You to See essay on SubstackSasha’s conversation with Dr. Andrew Kaufman on YouTubeSasha’s conversations with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Militarized Healthcare and leaked Moderna filesThe Technological Society by Jacques Ellul, John Wilkinson and Robert MertonHydroxychloroquineVAERSHow Bad is My Batch websiteNIH’s Cancer Stat FactsVoltaire on InoculationThe Mahoney strain (polio)Secretory IgAPlato’s allegory of the caveGenerally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)The Adelphi Genetics ForumBritish Doctors StudyZeta potentialThe Science Delusion by Rupert SheldrakePaul’s podcast conversations with Dr. Alexis Cowan, Dr. Tom Cowan and Dr. Sherry TenpennyWhat Really Makes You Ill?: Why Everything You Thought About Disease is Wrong by Dawn Lester and David ParkerThe work of Charles Richet, Theron Randolph, Edward Edinger, Sir Robert McCarrison and Dr. Alton OchsnerOutbreak (movie)DNA: Pirates of the Sacred Spiral by Leonard HorowitzAgainst The Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul KingsnorthMissing Links with Gregg Braden on GaiaFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20CHEK InstituteSpirit GymWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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    3 hrs and 24 mins
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