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Discussions and musing on health from an integral perspective. Incorporating Integral Life Practice, LifeForce Dynamics Qigong & Integral Health. We've also been rated as one of the top 15 Qigong podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/qigong_podcasts/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.
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Welcome along to the next in the series of interviews with leading figures in the Bowen world right now. I'm excited to share this episode, where I talk to Joanne Hewitt of Bowen College UK who has the vision of seeing a Bowen Practitioner in every GP surgery. She was inspired while working as a practice manager in a GP surgery by Paula Esson and d…
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Welcome to the next in my series of interviews with leading figures in the world of Bowen Technique. I am grateful to share some time with the founder of The Bowen College Canada - Manon Bolliger, who aside from her wonderful work in Bowen Technique, is also a published author, TEDX speaker and a deregistered Naturopath. In our interview, we talk a…
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Hello once again from me as I bring you the next of the interviews with the BTPA. In this episode I'm very excited to be interviewing Jihan Adem of the Bowen College UK. We talk about her history and how she got into Bowen before getting into why she is so passionate about teaching this work and what her deep interests are; TMJ, Breathing and their…
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Here we are with the next in our series of interviews with leading teachers in the field of Bowen Technique. Today I am really excited to have the (infamous) Gus de la Querra of the Body Rewired. Any of you who have been following Gus's social media will know he's the King of Vagus (no Elvis puns intended - honestly). Gus and I talked through his h…
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In the next of the series of interviews with prominent teachers and thinkers in the world of the Bowen Technique, I am really excited to share our latest interview with Canadian Bowen teacher and Homeopath Jonathan Damonte. Jonathan has been involved in the founding of Bowen Canada and the Bowen Therapy Clinics, the North American Bowen Teaching Co…
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Welcome everyone to another of the interviews in this series to speak with some of the renowned teachers of Bowen around the world. In this episode I'm grateful to be joined by John Wilks of Our Birth Journey, a well known and well regarded teacher of Bowen for many years who gave attended the BTPA AGM in 2023 and gave a fascinating workshop on con…
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In the next of our series of interviews with key figures and teachers in the world of Bowen, it is our great pleasure to share our interview with Paula Esson. Paula has been an exceptional example of tenacity and diligence when it comes to getting Bowen into the more mainstream focus and use in the NHS. Having pioneered the Northern Integrative Hea…
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In the next of my interviews with leading teacher in the Bowen Technique, we are speaking to the lead tutors of the College of Bowen Studies (CBS) here in the UK, Colin Murray and Jo Wortley. In this interview, we get to hear a little of their history and how they came to Bowen (from Martial Arts and the automotive industry - but guess who did what…
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In the next of our series of interviews, we are excited to have Phil Steward as our guest. Phil is the brains behind the most recent School of Bowen in the UK Assessment Led Bodywork Training which has been partly inspired by his work with Graham Pennington, who Phil spent time with in Australia and was encouraged by Graham to develop his approach …
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In the third of my new interviews, I speak to Ron Phelan, another of the really big names in the Bowen Technique world. In this interview, we discuss how Ron found his way from electrical engineering to Bowen Technique and the similarities between them, how he went on to develop his PASC - Practitioner Assessment Skills Courses and his approach to …
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In the second of our fascinating new interviews with some of the key figures in Bowen Technique today, I'm really excited to share this interview with Graham Pennington to talk about his wonderful Importance of Symmetry work. You'll see my brief fan-boy moment at the start of the interview as Graham's work has made a wonderful contribution to how I…
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I'm really excited to share the first of a series of interviews I'm doing for the the Bowen Therapy Professional Association (BTPA) to talk with some of the major researchers and developers of Bowen Technique to support both students and practitioners of Bowen Technique and for the public to have a better understanding of Bowen Technique and associ…
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I'm really grateful to have an opportunity to talk with my brother Sai Calder, the founder of LifeForce Qigong, about his Qigong practice and how it's evolved over the years. We talk about how he has developed LifeForce Qigong and why he felt this was a requirement for his health and well-being, his journey in self-development. We also talk about h…
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In this episode, I was really grateful to be interviewed by Laura Mac from Transforming you Live to talk about LifeForce Qigong. We touched on a few other aspects of my work, including Bowen Technique, Kinesiology and the Epigenetics as well as the qigong. As you all know Qi Gong is the deeper passion, that enriches my life and therefore my interac…
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It is a great pleasure to be interviewed again for the Transcending Explorations podcast by upcoming Integral and Health advocate Lachlan Dunn. If you have missed the previous 2 episodes of this series you can find them here in my blog. In this episode, Lachlan wanted my views on these really interesting questions that we see in Integral Theory Wak…
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After the success of the first of the interview's with Australia's emerging Integral voice Lachlan Dunn, I was really pleased that he wanted to do a second interview. At the end of our first interview https://bencalder.co.uk/blog/integral-general-theory/approaching-spirituality-and-spiritual-development-from-an-integral-perspective-with-ben-calder/…
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In this conversation, entitled "Approaching Spirituality And Spiritual Development From An Integral Perspective" we explore the following topics: - My worldview - Being able to take multiple perspectives and be flexible - Nothing is important , it doesn't matter, life is neutral - Most efficient and effective practices and modalities along bens awa…
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Recorded on #worldsuicidepreventionday Centre director Ben Calder talks to Marcus Matthews about his experiences with suicide and how it changed his life. Marcus shares his journey from feeling suicidal to now helping others understand what his journey taught him about suicide and how feeling suicide and anxiety are about killing who you have becom…
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It was a great pleasure (and with lots of laughter) to talk with my old friend and college Phil Clubley, who not only is a fellow kinesiologist, but is also the current chairman of the Kinesiology Federation, the UK's largest dedicated organisation for kinesiologists. We explore kinesiology (I mean for those who don't know, wtf is it, how do we eve…
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In the 3rd of my interview series with the co-authors of the My 2020 book, released in July 2021, I get to talk to Emma last of Progressive Minds, the business health coach and founder of the Human Reboot Movement. We talked about her move from corporate burn out to coaching and support individuals and businesses to really explore life balance in t…
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It was my great pleasure in this latest episode of the Integral Health podcast to chat with my friend and colleague Jo "Happiness" Howarth about her journey to be the founder of the "The Happiness Club". Jo is a well respected hypnotherapist who took her business in such a joyful direction, she is well worth listening to. Jo is also one of the co-a…
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It was my great pleasure today to interview holistic aesthetician, face yogi, beauty guru, trainer and best selling author Kris Davies on her journey from training in beauty at Champneys in 1983 to recovering from Fibromyalgia to developing her own vegan skin care range for humans and animals to being a Face Yoga teacher and trainer. There is no wa…
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I really enjoyed getting to have a in depth interview with Tai Chi and Qigong teacher Rich Morley. Rich and I have been social media friends for a few years now and I deeply appreciate not only the humour that fills his pages, but also the valuable reflections on why breathing correctly is so important not just for health and prevention of illness,…
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I am really grateful to my friend and fellow psychonaught Ralph Cree for recording this interview for his podcast Evolving Spiritual Practice where we talked about my work and it's relevance for integrated health practice. We talk about how to approach integrating the health of our body, heart, mind and spirit. I have been practicing Qigong for 30 …
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It's a real treat to have been able to interview "Dr Mom" Nelli Gluzman of Blossom Pediatrics in New York. We spent a great hour together discussing her protocol for how to achieve peak health for your family this fall with her Nutrition Immunity Program. I loved how she spoke not just about the importance of good quality food, but how essential ha…
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It was great to be invited back onto Calon FM to my friend Denise Oliver's Empowerment Hour to talk about men's health in November (during the now infamous Movember - Men's Health Month) and to highlight some of the issues that men can face with their health. We were very careful to point out that this was not an anti-female or anti-feminist show a…
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It was really great on Thursday 30th April to do a zoom interview with my friend and Access Consciousness Certified Facilitator Denise Oliver for her Empowerment Hour radio show on Calon FM. We spent the show sharing how we are surviving the corona lockdown (as you can see by my hair on the show photo), how I managed to change my normally in person…
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This is the 3rd of the interviews with the co-authors of the Life After Birth Trauma book, which has just been released and available through all the usual outlets. It was my honour in this episode to interview Sarah about her story, the miraculous pregnancy, losing one of her twins just 3hrs after birth and how it effected her life in the subseque…
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This is the 2nd of the interviews with the co-authors of the Life After Birth Trauma book, which has just been released and available through all the usual outlets. It was my honour in this episode to interview Elaine Godley about her story, her lack of natural inclination to be a mother, choices being made without her full understanding, her Out o…
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I'm proud to be sharing the first of my 3 interviews with the co-authors of the fabulous new book, Life After Birth Trauma, which explores the very powerful experiences that can take place when birth doesn't go to plan. Previously very little has been written about this and this new book offers a wealth of resources, information and support for tho…
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It was great to get to be a guest for Elaine Godley again on her radio show on Elastic FM talking about Gut Health and why it is so important to our overall health. Elaine was a little suprised by some of the topics we discussed, which is impressive considering her knowledge and experience with natural health. Hope you enjoy listening back and give…
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This was a great follow up interview with Hilary Stock on the research she has conducted for her Masters degree looking at why we over eat and what are the factors surrounding it. Creating a clear differentiation from more commonly associated eating disorders, she looks at what is a much more common practice with people. It was great to hear many i…
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Once again I have been lucky enough to be invited to be a guest on Calon FM's Empowrment Hour as a guest of the lovely Denise Oliver. We spent the show talking quite a bit about LifeForce Qigong and my imminent authorisation as an internationally recognised teacher in this system. We also talked about the McLoughlin Scar Tissue Release (MSTR) and h…
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A chance to listen back to the talk I gave at the first ever Shropshire Frestival - Free From festival looking at all things allergy and freefrom. Some interesting questions from the audience in this as well as a few handy self help tips and hints as we go along. Enjoy Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-he…
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Here's a chance to listen to the talk I gave to the U3A (University of the 3rd Age) Farm & Food group on Thursday 16th May in Ludlow, England. This was a group of retired knowledge seekers from many different backgrounds who were interested in allergies and epigenetics. Some really interesting questions as I talked about some of the causes of aller…
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I was lucky enough to bebinvited to talk on the Seven O'clock show on BBC radio Shropshire with Frestival founder Rhea Alton and local celebrity Chef Chris Burt, hosted by Mark Elliot. We talked about the inspiration for the event coming partly from Rhea's Fibromyalgia. We talked about whybthe issues with allergies have been increasing in the last …
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In just a few days I will be running my summer season 5 element day for of LifeForce Qigong. Here we are focussing on the Fire element and the heart as an organ. In this podcast I'm talking about some of the associations of the heart in Chinese medicne and how the LifeForce Qigong practices can be used to losen and open the heart, clear the stagnan…
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Here's what happens when 2 friends who have not seen each other for a year get together and one interviews the other on her radio show Empowerment Hour on CalonFM on 11th April. We talked about my recent LifeForce Qigong Advanced Level retreat in Poland with my brother Simon Calder. We also discussed the Gravity cradles from www.gravitylife.com (us…
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This is a great interview for me as I have known Rob Chapman for 19 years and was seeing his earlier study in celtic mysticism, magic and music way back then. This gave us a chance to talk about possibilities in hypnotherapy, what can and can't be done, how it can be used for spiritual development. Also on Rob's "How To..." book series and his new …
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It was great to sit down with Acupuncture lecturer Amanda Bedding and discuss acupuncture and what brought her to be practicing this amazing therapy. We talk about integral health models and why the chinese system is so comprehensive, does it hurt, how do acupuncturists decide what to needle, what the difference between acupuncture and dry needling…
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One of the other great gifts of running the Centre for Integral Health is that I get to hear a lot of great stories about how people came to offer the therapies they practice. Amanda Vernalls who offers Yoga 1-2-1's, Medtation training, Reiki and massage is just one of those. Having depression and anxiety herself and using a combination of Yoga and…
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We've been lucky enough at Centre for Integral Health in the last 2 years to have Hilary Stock of Aspen Councelling offering a psychosynthesis approach to councelling and how this differs from the more conventional forms of councelling such of CBT and how this can contribute a valuable alternative route that can look more deeply at not just causati…
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As part of the latest series of interviews, I will be talking to practitioners from the Centre for Integral Health in Shrewsbury to find out what makes their approach to health so unique and why it fits so well with the integral model. In this episode, long term Alexander Teacher Patrick Pearson talks about what got him involved in Alexander Techni…
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Elaine Godley of Elastic FM's Perfect Health show invited me on this month for an interview about all things holistic, what the integral vision is and how it can be used in health assessment and maintainance. We also talked about LifeForce Qigong and how it developed through my brother Simon Calder and lastly dipped into the world of the shadow sel…
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Just before doing the Snowdon 24hr Charity Challeneg, Christina and I were lucky enough to invited onto BBC Radio Shropshire to discuss the reasons behind this choice of challenge. They were also kind enough to invite us for a follow up interview by phone the following week. Here you have both segments from the radio show. It was reall great to get…
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So this little episode is a short chat with founder of Snowdrop House Hypnotherpay, NLP Coach, Mindfulness Teacher, Business Coach and Personal Trainer, all round miss motivated, Christina Morgan. We're going to be talking about why she had the idea to raise money for the Staffordshire/Shropshire/Cheshire Blood Bikes by seeing how many times she ca…
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The last of the interviews I was able to conduct while on the LifeForce Qigong training in Poland in March 2018 was with system founder and creator Simon Calder. This gave me a great opportunity to talk to Simon about what Qigong is and what the value in developing our own self parctice through this system, how it can act as a self directed antidot…
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My time at the Integral Body Institute in Poland, studying LifeForce Qigong with Simon Calder, was rich for a number of reasons. One of the other institute faculty Giten Tonkov, the founder of Biodynamic Breathwork Trauma Release was also there and was kind enough to give me an interview. We spoke about the value of Breathwork and safely releasing …
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I have been lucky enough recently to be attending the first ever training of LifeForce Qigong at the Integral Body Institute in Poland, lead by Simon Calder. While I was there it felt like a great opportunity to chat to the founder of the Institute Nisarga Dobosz and talk about what brought him from his university engineering background to teaching…
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I took a bit of time out of my 15th anniversary celebrations to interview nutritionist Naomi Langford-Archer who is based at the Centre for Integral Health in Shrewsbury UK to talk about some of the great innovations that Naomi brings to her nutritional practice. Not only can she offer traditional nutritional guidance, but also employs a number of …
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