Integral Health with Ben Calder

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 how much change that can create in old scars that a...

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-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support .

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 allergy, the difficulties in defining it, how I look at...

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 decade and how that has impacted the catering and...

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 stagnant emotions and create greater physical and emotion...

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 (use code INTEGRAL to get an extra discount on RRP)....

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 workshop based on his book The Art. Listen on for...

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 is. It's really great to get a broad idea of what...

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 Meditation to help heal her mind and beleifs abou...

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 causative factors but also a vision of the possible futur...

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 Technique, how it maximised his rowing skills and saw hi...

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 self and  why that work is so important and how it he...

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 to talk about this on public radio and share our...

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 can go up and down Mt Snowdon in Wales in 24hrs on...

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 antidote to the additional stresses that modern life gene...

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 trauma and his views on why the demand for this wo...

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 myofacial release and bodywork, why he feels this...

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 objective tests to help inform the direction of th...

It was great to be invited back to be part of the last ever Diet, Health and Fitness show on Calon FM with the fabulous Denise Oliver and Counsellor and Mindfulness coach Kim Patel. Here we look back over the shows we've been on in the last year and the best parts of the year for us all, including how great it's been to be on the radio, having Access Bars and Access Consciousness.  Become a suppor...

I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Denise Oliver on Calon FM's Empowerment Hour programme where we discuss my life and career so far (I'm still young). In this programme we talk about traditional hand poke tattooing and how my brother Simon Calder introduced me to the practice and taught me how to do this sacred spirit process. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...

Great to be able to listen back to the 2nd of the 3 part interview by Denise Oliver on the Calon FM Empowerment Hour programme to look at all aspects of my life and carerr so far. This second part focuses on the evolvement of my professional career as a kinesiologist and how that began. Including how discovering a sugar allergy was the big step to to learning more and understanding more about heal...

Here is the first of 3 part series looking at my life and career to date. Along with some great banter with Empowerment Hour presenter Denise Oliver, you get to hear the early parts of my life here. Where I grew up, early influences and the steps that brought me to the beginning of my career in health. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-ca...

Another chance to listen back to my guest spot on the Calon FM Diet, Health and Fitness show on 8th September 2016. In this show host Denise Oliver and I talk about autumn foraging, Vital Essence Breathwork, the Shadow Self, cacao ceremonies and the importance of maintaining your Vitamin D levels from the end of September Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integra...

Here's another chance to listen back to my guest appearance on Calon FM with the fabulous Denise Oliver on 30th June 2016   In this show you'll get to listen to us discussing Fascia Ball Workouts, Chi Kung, Epigenetics, Access Bars, the effects of adrenaline and the battle of the Somne. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/su...

Another chance to listen back to the Calon FM's Diet, Health & Fitness show with Denise Oliver for April. My regular guest spot this month saw us talking about a range of topics including the upcoming Chi Kung classes, Chi Kung in the Park, Avocado peelers aging well, Robert De Niro, Vaxxed and the Tribecca Film Festival   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integr...