Integral Health with Ben Calder

Ben Calder

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.

  1. Exploring Body/Mind Bowen with Anne Schubert

    10/28/2025

    Exploring Body/Mind Bowen with Anne Schubert

    What a wonderful opportunity we have here today, speaking with Anne Schubert, who developed the Mind/Body and has been exploring Bowen for over 38 years. Anne shares with us her history of how she went from school teaching to Bowen and the development of the Mind/Body approach she has been using now for many years. We discuss the value of letting the inherent wisdom of the body guide the process and how that incorporates the mind, body, emotions, and spiritual aspects of our nature. Anne shares from her experience why the less is best method works well for her and how she can sometimes leave a 30 minute break after a procedure to really allow the body to process what comes up. Anne speaks of how the original issues that cause dysfunction can often go right back to birth and very early childhood. This is a beautiful interview with one of the world's most experienced practitioners and well worth your time to listen to. If you would like to learn more about Anne and connect with the Mind/Body approach, you can learn more here: https://www.greatlakesbowen.com.au/scripts/about.php https://bowentraining.com.au/bta-instructors/anne-schubert/ https://www.healthartisans.com.au/mind-body-bowen/ If you would like to learn more about the work of the BTPA, your local practitioner, where to train in the UK and much more (remember students have FREE membership), then check out our website and socials at: https://www.bowentherapy.org.uk/ https:// www.facebook.com/BowenBTPA https:// www.instagram.com/bowenbtpa/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.

    1h 4m
  2. Living Happier, Healthier Lives with Chris Reed

    10/12/2025

    Living Happier, Healthier Lives with Chris Reed

    Hi everyone, another great interview for you today, speaking with one of the longer-standing members of the Bowen community in Australia, who was chair of the Bowen Association of Australia for 15 years and is the chair of Bowen Training Australia, he is also the voice of the Bowen Buzz Podcast. Chris and I explore his history and what took him from being a successful chef into the field of bodywork and Bowen, how he's developed that for himself since 1997 to include his study of Myotherapy and his use of Hyperbaric Oxygen in his clinic in the home of Bowen, Geelong. We also explore the challenge of becoming a successful small business person as a Bowen practitioner, how to stay curious and present in the work we are doing, the importance of those initial moves to help you understand what that body is asking for and much more. He's passionate about helping people live happier, healthier lives and we could all do with more of that! We hope you enjoy this interview, share your thoughts below. If you would like to learn more about Chris and his work, you can check him out here: https://www.geelongbowen.com.au/ https://bowentraining.com.au/bta-instructors/chris-reed/ https://ehealthlearning.tv/portfolio-2/chris-reed/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismreed/ https://www.facebook.com/chris.reed.31149/ https://www.facebook.com/BusinessofBowen https://businessofbowen.com/ If you would like to learn more about the work of the BTPA, your local practitioner, where to train in the UK and much more (remember students have FREE membership), then check out our website and socials at: https://www.bowentherapy.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/BowenBTPA https://www.instagram.com/bowenbtpa/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.

    1h 1m
  3. Exploring Fascia Therapy BTPA interview Steven Goldstein

    09/28/2025

    Exploring Fascia Therapy BTPA interview Steven Goldstein

    Hi everyone, I have another exciting interview with you today with a real master of fascial work, Steven Goldstein. Steven has been in professional practice for almost 40 years now, starting in massage and holistic medicine in the 1980's and then developing a specialism for Integrative Fascia Release from the 90's with over 30 years of teaching fascia work. He founded the Fascial Therapy Institute in 2002. We are excited that Steven will be coming to the UK in Autumn 2025 to share 4 of his wonderful courses. This really was a fascinating interview and prompted our interviewer, Ben Calder, to book into one of his courses as soon as they got off the interview, so we hope you find this as interesting as we did. If you'd like to learn more about Steven and his work, training dates etc you can connect with him here: https://www.fascialrelease.com/ https://bowencollege.org.uk/learning-dates/ https://www.facebook.com/stevgold https://www.facebook.com/FascialTherapy https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057524436848 https://www.instagram.com/mrgowithease/ If you would like to learn more about the work of the BTPA, your local practitioner, where to train in the UK and much more (remember students have FREE membership), then check out our website and socials at: https://www.bowentherapy.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/BowenBTPA https://www.instagram.com/bowenbtpa/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.

    1h 11m
  4. Overcoming Addiction through Bowen Technique with Kathryn Hamer

    09/14/2025

    Overcoming Addiction through Bowen Technique with Kathryn Hamer

    Hi everyone, todays interview has got to be one of the most powerful and moving stories I've heard regarding Bowen Technique. Today we are speaking with College of Bowen tutor and Mindfulness teacher Kathryn Hamer. Kathryn shares her incredible story of how she started to have Bowen from her mum, also a Bowen practitioner, for the advanced carpal tunnel syndrome she had, having been told that surgery was her only option and she'd never work with her hands. Not only did the Bowen clear the carpal tunnel syndrome, but for the first time in years, it gave Kathryn peace from the harrowing drug addiction she had and began her process of recovery. This is such a beautiful story, shared so openly for us to show how much Bowen can create changes in spaces that we wouldn't imagine. Kathryn is now a passionate advocate for Bowen Technique and her story just shows us how much can be accomplished with this amazing tool. We hope you enjoy this interview with it's raw vulnerability about such a difficult topic. If you would like to know more about Kathryn, connect with her and her work, you can find more about her here: https://www.blackburnbowentherapy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/blackburnbowentherapy/ https://www.facebook.com/blackburnbowentherapy The 180 project that Kathryn mentions can be found here https://www.180project.co.uk/ Physiology First who I mention can be found here https://physiologyfirst.org/ If you would like to learn more about the work of the BTPA, your local practitioner, where to train in the UK and much more (remember students have FREE membership), then check out our website and socials at: https://www.bowentherapy.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/BowenBTPA https://www.instagram.com/bowenbtpa/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.

    53 min
  5. Imposter Syndrome and the Business of Bowen Technique with Sharon Schofield

    08/28/2025

    Imposter Syndrome and the Business of Bowen Technique with Sharon Schofield

    I have another really interesting episode for you here today with Bowen Practitioner and Life Coach Sharon Scholfield, who has over 35 years of experience in HR, training, coaching and career guidance. Sharon has found she is especially good at working with people with neurodiversity and offers coaching calls and support as well as helping practitioners understand simple ways they can coach their own clients. We look at some of the problems practitioners can encounter in their businesses, what success looks like, how to manage burnout, transitioning into greater business and how to transition out when it's time to retire. This is a really useful episode for the business of Bowen and how you can work smarter in your own practice. If you would like to learn more about Sharon, or connect to book one of her 15 minute free calls, you can do so here https://www.sharonschofieldcoaching.co.uk/ https://www.collegeofbowenstudies.co.uk/cpd-courses/life-coaching-sharon-schofield/ https://www.instagram.com/sharonschofield_wellness/ If you would like to learn more about the work of the BTPA, your local practitioner, where to train in the UK and much more (remember students have FREE membership), then check out our website and socials at: https://www.bowentherapy.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/BowenBTPA https://www.instagram.com/bowenbtpa/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.

    59 min
  6. Podiatry and Bowen Technique with Mitchel Mosher

    08/14/2025

    Podiatry and Bowen Technique with Mitchel Mosher

    Hi everyone, I've got another great interview for you today, with holistic podiatrist and Bowen practitioner Mitchel Mosher, who is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Mitchel is celebrating 30yrs of Bowen Therapy this year after being taught by Milton Albrecht. He's the author of the book "Bowen Therapy: A Complete Practitioner's Guide" We explore Mitchel's career development from being a conventional podiatrist, through to how Bowen transformed his clinic and the results he was getting and how he developed further by bringing MSTR, Craniosacral Therapy, NATE, psychological clearing and Life Enhancement work into his practice. It was great to be able to talk to such a veteran in the field of Bowen and we hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did. If you would like to learn more about Mitchel you can find him via his website here https://www.bowen4life.com/ https://www.facebook.com/drmitchellmosher https://www.instagram.com/dr.mitchellmosher/ If you would like to learn more about the work of the BTPA, your local practitioner, where to train in the UK and much more, then check out our website and socials at: https://www.bowentherapy.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/BowenBTPA https://www.instagram.com/bowenbtpa/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.

    58 min
  7. Bringing Bowen Technique to the Highlands and Islands with Annie Hall

    07/28/2025

    Bringing Bowen Technique to the Highlands and Islands with Annie Hall

    I am really excited to bring you another great interview in our series of discussions with Bowen Teachers from around the world, today we bring you this really interesting discussion with College of Bowen Studies Introduction Course Tutor Annie Hall.  Annie's story is unique in that she lives on a fairly small island off the coast of Scotland UK, the Isle of Mull. She moved there to support her father and raise her children and developed for herself a very successful massage business, doing a lot of care for the over 65's and getting a lot of referrals from the local GPs. She moved back down to England and became a care home manager and was delivering a lot of training on health and social care before moving back to Mull and training in Bowen in 2021 with CBS. Since then she has not only made a thriving business, but is passionate about bringing Bowen to the more remote parts of Scotland where there is little provision for the technique. Annie sees the Introduction courses as a great way to get the community ot help themselves and we talk a lot about how island life has changed over the last 30 years and how much more dependent on tourism they are. This means that many people, especially women, are depending on seasonal work, and Annie sees this as a chance to expand the employment opportunities as well as the health of the islanders. She has also been invited by local high schools to share Bowen with the students and will be working with the University of the Highlands and Islands to deliver the Introduction to Bowen courses. This is such a great story of the value of Bowen Technique in rural communities, we hope you all enjoy listening to this interview as much as Ben did in recoding it. If you want to learn more about Annie and her work, you can contact her via the CBS Tutors page https://www.collegeofbowenstudies.co.uk/about/the-trainers/ If you would like to learn more about the work of the BTPA, your local practitioner, where to train in the UK and much more, then check out our website and socials at: https://www.bowentherapy.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/BowenBTPA https://www.instagram.com/bowenbtpa/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.

    1h 3m
  8. The Neurological Approach to Bowen - Interview with Jun Chow

    07/14/2025

    The Neurological Approach to Bowen - Interview with Jun Chow

    Welcome to the next of our exciting interviews with Bowen Teachers from around the world. Today I have a great interview with Bowen College UK teacher Jun Chow to look as his CPD workshop the Neurological Approach to Bowen. Jun takes us through his history, starting with his degree in Animal Science and his ideas of working with horses and how that led to training in Bowen (without having had a session himself at that time!) We explore how he became interested in the neurological aspects of Bowen and why he feels muscle testing is an essential skill to add to your Bowen practice, with a couple of simple tools offered as examples of what you can learn with him. Plus we get the news that there is a part 2 and possibly a part 3 to the Neurological Assessment and Tools CPD that Jun will be offering. We also take some time to discuss the support community that Jun offers for any Bowen practitioner, regardless of who they trained with on WhatsApp and his plans for a hold-your-hand type business guide to help new practitioners (and us old dogs who are open to new tricks) get a handle on the business of Bowen. It was so enjoyable to speak to such an enthusiastic up and coming teacher in the wonderful world of Bowen, we hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did making it. If you want to connect with Jun and his work, you can find out more here: https://hesteyripainsolutions.co.uk/aboutjun https://hesteyripainsolutions.co.uk/aboutjun https://www.collegeofbowenstudies.co.uk/news/neurological-jun/ https://www.collegeofbowenstudies.co.uk/cpd-courses/neurological-assessments-part-1/ https://www.collegeofbowenstudies.co.uk/about/the-trainers/ https://www.facebook.com/HesteyriPainSolutions https://www.instagram.com/hesteyripainsolutions/ If you would like to learn more about the work of the BTPA, your local practitioner, where to train in the UK and much more, then check out our website and socials at: https://www.bowentherapy.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/BowenBTPA https://www.instagram.com/bowenbtpa/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/integral-health-with-ben-calder--3335603/support.

    1h 7m
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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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