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Founder of CHEK Institute & creator of Spirit Gym. Author, presenter and host of Spirit Gym with Paul Chek podcast.

San Diego, CA
Joined June 2009
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3 years
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4 months
Over the last few days I have received an overwhelmingly powerful response from you all. I’ve been very intentional with my time here on his platform and I thank you for your love. Let’s not continue to lose our focus! I'll be releasing my secret to the public soon, so stay
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I'm logging off. I can't share when I'll be back, but I've had enough. I will see you on the other side. Love and chi, Paul
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3 years
Yeah I said it. Double tap if you agree.
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3 years
Embrace that you aren’t perfect, and neither is anyone else. Trade your shame and guilt for acceptance, cultivate forgiveness instead of blame, and importantly, share empathy and compassion – for yourself and others.
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5 years
Meet our newest Team CHEK Member: Zoe Pravana Grace Chek, born July 20 at 12:09 p.m. She weighs 8 lb. 12 oz and is just over 20 inches tall. Much love and chi... Paul
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4 years
Happy weekend everyone! I’m really excited to share my latest podcast appearance on Against Everyone With Conner Habib. We had a lot of fun talking about whole health, life/death and making bad jokes! Love and chi… Paul
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3 years
What would it take for you to be here, now? ;)
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3 years
Are you dreaming big enough? This is always an important question to ask. You’re going to die. So, live for something extraordinary and NEVER settle. AHO! With Love and Chi, Paul
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@PaulChek
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5 years
WOW! I’m just stunned! I just received the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award at #canfitpro2019 in Toronto. That’s a HUGE HONOR! Thank you! Love and chi… Paul #CHEKInstitute #CHEKAcademy
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3 years
It’s been fun for me to watch how functional exercise has exploded, considering I was the only guy out there teaching people about this very same thing a quarter-century ago!
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@PaulChek
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3 years
Life is a process. It’s not a stagnant thing. And the choices you make — what you eat, how much you sleep, and daily movement — regulate that flow of energy and information.
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5 years
Who knew someone so small could wear me out? Love and chi... Paul
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4 years
It’s that time of the year when I get reminded me about my birthday, and it was a beautiful day to celebrate it yesterday. The rainbow drum you see is one Angie had made for me by Emily Christenson. (Find out more about her work at !) Love and chi… Paul
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Happy Thursday! Still living off the love radiating from all over the world to me after Sunday’s 60th BIRTHDAY BASH! Love and chi… Paul
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Honor yourself by honoring your body. Design sacred time in your day to move and feel the vessel you’ve been gifted. You’ve only got this one...at least in this lifetime, that is ;)
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3 years
Tag a friend who needs to hear this.
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3 years
What’s the point of building a strong body if you never get to use it for its prime purpose? Dance, climb, hike, hunt, build a tiny house – whatever! I want to invite you to acknowledge all your hard work by allowing your body to express itself in new and interesting ways.
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3 years
With an average of about 17,000 breaths a day, your breath is a miracle – a free source of chi, prana, or life force energy. It naturally happens day in and day out, like the beating of your heart.
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How often are you going on a zen walk? No matter what’s going on, a simple 10-15 minute zen walk in your day will keep the negativity away!
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We all have our vices… Whatever it is, embrace it, appreciate it, enjoy it, acknowledge how it’s serving you, and allow the energy of the pain to move in and out of your being and… BOOM! Accept the situation for what it is and start asking yourself what else is possible.
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4 years
Happy weekend everyone! Over the years, I’ve shared lots of links to books I’ve read and learned from. Now, it’s YOUR TURN! What have you read that moved or entertained you or made your life better? Please share these with all of us in the comments below! Love and chi… Paul
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4 years
Angie has been working on this beautiful labyrinth since our family moved to the Rainbow House some time ago! I wanted to share this amazing thing Angie created to inspire you to take the first step to create something beautiful that transforms our world! Love and chi… Paul
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If your body sends a signal of physical or emotional distress, watch out. If your body sends a signal of comfort and eagerness, proceed. Your body loves to communicate with you.
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3 years
There are seasons in your life where it will be essential to go into the cave and search for yourself, and seasons where all you’ve got to do is make things happen. Which season are you in?
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3 years
You can choose to accept that sense you call fear as excitement, and it will TOTALLY change your relationship with the things that “scare” you.
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3 years
I want some new music for when I'm exercising. Any suggestions? Drop it in the comments below.
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You know that feeling of being called to something in life? Like an intuition or a feeling in your gut? This is a known phenomenon that has existed across cultures throughout history. The truth is that the Earth and Soul are always calling to us, whispering to us our deepest
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4 years
The Swiss Ball > Quarantine. #drmovementalways Love and chi... Paul
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3 years
If you look closely, the power of intention has a direct connection to everything and everyone in your life. When you’re choosing to be good to yourself or someone else or acting in ways that disconnect yourself from the world, you recognize your intention.
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7 years
Need to clean up brain fog? You may be staring at computer screens all day or doing exercise that don’t cross the mid-line of your body. My newest vlog shows you a simple brain gym exercise that can re-integrate the left and right sides of your brain.
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3 years
Happy Tuesday everyone and Happy 60th Birthday to ME! Hope you’ll join me for my special birthday party so you’ll get to know a lot of the people who changed my life! Hope you enjoy it. Love and chi… Paul
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Realize how the arduous task you’re doing today is supporting you on your bigger mission and giving it the respect and dedication it deserves. The choice is yours, my friend. Make it happen! With Love and Chi, Paul
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You have the natural ability to create, think, express, love and do all the beautiful things that make us uniquely human. Your body is designed to move, and movement is life. It’s time to get moving!
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As the choice-maker of your own experience, happiness arises when you ground yourself in the here and now, no matter your life circumstances. Love & Chi, Paul
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9 years
Taking my new baby son, Mana, for a walk.
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3 years
Today, I walked over to my children, looked them in the eyes, and told them I love them… How often do we pause and acknowledge our family and friends for everything they are to us? Today, I invite you to focus out, spread love, and earn yourself some spiritual collateral!
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6 years
I was very happy to see this shoutout for How to Eat Move and Be Happy from Tim Welch, welterweight fighter and coach, and UFC Bantamweight fighter “Sugar” Sean O’Malley on the Anatomy of a Fighter video series via YouTube.
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3 years
Do you want to know a little bedtime ritual that I’ve found to be so great for having a life-affirming & abundance mindset? Gratitude.
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7 years
Over the weekend, I hope you'll take some time to watch or listen to my interview with Onnit CEO Aubrey Marcus. This was one of the most profound interviews I've ever given.
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3 years
Many of you are like me – hermits. We dive into our Hermitude with great gusto because we value the inner landscape and the beauty available in the quiet of ourselves. Aho!
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6 years
The butt is a center of integration. When it speaks, its messages are always about “symmetry.” Due to high fast-twitch fiber populations, the first two muscle groups to atrophy with age are the abs and butt muscles, so keeping them in shape is essential to “keep playing.”
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3 years
How often do you remind yourself of your mortality? Build a relationship with death – ask how you would have liked to live today if it was your last.
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4 years
Happy Thursday! I had the honor of marrying Sara Gustafson and Aleks Rybchinskiy in Austin last weekend! I got my Texas State Minister's license, and showed up with my best suit! Penny, Angie, Mana, Zoe and I all had a total blast at the wedding! Love and chi… Paul
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@PaulChek
Paul Chek
7 years
Recently, I took down a bunch of my rock stacks and built a slow walking meditation circle. What do you think?
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3 years
How has the last year and a half been a blessing to you? Post in the comments below how you’ve shined bright in these dark times and what leaps and bounds you took when your back was up against the wall. I can’t wait to read them. :) With Love and Chi, Paul
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6 years
Do you REALLY know how much time you should spend working out in the gym? This week’s vlog is the first of a two-parter that explains how much is plenty to promote your good health!
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When we sleep effectively, eat high-quality food in proportions that reflect our exact individual needs, and move our bodies in ways that give us the strength (our biomotor) profile we need to fulfill our dreams, many good things happen.
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As above, so below. Just like the stability of an organization or a country serves as the barometer for its ability to execute… In fitness, stability always limits performance.
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Inspiration is a state in which you want to do something. Motivation is a state in which you have to do something.
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Are you enjoying your life and your engagement in the daily pursuit, or are you dragging along, waiting for the dream day to come? And the simplest question to ask is: Do you feel good right now, at this moment in who you are and what you have?
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When you don’t understand or know what you’re doing it all for, you’re living your life unconsciously. This can produce chaos and pain in the wake of your life and your interactions with others.
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2 years
I’m SO EXCITED about my 200th Living 4D podcast coming early Tuesday morning, I wanted to give you a brief look at my upcoming conversation with Dr. Ibrahim Karim, my friend and founder of BioGeometry! Love and chi… Paul
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When you care for yourself, you establish positive habits that will empower you to thrive effortlessly.
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How do you remind yourself that you are of this world, but not ONLY of this world? What is the daily practice that taps you into your higher self?
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A five-minute talk with the right mentor can be worth 10 hours of coaching. Who are some of the people you regard as your mentors? Let me know in the comments!
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Anytime you’ve ever done any “inner child” work, you are accessing the field and shifting your past to change the quality of your current reality. Call on yourself from the future to give you counsel and shift your current reality towards the greater one awaiting you.
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4 years
For all of you who have been asking, I’m proud to unveil my new water charger! It took 500 rocks, lots of cement and three months away from the gym to do it, but it’s done! Have a look! Love and chi… Paul
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Have you reached this holiday season and you’re feeling emotionally and physically spent? If you’re ready to feel better, I urge you to watch and listen to this week’s Living 4D podcast as I hit the blackboard to share a very special gift with you.
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7 years
Thank you for the kind and beautiful words of appreciation #ElliottHulse ! It's great to see you living, loving, learning and growing with me and the rest of us inspired to AWAKEN each day. Many Blessings to you and your followers… Paul Chek
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3 years
Sometimes, all it takes is a short walk or a tai chi session to support your Dr. Quiet core values. For example, taking cold showers and creating art without a preconceived expectation or outcome (forget being perfect) help me to get into a mindless state.
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3 years
By answering these simple questions, you’ll be well on your way toward defining your own core values. What, where, when, and how will you feed yourself? What are you willing to spend time studying? Whose dreams are you are willing to work for?
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3 years
I want to share a simple but powerful meditation — embracing silence — I created for my use and clients I work with one-on-one. Embracing silence helps us place gaps between thoughts and events and enhances our ability to create order within and around ourselves.
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I know when I find myself getting caught up in the drama of the world, I step away from it all and go sit by a tree, lay on the grass and stare at the clouds, or stack some rocks and boom – I’m right back into the remembering who I am and my place in the cosmic dance.
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5 years
Me and my Mana!
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3 years
I hope you will take a minute to review this petition about vaccine mandates and give it the attention it deserves for the sake our country, our collective health and our children! Love and chi… Paul
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3 years
In the last 14 years, I’ve only taken two cold showers. Yes, that’s right – only two. Cold showers are just plain superior to warm ones when it comes to the positive effect on the body.
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6 years
Boy, the rains have been crazy in Southern California lately. We’ve had a little bit of it too and I love it! It’s a great chance to breathe some fresh air, get grounded and express creativity with awesome exercise! Love and chi… Paul
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A day or two of proper yin activity juices me up, and boom – I’m ready to get right back into action, even at 59! Basically, what I’m saying is this: Slow down to speed up. Makes sense? Love and Chi, Paul
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3 years
To take the first steps toward feeling peace in your life, begin with defining exactly what that means for you, then engage in activities to help you find your way. For me, making art with your hands, mind, and heart supports me in finding my way towards peace.
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6 years
I painted this for a client as part of a four-day healing process, and it encapsulates what we teach at the C.H.E.K Institute… learning to live in the middle.
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I’m here to remind you that perception is reality, and now is your opportunity to create a new vantage point – because you only have two options: Stay a victim to your circumstance or change and move towards something more significant. AHO! With Love and Chi, Paul
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3 years
So, what is your capacity for love? Let me know in the comments!
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7 years
Have you always wanted to do a single arm chin-up, but didn't know how? Watch this week's video for a step-by-step tutorial. And, please share this with your friends too!
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7 years
Creativity grows with detachment to outcomes…
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3 years
Good Friday to you. Do you want to be a grownup and part of the real world? This week’s blog/vlog will help you get started on that journey to wake up, grow up, clean up and show up for humanity. We need you! Love and chi… Paul
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3 years
If you want to have epic, beautiful, and fruitful relationships, ask yourself this: Is there flow? Keep your radar on those who oscillate well with you and let go of those who, quite frankly, seem to be a drag. Cheers to following the flow, my friend! Aho!
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3 years
Take this from me; you’re going to one day look back at all the ways you’ve evolved and grown wise over the years. For this, I can’t recommend enough the importance of keeping some form of a journal with you.
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3 years
Who of you ride? What’s your favorite bike? Let me know in the comments!
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3 years
It’s not just your workout routine… It’s EVERYTHING. And often, people find a way to get slippery in one area that then cascades everywhere else. Do you find that to be true for yourself? Here’s something to chew on: Who in your life can you dedicate your practice to?
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Are you concerned about the CDC’s overreach during COVID-19 as I am? I hope you’ll give this petition the attention it deserves and make the best choices for all of us! Love and chi… Paul
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8 years
I have the greatest time talking Mana for walks with Angie, Penny and Maggie!
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4 years
Happy Monday! For the many who wonder why I love cold showers, this week’s latest blog/vlog is DEFINITELY for you! I explain why a cold plunge may be good for your body and share some tips for trying this on your own at home! Love and chi... Paul
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3 years
How much water should you drink? For normal hydration, determine your body weight in pounds, divide it by two and drink that many ounces of water each day. Simple enough, yeah? Cheers! -Paul
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6 years
Mana’s latest haircut reminds me of the good old days… of hair.
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5 years
From all of us to all of you, Happy Holidays! Love and chi... Paul
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3 years
Happy weekend everyone! I am so very proud to congratulate this very happy group of students who just completed HLC2 live and in-person with my wife Angie! Love and chi… Paul
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7 years
SPIRIT: Psyche without a body is a wave. Body without psyche is a particle. Spirit unites them as One so you can sing, dance and live your dreams.
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3 years
At your most vulnerable and deepest core, establishing a relationship with yourself is an invitation to discover and realize yourself.
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3 years
Hey, I’m looking for a good movie to watch this weekend with the kiddies, any recommendations? Put them in the comments. Thanks! -Paul
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2 years
This week’s blog/vlog is a trip to the gym to show you how I keep strong and fit — even for a 60-year-old guy — with my 5-exercise circuit workout. Before you even think about trying this workout in the gym, please listen to your body! Love and chi… Paul
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3 years
It is wise to realize that evil is the complementary opposite of good or love. If it were not for evil, we would have no capacity for free will.
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2 years
Just wanted to share some pictures from our most recent HLC Level 3 class Angie taught at our offices near San Diego. Our students learned tons about working with others to help them stay focused and heal and how those skills help them, even in an ice bath! Love and chi... Paul
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