Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Can you imagine a tool more versatile and useful than a Swiss ball—one that even impressed me? This week on Spirit Gym, I sit down with the creators of the Oov, Daniel Vladeta and Dr. Nick Dawe.
Together, we explore how this remarkable device helps you check in with your body at a far deeper neurological level and why it’s changing the way people integrate movement, posture, and healing. If you’re serious about true body integration, you won’t want to miss this episode on Spirit Gym with Paul Chek.
Check out the Oov at its website at theoov.com/about-the-oov and Oov Education at ooveducation.com . Find the Oov on social media via Facebook at facebook.com/oovment and Instagram at instagram.com/the_oov .
Check out Nick’s book, Biotra: An Approach to Healthy Living in a Modern World at amzn.to/43xqv6A and Instagram at instagram.com/biotra.official and learn more about his approaches to healthier living on Substack at drnickdawe.substack.com .
For Spirit Gym listeners in New Zealand and Australia: Save $10 by using the promo code CHEK10 at theoov.com .
For listeners in US, Canada and UK, purchase the Oov here: pilates.com/products/physical-therapy-equipment-for-home-oov/?bbAffiliateID=1204536PR
To purchase the Oov in all other countries, email info@ooveducation.com.
0:00 Intro
10:37 How Daniel and Nick met in Australia and teamed up to expand the use of the Oov.
23:37 A failure to re-integrate multiple systems throughout the body at the same time means no healing or improvement.
32:47 Did humans evolve from the ocean?
40:04 The (dream-oriented) question about pain you should be asked first by a clinician.
45:05 The relationship you have with your body is an interdependent one, not a dictatorship.
1:02:36 Information overload.
1:13:39 Seeing bodily dysregulation in otherwise healthy young people ages 18-25 at the clinical level.
1:20:46 Could some of these health issues have emerged prior to COVID?
1:31:39 To restore human health, it will take a quantum shift in our thinking to dispel the myth that man knows better than nature.
1:47:21 “In the last five years, the game has changed.”
1:56:21 Does your nervous system need more support?
2:02:55 The Strategies Map.
2:13:58 How much time does it take to get some therapeutic benefits from using the Oov?
2:21:30 “What’s interesting about the Ove is that it’s as much an unlearning strategy as it is a learning strategy.”
2:34:10 How Nick and Daniel were motivated through deep passion to develop the Oov.
Listen to Paul's conversation with Daniel Vladeta and Dr. Nick Dawe and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/374-from-parking-lot-test-failures-to-neurological-integration-a-new-approach-with-daniel-vladeta-and-dr-nick-dawe
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Can you imagine a tool more versatile and useful than a Swiss ball—one that even impressed me? This week on Spirit Gym, I sit down with the creators of the Oov, Daniel Vladeta and Dr. Nick Dawe.
Together, we explore how this remarkable device helps you check in with your body at a far deeper neurological level and why it’s changing the way people integrate movement, posture, and healing. If you’re serious about true body integration, you won’t want to miss this episode on Spirit Gym with Paul Chek.
Check out the Oov at its website at theoov.com/about-the-oov and Oov Education at ooveducation.com . Find the Oov on social media via Facebook at facebook.com/oovment and Instagram at instagram.com/the_oov .
Check out Nick’s book, Biotra: An Approach to Healthy Living in a Modern World at amzn.to/43xqv6A and Instagram at instagram.com/biotra.official and learn more about his approaches to healthier living on Substack at drnickdawe.substack.com .
For Spirit Gym listeners in New Zealand and Australia: Save $10 by using the promo code CHEK10 at theoov.com .
For listeners in US, Canada and UK, purchase the Oov here: pilates.com/products/physical-therapy-equipment-for-home-oov/?bbAffiliateID=1204536PR
To purchase the Oov in all other countries, email info@ooveducation.com.
0:00 Intro
10:37 How Daniel and Nick met in Australia and teamed up to expand the use of the Oov.
23:37 A failure to re-integrate multiple systems throughout the body at the same time means no healing or improvement.
32:47 Did humans evolve from the ocean?
40:04 The (dream-oriented) question about pain you should be asked first by a clinician.
45:05 The relationship you have with your body is an interdependent one, not a dictatorship.
1:02:36 Information overload.
1:13:39 Seeing bodily dysregulation in otherwise healthy young people ages 18-25 at the clinical level.
1:20:46 Could some of these health issues have emerged prior to COVID?
1:31:39 To restore human health, it will take a quantum shift in our thinking to dispel the myth that man knows better than nature.
1:47:21 “In the last five years, the game has changed.”
1:56:21 Does your nervous system need more support?
2:02:55 The Strategies Map.
2:13:58 How much time does it take to get some therapeutic benefits from using the Oov?
2:21:30 “What’s interesting about the Ove is that it’s as much an unlearning strategy as it is a learning strategy.”
2:34:10 How Nick and Daniel were motivated through deep passion to develop the Oov.
Listen to Paul's conversation with Daniel Vladeta and Dr. Nick Dawe and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/374-from-parking-lot-test-failures-to-neurological-integration-a-new-approach-with-daniel-vladeta-and-dr-nick-dawe
Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
• Pique Life piquelife.com/paulchek (save up to 20% for life and get a FREE starter kit when you subscribe to one or more of Pique’s amazing beverages!)
• Organifi organifi.com/chek20 (save 20% on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout)
• Wild Pastures wildpastures.com/paulchek (save 20% and free shipping for life plus $15 on your first order)
• BIOptimizers bioptimizers.com/spiritgym (save an extra 15% on your purchase by using the code PAUL15 at checkout)
• CHEK Institute paul.chekinstitute.com/spirit gym (take our FREE Gut Health Reset test today!)
• Paleovalley paleovalley.com/chek15 (save 15% on your first purchase)
• Korrect korrectlife.com/spiritgym (save 15% on the newest drink supplement by Aubrey Marcus by using the code SPIRITGYM at checkout)
Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music miketheschwartz.com
We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
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