Harnessing gravity to overcome chronic illness w/ Harmon Clarke - Ep 4

In this uplifting and deeply human episode of The Gravity Doctors, Dr. Brennan Spiegel (Cedars-Sinai gastroenterologist and author of PULL) and Dr. Lachlan Kent (cognitive scientist and theorist of Mental Gravity) sit down with Harmon Clarke, a patient-turned-researcher whose remarkable recovery story illuminates the future of biogravitational medicine.

From septic shock and 200 days in hospital to yoga teacher, breathwork practitioner, and health researcher, Harmon’s journey embodies resilience, creativity, and the healing power of re-engaging with gravity. Together, they explore how movement, inversions, virtual reality, and breathwork can transform pain and depression into buoyancy and balance — culminating in a spontaneous “Gravity Rap” that captures the spirit of the show.

Core Themes

• Gravity as a unifying metaphor for physical and mental health

• Movement and inversion therapy for resilience and recovery

• Virtual reality and embodied cognition

• Tensegrity, balance, and the biomechanics of wellbeing

• Patient empowerment and the hero’s journey in healing

• Biogravitational medicine as a synthesis of East–West paradigms

  
  

00:00 – Welcome and Introductions

01:00 – Facing the Grave

03:00 – Virtual Reality and the Mind–Body Connection

06:00 – Yoga, Breathwork, and Natural Recovery

08:00 – The Science of Inversion and Tensegrity

14:00 – Hospitals and Gravity Intolerance

18:00 – Depression as a Gravitational Condition

24:00 – Cathy Freeman and Gravitational Flow

25:45 – East Meets West

30:00 – Rebalancing Medicine

33:00 – The Simple Tools of Healing

35:00 – Designing the Future of Biogravitational Medicine

38:00 – Generational Health and Modern Comfort

41:00 – The Gravity Rap Finale

Order Brennan's book "Pull" to learn more about how gravity shapes your health in both body and mind via his personal ⁠⁠personal website⁠⁠.

Visit ⁠⁠Lachlan's website ⁠⁠to learn more about his work in mental gravity.

Music by ⁠ALLIRA⁠ and Visceral Sound

Recording at JTB Studio by David Iskandaryan.

Editing by Dr Karisma Suchak.