#116 The Healing Powers of Psychedelics & Breathwork with Alex Manos

ALEX MANOS

Alex is an Institute For Functional Medicine certified practitioner with a Masters in Personalised Nutrition and a Bachelors in Nutritional Therapy. He is co-founder of Healthpath, an at-home functional testing company, and, co-founder of The Applied Functional Medicine Mentoring Program. Alex is also a personal trainer and, currently finalising his studies in Transformational Life Coaching. 

After a powerful experience combining breathwork and psychedelics, Alex is now starting to train to become a breathworker, and has a real interest in the power of psychedelics to form a key part in healing, and, personal growth and transformation.

 

We discuss:

How Alex got into functional medicine & more recently, breath work practices

Commonly used psychedelics such as psilocybin & the benefits they offer

Potential downsides & Alex’s thoughts on plant medicine becoming more popular

What to expect during a retreat & Alex’s experience

 

Mentioned:

Synthesis Retreat

https://www.synthesisretreat.com

 

Four Sigmatics 

https://us.foursigmatic.com

 

Book Recommendations

The Art of Losing Control by Jules Evans

https://www.philosophyforlife.org/published-works/the-art-of-losing-control-canongate-2017

 

Breaking Open: Finding a Way Through Spiritual Emergency by Jules Evans

https://www.philosophyforlife.org/published-works/breaking-open

 

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind-uk/

 

The Fellowship of The River by Dr Joe Tafur

https://www.drjoetafur.com/the-fellowship-of-the-river

 

Breath by James Nestor

https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breath

 

Exhale by Richie Bostock

https://www.thebreathguy.com/book.html

 

The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown

https://oxygenadvantage.com/oxygen-advantage-book/

 

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Alex’s Website

https://www.alexmanos.co.uk

 

Health Path

https://healthpath.com

 

Alex’s Instagram Accounts

https://www.instagram.com/alexandermanos/

https://www.instagram.com/thefatherarchetype/

 

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