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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 a more recently, breath work practices Commonly used psychedelics such as psilocybin a the benefits they offer Potential downsides a Alex’s thoughts on plant medicine becoming more popular What to expect during a retreat a 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/   ———   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/   ————   MY LINKS:   Try my favourite ORGANO KING coffee - https://vivanaturalhealth.myorganogold.com/gb-en/   Grab my favourite BluBlox glasses - https://bit.ly/2UXkNqT   ————   Got a podcast question? Send you emails to hormonesinharmony@gmail.com    Enjoyed this episode? Leave me a rating and review so that I can share this podcast with more women   Want more from me? You can find me online…   Website www.vivanaturalhealth.co.uk   Instagram www.instagram.com/vivanaturalhealth   Facebook www.facebook.com/vivanaturalhealth   Email enquiries@vivanaturalhealth.co.uk   Tune in now on iTunes, Spotify, my website or watch on Youtube (Viva Natural Health)   If you are enjoying the podcast, please leave me a rating and review, as this helps me to reach more women and continue to interview awesome guests!   Make sure you hit subscribe so that you never miss an episode!