Through The Veil with Alex Nelson

#024 || Joshua Nesta || Exhale Your Addictions

April 30th, 2020  |  59 mins 38 secs

addiction, ayahuasca, breathing, breathwork, psychedelics, psychology, trauma

Joshua Nesta is a certified Gamma Breathwork instructor and personal coach. His journey to get to where he is today is beyond interesting, from his struggles with his mothers addiction, to how he overcame MASSIVE adversity early in life to become successful.

You can connect with Josh on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/joshnesta/?hl=en

As always you can find me at www.throughtheveil.co
or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/alexanderdiesel/?hl=en

In this episode we cover:
[02:30] - Josh’s wild upbringing.
[08:00] - Josh walks in on his mother using drugs. Their house gets foreclosed.
[10:30] - Abundance mentality leads to Josh going to Peru, doing Ayahuasca for the 1st time.
[11:45] - Addiction surfaces for Josh, pulling him back down.
[14:00] - How participating in Sober October helps Josh get clarity on his purpose.
[21:00] - Alex explains how trauma can be stored in the body.
[29:00] - Alex talks about how trauma affects our ability to moderate our vices.
[35:00] - Different plant medicines & healing modalities for different issues.
[40:00] - What is breathwork?
[45:00] - Josh leads us through a quick 10 minute breathwork session.