Thought Project With Ashley Rothstein

Dan Vadnais holds a degree in both psychology and philosophy and is the co-founder of a rapidly growing spiritual health company called AscZend. Dan worked directly with Wim Hof on proper breathing techniques. He holds a certification in personal training and calls himself a “personal trainer turned spiritual leader.” Dan was breaking records in eating competitions...to now living a life where he basically adheres to OMAD (a variation of intermittent fasting that consists of eating One Meal A Day). From eating competitions to fasting...quite an intriguing switch. He attributes this "life 180" to his discovery of fasting and a mucus-less diet.   We bounced around a lot during this episode. We started off with his recent retreat in Peru where he compared his San Pedro ceremonies to previous Ayahuasca ceremonies with a captivating metaphor: “Mother Ayahuasca as being a link to the cosmos, and San Pedro being a link to mother earth and nature.” We also talked about fasting, autophagy and how it heals the body, th