I can relate to the breathing part and inner connection. But how does cold exposure do this, can you give a little more color there? Have done a little but more for the physical benefits
The main reason why I choose to teach the Wim Hof Method, besides all the amazing health benefits, is this:
It's because conscious breathing 🫁 and cold exposure ❄️ are a fun and efficient way to start to get to know your inner workings. It shows you clearly, mercilessly, what and how your body and mind really are.
And by finding out, it empowers you to see and then go beyond your self-imposed boundaries, to expand your limits, to reduce you fears, to LOVE YOURSELF .... and thus, to SEE THE JOY OF COOPERATION.
Like Wim Hof says himself, and he's not being taken seriously enough for this, he's on a MISSION OF LOVE 🧡
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Yes, I also related to the breathwork first before the cold. But I met more and more people for who it was the other way round.
For them (e.g. ADHS diagnosed) experiencing the cold, was like an immediate soothing trigger to quiet the mind, to be in the present moment, connect with the body, for the sake of finding comfort in discomfort, to survive.
There are studies confirming that cold exposure activates awareness and brain power. One is the "Brain Over Body" study done at Wayne State University, Michigan in 2018. In short, it showed that through mind power alone, you can activate a specific area of the brain (periaqueductal grey area) that alters your perception and response to pain.
When done, over time it changes your experience, you overcome previous expectations/limitatuons and create new neurological connections. Your mind forms the brain, your brain creates a new experience for the mind, and you become a new (clearer) person through gradual change.
Interesting. I’ve been leaning into heart led feeling sense lately. And so of course I recognize that my brain is quite active, but it is also so repetitive and patterned in a way. What I’m hearing is that we can in a way un-condition the brain from previous patterns.
Mh, heart led feeling sense sounds good. And yes, you're hearing right. You can decondition thought and behavior patterns with the Wim Hof method. Practicing the method certainly helps to quiet the mind, but that's not the goal. It rather increases objective awareness of thought patterns and body sensations without the need to unconsciously react to them.