The Wim Hof Method

those who are truly in control are the most free.

Stress comes in many forms, but in the end, you experience it on a biological, cellular level. You can learn to control it by going gradually into the cold and following your feelings.

Because the cold is merciless but righteous, we can learn from it. And what it shows us is that we have an innate capacity to deal with stress.

Cold is a stressor, so if you are able to get into the cold and control your body’s response to it, you will be able to control stress.

Seekers who are free within become finders. It’s quite impossible to find anything meaningful when you are caught up in the stress of daily life, which can be all-consuming. Once you are able to detach from that stress, a new reality can enter your consciousness.

Do as follows: 1Sit down. 2Inhale slowly and deeply five or six times, letting your breath go naturally each time. 3Inhale fully. 4Relax to exhale. 5Inhale fully. 6Hold your breath, for no more than five seconds. 7Tense your upper-back muscles and chest while you hold your breath — but don’t tense the head. Keep your jaw relaxed. 8Let go.

Don’t seek to change others; change yourself. Just mind your own mind and let others mind theirs.

BREATHING FOR MOOD REGULATION This exercise uses and trains neurostimulative brain control to help alleviate moodiness or depression. Supplying oxygen to the brain improves a person’s well-being. We have seen in fMRIs that the whole brain dances when subjects do the breathing exercises. You can do this exercise whenever you feel like it, but it can

we have created this modern society in which we have every comfort, yet we are losing our ability to regulate our mood, our emotions.

Ultimately, the goal is to be more of myself.