163: Breathing Secrets of the Ice Man
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Lucas Rockwood
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🗓️ 13 August 2015
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Can breathing unlock your inner power, strengthen your body, and boost your immune system? Wim Hof (aka the “Ice Man”) on this week’s Yoga Talk Show says, yes. Wim also says you’ll sleep better, improve your energy and boost your immune system if you practice his method regularly.
Wim Hof (aka the "Iceman") holds 20 world records including longest ice bath. He has summited Mount Kilimanjaro in nothing but shorts and nearly made it to the top of Mount Everest in shorts as well. His longest ice bath to date is 1 hour and 44 minutes. He's the author of Becoming the Iceman and the creator of an online program called, Wim Hof Method.
In this Show, You'll learn:
- The Wim Hof Method pillars of: cold therapy, breathing, and commitment
- How breathing, meditation and mind control can increase your health and wellbeing
- The impact of cold therapy on your body
- Why breathing techniques work
Nutritional Tip of the Week:
Olive Oil: should you cook with it?
Links & References from the Show:
http://www.wimhofmethod.com
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| 1:05.0 | Welcome to the yoga talk show with Lucas Rockwood. |
| 1:10.0 | Thanks for tuned in. |
| 1:11.0 | This week's show is called Breathing Secrets of the Ice Man. I am joined by |
| 1:15.7 | Wym Hoff who has become kind of a legend, kind of an online phenomenon. You can find him on |
| 1:21.6 | YouTube sitting in big baths of ice hiking |
| 1:24.7 | through the Himalayas in nothing but his shorts he has 20 different world |
| 1:29.0 | records including the longest ice bath he summoned Mount Kilimanjaro in nothing but shorts and |
| 1:34.8 | nearly made it to the top of Mount Everest in shorts as well. |
| 1:38.4 | His longest ice bath, this is basically exactly what it sounds, you're sitting in a bunch of ice and water |
| 1:43.8 | was one minute as excuse me one hour and 45 minutes he's the author of a book |
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