Breaking The Ice With The Wim Hof Breathing Method - Wim Hof
The Mindvalley Podcast
Mindvalley
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🗓️ 13 November 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
"It's through the power of our mind we are able to connect to the deepest part of our brain consciously."
Have you ever tried swimming in cold water? Do you even think it is possible? In this episode, Wim Hof - aka The Iceman - is going to share his insights with Vishen Lakhiani, founder of Mindvalley, about breathwork, cold exposure, mindset, and spirituality. By the end of this episode, as well as becoming enlightened about The Wim Hof Method...you’ll even be able to do more push-ups than usual...
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- How Wim discovered his abilities.
- The secret of the placebo effect.
- The key to doing more push-ups.
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| 0:00.0 | that there is war, that there is misery, that there is depression, that there is cruelty, that there is abuse. |
| 0:06.3 | People think that that is normal. |
| 0:08.2 | I think it is sick and I am going to do something about it. |
| 0:14.0 | I am Mission Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation. |
| 0:19.0 | You're listening to the Mind Valley Podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers and thought leaders on the planet |
| 0:25.1 | to discuss the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit, and work. |
| 0:31.3 | I am so excited to be in front of Wim Hof again. |
| 0:35.0 | Wim holds multiple Guinness World Records |
| 0:39.0 | for mind-over-body feats that defy explanation. |
| 0:43.6 | So in March 2000, he set the Guinness World Record |
| 0:47.4 | for swimming the furthest under ice. |
| 0:49.6 | He swam almost 60 meters under ice. In 2007 he set the world record for fastest half |
| 0:56.8 | marathon barefoot on ice. Two hours, 16 minutes. Imagine running a marathon barefoot in winter on ice. |
| 1:07.0 | He set world records for the longest time in direct full body contact with ice |
| 1:12.0 | a total of 16 times and in 2007 he also climbed to an |
| 1:17.4 | altitude of 7,200 meters on Mount Everest wearing nothing but shorts and |
| 1:22.3 | shoes so in short wind, Wim Hof is superhuman. |
| 1:25.9 | A and B, Wim Hof is freaking crazy. But he is such an amazing soul, incredible and |
| 1:32.3 | incredible guy. I've gotten to know Wim over the years. His son spent |
| 1:35.8 | Christmas with me a couple of years back. Wim is like that really cool uncle that |
| 1:41.2 | everyone in the family really adores. |
| 1:43.9 | So Wim, welcome to Mind Valley. |
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