Wim Hof - Using Nature to Rediscover Our Inner Power

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🗓️ 18 July 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Over the last few decades, Wim Hof has broken dozens of records and achieved some wild feats. Many of his records were attempts to show the world that healing and high performance can be achieved if we go back to nature, and we have healing powers within ourselves. Wim has worked with researchers all over the globe to back up his theories with the goal to reach more people and help them heal. Today there are several studies showing how the Wim Hof Method works.

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0:00.0	This episode features Dutch daredevil, record breaker fitness, guru, and healer, the Iceman Wim Hof.
0:07.0	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living, an adventure podcast presented by REI co-op, the brand who helps get you outside
0:16.7	through gear, classes, and adventures. We talk to experts who have taken a wild idea and made it a reality so you can too.
0:24.0	From people who have climbed the tallest peaks, started thriving businesses,
0:28.0	and even broken records, some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures. I'm your host Shelby Stanger
0:35.8	and I hope you enjoy this show.
0:37.0	When I sit out to recreate this podcast, I wanted to interview people who had taken a wild idea and made it a reality.
0:50.0	Wim Hof is a master at turning wild ideas into reality, and he was at the top of my list when I thought
0:54.6	of people to interview for this show.
0:56.6	I'd also written about him a few years ago and outside magazine so it was exciting to finally
1:01.3	meet him on the podcast.
1:03.0	For those who don't know, Wym has broken many records and achieved some wild feats.
1:07.4	He's climbed 20,000 feet, about three quarters of the way to the tip of Mount Everest
1:12.0	while wearing only shorts and shoes no shirt.
1:15.2	He's run a marathon barefoot above the Arctic Circle.
1:18.4	He stayed submerged in an ice bath for nearly two hours.
1:22.2	He swam 66 meters beneath polar ice caps and today he's
1:26.6	helped thousands of people learn to better control their own body temperature and
1:30.3	immune system through various breathing exercises, commitment, and meditation a practice he began many years ago.
1:37.2	Wymn says many of his records were attempt to show the world that healing and performance can be achieved
1:42.2	if we go back to nature and that we have
1:44.3	healing powers within ourselves. Over the decade he's been working with
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