Tag: cold

Collapse in the cold

The wrong way to do the Wim Hof Method, and how it relates to COVID-19

This is not a particularly fun article to write, and we’re not living in fun times right now.

I acted like an idiot yesterday and made a big mistake that put myself and my family in a compromised situation.

Thankfully everyone is OK, and there’s relatively minor structural damage.

Still, I feel terrible and I wanted to share it with you here to:

1) Emphasize the safe practice of WHM,

2) Help me get this episode off my chest, learn from it, and move on, and

3) Offer a lesson to keep in mind as we trudge through the COVID-19 nightmare.

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Ice baths in Iceland

Highlights from my intense week at the Iceland Into The Wild Within Expedition

In this article, I will walk you through some of the most powerful moments and lessons that stuck with me from the Into the Wild Within Iceland Expedition, which ran from Feb 27 to March 5, 2020.

The expedition was centered around the Wim Hof Method (WHM), and it also brought in a mix of other practices like yoga, meditation and therapeutic sound healing.

It was one of the wildest and most intense weeks of my life, and I boiled it down into the following seven sections (which you can jump to as you like using the links below):

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The Iceman Cometh or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the cold

My recap of the Wim Hof Winter Expedition Poland 2020 Week 1

I kicked off my big 2020 adventure in early January with something weird and challenging: five days of cold exposure training with living legend, Wim Hof (aka The Iceman).

I was one of 100 participants at the Wim Hof Winter Expedition 2020 (Week 1) in Przesieka, Poland. That means five days of breathing exercises, ice baths, cold hikes, meditation, exploration and general nuttyness. According to the website the workshop is “the ultimate Wim Hof Method experience.”

It certainly lived up to the hype. This post is a big recap of my unforgettable experience. Let’s begin with some background.

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