Cold Exposure at Home: Breath, Mood, and Resilience | Vitruvian

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Wim Hof traces the method from instinctive cold exposure to breath-led resilience, framing cold and breath as accessible protocols for steadier mood, recovery, and inner equilibrium.

From Search To Stillness

Before the method had a name, it began as a private encounter with cold water. Hof describes himself at 17 as a young man full of questions, reading widely and turning life over in his mind. Philosophy gave him language, but it also kept him circling. He was searching for meaning through thought, until a winter morning moved him somewhere more direct.

In a park, he saw a thin layer of ice and felt drawn toward it. The impulse was not strategic. It was instinctive, physical, immediate. When he entered the cold, the questions quieted, and something in him shifted from mental debate into felt clarity. The body gave an answer the mind had not been able to assemble.

I got it. This is it, not in words but in feeling.

That first immersion did not become a formal system. It became a ritual. He returned the next day because the experience had changed his state, and he continued returning because the cold gave him a steadier relationship with himself. Practice began as devotion to a sensation of presence. The water offered stillness, and he learned to meet it.

Cold also made the breath impossible to ignore. The first response in icy water is deep, reflexive breathing; the body demands attention. Hof noticed that when he brought control to the breath, he could stay longer and remain clearer. The cold revealed a pathway, and the breath became a protocol for changing his state with precision.

Over time, he separated the two practices. Cold immersion remained his anchor, while conscious deep breathing became something he could practice at home. In the transcript, he speaks of influencing the nervous system through breath, not as abstraction, but as lived experience. The outcome was simple and human: more clarity, more command, more capacity to remain present.

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Instead of shooting rockets to the moon and to Mars, we we're gonna go go and and to Mars, we we're gonna go go and solve the the the problem on happiness, solve the the the problem on happiness, strength, and health just to be bloody strength, and health just to be bloody happy. A happy man doesn't go to war. happy. A happy man doesn't go to war. No, Ukrainian No, Ukrainian Russian war. It's all conflict and Russian war. It's all conflict and politics and bollocks, all that [ __ ] politics and bollocks, all that [ __ ] Where's the mind of the people gone? Where's the mind of the people gone? >> This is Dr. Talks. Hello everyone and welcome to the Microbes and Mental Health Summit. I'm Microbes and Mental Health Summit. I'm your host Dr. Miles Nichols here today your host Dr. Miles Nichols here today with Wim Hoff who doesn't really need with Wim Hoff who doesn't really need much of an introduction as many people much of an introduction as many people already know Wimhof or the Iceman. He's already know Wimhof or the Iceman. He's become more than a sensation. And Whim become more than a sensation. And Whim has been an inspiration to me personally has been an inspiration to me personally and has done immense amounts of work in and has done immense amounts of work in scientific research and understanding of

scientific research and understanding of the immune system and of the brain and the immune system and of the brain and of mindset and of mental health and of of mindset and of mental health and of physical health. And welcome Whim. Thank physical health. And welcome Whim. Thank you so much for taking the time. you so much for taking the time. >> Thanks Miles. As I said, uh we will go >> Thanks Miles. As I said, uh we will go all the miles until we have done the all the miles until we have done the distance. distance. >> So when you have your own history with >> So when you have your own history with mental health back when you got started mental health back when you got started with cold exposure and breath work, how with cold exposure and breath work, how did that begin for you? did that begin for you? >> Yes, I just explained it once again to >> Yes, I just explained it once again to people here with who suffering from ALS. people here with who suffering from ALS. And I they asked me how did you start? I And I they asked me how did you start? I said I was 17. I was a quite a said I was 17. I was a quite a philosopher. I had read a lot of books philosopher. I had read a lot of books for a guy of my age. But then you know for a guy of my age. But then you know you you get into your head and it's so

you you get into your head and it's so much that I was always pondering and much that I was always pondering and debating with myself the question who we debating with myself the question who we are what we are what is this all about? are what we are what is this all about? What is there more? And and that made What is there more? And and that made brought me in a Sunday morning out there brought me in a Sunday morning out there in a park and there I saw a a thin layer in a park and there I saw a a thin layer on the ice and I just felt attracted. on the ice and I just felt attracted. That is the God. The God let me by That is the God. The God let me by attraction into the cold water and you attraction into the cold water and you know without a doubt and there I got know without a doubt and there I got this uh I got it. This is it kind not in this uh I got it. This is it kind not in in words but in feeling and that gut in words but in feeling and that gut feeling feeling that felt like I was high on my own that felt like I was high on my own supply all day long and then I thought supply all day long and then I thought this cannot happen again. So I went this cannot happen again. So I went again the other day and yeah really again the other day and yeah really exceeded my expectations.

exceeded my expectations. So it felt so good and when something So it felt so good and when something feels so good, so profound, instead of feels so good, so profound, instead of debating and philosophy about what is debating and philosophy about what is the purpose of life, what does control the purpose of life, what does control look like, what is what is there more look like, what is what is there more than meets the eye and and all that, it than meets the eye and and all that, it was quenched right over there. And that was quenched right over there. And that feeling brought me, it gave me the feeling brought me, it gave me the motivation to go every day. And I did motivation to go every day. And I did that for 25 years. Not only for 25 that for 25 years. Not only for 25 years, a few months after I initiated it years, a few months after I initiated it all going into the by gut feeling into all going into the by gut feeling into the cold water, I began to be conscious the cold water, I began to be conscious of my breathing because every time when of my breathing because every time when you go into the cold water, you you you go into the cold water, you you automatically reflex by reflex you want automatically reflex by reflex you want to go and breathe deeply and that is to to go and breathe deeply and that is to change the biochemistry deeply. So if we change the biochemistry deeply. So if we augment deep breathing within our daily augment deep breathing within our daily uh say practice or daily life then we

uh say practice or daily life then we bring extra nutrition to ourselves bring extra nutrition to ourselves and that feels like great because I was and that feels like great because I was mirroring that with the cold water in mirroring that with the cold water in the cold water and I could prolong my the cold water and I could prolong my time every time more just by time every time more just by controlled deep breathing. controlled deep breathing. And so as as a certain moment I began to And so as as a certain moment I began to separate one from the other. So going separate one from the other. So going into the cult that was already like I'm into the cult that was already like I'm going to do this is mine and I did that going to do this is mine and I did that for 25 years of my life and and people for 25 years of my life and and people said I was crazy and idiot and also who said I was crazy and idiot and also who goes into cold water and all that but I goes into cold water and all that but I did it anyway because it felt so good. did it anyway because it felt so good. But then I separated also I did the But then I separated also I did the breathing just deep breathing at home breathing just deep breathing at home and then what I saw and the rats in all and then what I saw and the rats in all the esoteric books now I saw in the the esoteric books now I saw in the front of my eyes I could feel it I could

front of my eyes I could feel it I could see it I understood this fakedness of see it I understood this fakedness of life the possible manipulation of a life the possible manipulation of a nervous system which is the light which nervous system which is the light which is the electricity and then I of course is the electricity and then I of course in many years I saw many things and I in many years I saw many things and I began to debate about it, talk about it, began to debate about it, talk about it, contemplate about it, observe it, contemplate about it, observe it, practice more, etc., etc., etc. And then practice more, etc., etc., etc. And then when the time was apparently ripe or when the time was apparently ripe or you get the lessons of life and the the you get the lessons of life and the the way you get the lessons and you got to way you get the lessons and you got to take them. Mine was I lost my woman in take them. Mine was I lost my woman in 95 uh from a traumatic I mean she jumped 95 uh from a traumatic I mean she jumped from eight stories down suicide that from eight stories down suicide that that means I was not transmitting what I that means I was not transmitting what I was seeing in my daily practice. I tried was seeing in my daily practice. I tried to but it didn't get through and the to but it didn't get through and the whole psychiatry could not help her and whole psychiatry could not help her and with all these injections and and pills with all these injections and and pills and all nothing nothing worked and she

and all nothing nothing worked and she was the love of my life and it's so was the love of my life and it's so tragic then you cannot describe it you tragic then you cannot describe it you cannot understand you can't cope with it cannot understand you can't cope with it that's where I began to consciously go that's where I began to consciously go into cold icy cold water like as a into cold icy cold water like as a remedy as Now the emotional agony stops remedy as Now the emotional agony stops when I go into icy water. I just when I go into icy water. I just survive. survive. The the brain stops, the thinking stops, The the brain stops, the thinking stops, the hamster stops, the the whole thing the hamster stops, the the whole thing stops. You shut down is where the stops. You shut down is where the healing began. healing began. >> And that emotional healing, I needed it. >> And that emotional healing, I needed it. And I was left once again by the god to And I was left once again by the god to do it because I was left behind with do it because I was left behind with four kids. So what do you do? You just four kids. So what do you do? You just survive and you take the mean. You survive and you take the mean. You follow your gut. It's not thinking follow your gut. It's not thinking anything. No method was there. Nothing anything. No method was there. Nothing was there. Was just an emotional rack

was there. Was just an emotional rack coming back to life. coming back to life. >> That's incredible. >> That's incredible. >> Yes. I had to. And so now those four >> Yes. I had to. And so now those four kids I work with them and we have a very kids I work with them and we have a very successful company into say breathing successful company into say breathing into emotion into trauma healing into into emotion into trauma healing into into icy water. I make jokes on stage. I into icy water. I make jokes on stage. I say I must be A VERY GOOD SALESMAN say I must be A VERY GOOD SALESMAN BECAUSE I SELL gold and and bloody air, BECAUSE I SELL gold and and bloody air, you know. But there is more to it. If you know. But there is more to it. If you see the world how it is making money you see the world how it is making money out of pharma uh gological out of pharma uh gological means it is so corrupted so so yeah it's means it is so corrupted so so yeah it's money does that so the thing is I bring money does that so the thing is I bring back through science our innate capacity back through science our innate capacity to heal coming from nature following my

to heal coming from nature following my gut I found something I got something gut I found something I got something past it's not mine it's for humanity past it's not mine it's for humanity That's why I bring it on and I can That's why I bring it on and I can challenge any scientist to do so. I'm challenge any scientist to do so. I'm doing a lot of studies right now also on doing a lot of studies right now also on mental health care. Just yesterday mental health care. Just yesterday morning we started a new a new study to morning we started a new a new study to together with Dr. King for God's sake together with Dr. King for God's sake for Dr. King from Queensland. for Dr. King from Queensland. I mean the queen and the king are coming I mean the queen and the king are coming together together >> and we are doing a a study on >> and we are doing a a study on depression, sleep, psychic well-being depression, sleep, psychic well-being and and another one that the thing is and and another one that the thing is they know they can see that this method they know they can see that this method is really an answer to modern day is really an answer to modern day ailments and whatever inflammationbased ailments and whatever inflammationbased kind of diseases come and in the end to kind of diseases come and in the end to cure cure a pandemic, a spiritual pandemic called

a pandemic, a spiritual pandemic called depression. depression. People do not no longer find how to People do not no longer find how to pressure the pressure of the life force pressure the pressure of the life force within. They get under pressure. That is within. They get under pressure. That is depression. depression. And it's spiritual, but spiritually with And it's spiritual, but spiritually with two feet on the ground. I learned it the two feet on the ground. I learned it the hard way. And then I I'm I'm willing to hard way. And then I I'm I'm willing to share that of course because it's not share that of course because it's not mine. It's for humanity mine. It's for humanity the humanity's awakening of the innate the humanity's awakening of the innate capacity to heal themselves and their capacity to heal themselves and their children. Isn't that logical? That that children. Isn't that logical? That that that that should be like in everybody's that that should be like in everybody's cupboard. The ability to heal, to be cupboard. The ability to heal, to be happy, strong, and healthy. Boom. That happy, strong, and healthy. Boom. That is a little bit my story. So I I got is a little bit my story. So I I got challenged in the in 1999 challenged in the in 1999 by television because they saw me doing

by television because they saw me doing stuff on the ice and all and then they stuff on the ice and all and then they began to challenge me and I said I can began to challenge me and I said I can do a lot more. What I've learned in do a lot more. What I've learned in nature is much more than we think is nature is much more than we think is possible. And then in the end after I possible. And then in the end after I did 26 world records in the with did 26 world records in the with Guinness world records, they began to Guinness world records, they began to experiment on me in in academic experiment on me in in academic universarian hospitals. And then they universarian hospitals. And then they saw I was doing things that in the books saw I was doing things that in the books it was not existent. And then we broke it was not existent. And then we broke the paradigm in 2014 the paradigm in 2014 by showing that the inflammatory markers by showing that the inflammatory markers h the inflammation the cause and effect h the inflammation the cause and effect of disease any disease can be brought of disease any disease can be brought down by breathing exercises and some down by breathing exercises and some cold training and using your bloody cold training and using your bloody motivation or the the effect of placebo motivation or the the effect of placebo consciously. Hey man, I want to get down consciously. Hey man, I want to get down what the bacteria is going to inflict

what the bacteria is going to inflict upon my system. I don't want to become upon my system. I don't want to become sick. That that mentality plus breathing sick. That that mentality plus breathing brings the inflammation boom down within brings the inflammation boom down within a quarter of an hour. But first I did it a quarter of an hour. But first I did it and then they said, "But you are an and then they said, "But you are an anomaly. You are a superhuman. You are I anomaly. You are a superhuman. You are I don't know what kind of names they don't know what kind of names they called it. always outside outside called it. always outside outside and then then I said no everybody can do and then then I said no everybody can do this and then the professor said whim do this and then the professor said whim do you see all these book around here if you see all these book around here if that what you are stating right now that that what you are stating right now that everybody is able to bring uh to control everybody is able to bring uh to control deeply the autonomic nervous system and deeply the autonomic nervous system and the innate immune system then we need to the innate immune system then we need to change all these books and now they have change all these books and now they have to CHANGE ALL THESE BOOKS BOOKS you see to CHANGE ALL THESE BOOKS BOOKS you see because I showed with a comparative because I showed with a comparative study with a whole group of people

study with a whole group of people within four days to bring them after within four days to bring them after 16,000 people showed all not to be able 16,000 people showed all not to be able to do that suddenly 12 people I trained to do that suddenly 12 people I trained four days they were all able to go four days they were all able to go deeply influencing the innate immune deeply influencing the innate immune system and the autonomic nervous system system and the autonomic nervous system by which The symptoms of a disease, by which The symptoms of a disease, fever, headaches, agony caused by fever, headaches, agony caused by E.coli, bacteria, injection was no E.coli, bacteria, injection was no longer. It was just so much dampened longer. It was just so much dampened that they made jokes. They made jokes that they made jokes. They made jokes like these doctors, they just uh insert like these doctors, they just uh insert injected us with sugar water. So, you injected us with sugar water. So, you know, THEY MADE FUN OUT OF IT. THERE WAS know, THEY MADE FUN OUT OF IT. THERE WAS NOTHING going on. And that after 16,000 NOTHING going on. And that after 16,000 people, 12 people, 100% showed people, 12 people, 100% showed otherwise. otherwise. >> So the whole wide world should have >> So the whole wide world should have awakened right over there. But now we

awakened right over there. But now we know why that is not know why that is not >> because trillions and trillions and >> because trillions and trillions and trillions are related to our dependency trillions are related to our dependency on vaccines, on pharmaceutical means and on vaccines, on pharmaceutical means and yeah corruption. And we just let it. yeah corruption. And we just let it. It's our psychology and we got to break It's our psychology and we got to break it. We got to break it. So people like it. We got to break it. So people like my wife back then with the psych all of my wife back then with the psych all of psychiatry, all the injections, all the psychiatry, all the injections, all the uh therapies didn't work at all. We got uh therapies didn't work at all. We got to bring back sense into real medical to bring back sense into real medical care and that is in autonomy. care and that is in autonomy. Everybody has the innate capacity to Everybody has the innate capacity to heal. That is the chaos of paraselus. heal. That is the chaos of paraselus. So if people from hundreds of years ago So if people from hundreds of years ago knew it, then what are we doing, guys? knew it, then what are we doing, guys? It's incredible. It's incredible. And It's incredible. It's incredible. And your story, you you learned by being

your story, you you learned by being drawn from your heart to go into the drawn from your heart to go into the cold. And then that taught you the cold. And then that taught you the breathing to become aware of your breathing to become aware of your breath. And then that taught you to breath. And then that taught you to shift your breathing that taught you to shift your breathing that taught you to practice that even outside the cold. And practice that even outside the cold. And then you dealt with incredible tragedy, then you dealt with incredible tragedy, a kind of experience to be with four a kind of experience to be with four children and a wife and to have the children and a wife and to have the tragedy of suicide and to be able to to tragedy of suicide and to be able to to to deal with because it's one thing to to deal with because it's one thing to have a practice that you think can be have a practice that you think can be helpful, but then to be put it to be put helpful, but then to be put it to be put to the test. anyone would have a hard to the test. anyone would have a hard time dealing with that situation. And time dealing with that situation. And for you to say you could go into the for you to say you could go into the cold and it would stop the mind when cold and it would stop the mind when whose mind is going to stop when you whose mind is going to stop when you have four children and no more mother have four children and no more mother and why did this happen and you the mind and why did this happen and you the mind does this? Why did this happen? What does this? Why did this happen? What could I have done? How could I have

could I have done? How could I have helped prevent it? All this stuff to helped prevent it? All this stuff to stop stop >> to stop that by going into the cold. >> to stop that by going into the cold. It's incredible that that can happen. It's incredible that that can happen. And I I I myself I had my father pass And I I I myself I had my father pass when I was 15. And when I go into the when I was 15. And when I go into the cold, I'm I I'm brought back to that cold, I'm I I'm brought back to that moment where I got the call where he moment where I got the call where he passed on and I feel that passed on and I feel that >> sense of peace internally. That sense >> sense of peace internally. That sense >> like it's training the physiology. It's >> like it's training the physiology. It's training the physiology to relax. training the physiology to relax. >> Story is so beautiful only we cannot >> Story is so beautiful only we cannot touch upon our emotions anymore. And touch upon our emotions anymore. And that's that that is such a shame because that's that that is such a shame because we are into the circling of the mind. We we are into the circling of the mind. We are brought by schooling like every day are brought by schooling like every day you have to know about mathematics and you have to know about mathematics and history, language. But how about history, language. But how about happiness, strength and health? How happiness, strength and health? How about knowing how to deal with deep about knowing how to deal with deep emotions and feel them and see them and emotions and feel them and see them and being able to process them when they being able to process them when they NEED PROCESSING? TRAUMA, deep trauma. So

NEED PROCESSING? TRAUMA, deep trauma. So this is what we did. We I showed that in this is what we did. We I showed that in Detroit in the Wayne State University Detroit in the Wayne State University and we found out now we have the key and we found out now we have the key components components the key components of the autonomous the key components of the autonomous processes in the brain processes in the brain like emotions. Uh the uh now we have the like emotions. Uh the uh now we have the key components of the autonomous key components of the autonomous processes in the brain related to mood processes in the brain related to mood regulation. regulation. How about that? And that is a a How about that? And that is a a fundamental shift in the paradigm fundamental shift in the paradigm because we found them. We found them. because we found them. We found them. And I want to pass on the keys to the And I want to pass on the keys to the people to learn to regulate their own people to learn to regulate their own mood. Especially when somebody has mood. Especially when somebody has passed on, especially when you don't passed on, especially when you don't know what is a soul. And when it passes know what is a soul. And when it passes on and what you do here and what you do on and what you do here and what you do now, it's all been uh expressed by the

now, it's all been uh expressed by the sanity and the profoundity, the the sanity and the profoundity, the the depth of our emotions. And there it is. depth of our emotions. And there it is. And it should be not only when we are in And it should be not only when we are in love. It should be all the time there. love. It should be all the time there. It's I remember I I was in Finland to It's I remember I I was in Finland to run half a marathon barefoot in run half a marathon barefoot in wintertime outside frozen and the the wintertime outside frozen and the the night before it was really cold going to night before it was really cold going to be cold the other day and there I was be cold the other day and there I was and I I was like whoa I I've never done and I I was like whoa I I've never done this. I was a and I was talking to the this. I was a and I was talking to the audio man and he said to me just run audio man and he said to me just run like [ __ ] like [ __ ] I got that, man. I got that. IT WAS A I got that, man. I got that. IT WAS A GREAT MANTRA. THEY SAID, "YEAH, [ __ ] GREAT MANTRA. THEY SAID, "YEAH, [ __ ] YOU. WELL, I'M GONNA DO IT." YOU KNOW, YOU. WELL, I'M GONNA DO IT." YOU KNOW, I'm not gonna think, I'm going to feel. I'm not gonna think, I'm going to feel. That's what I did. It was one of the That's what I did. It was one of the those are great spiritual moments. The

those are great spiritual moments. The the But the thing is we should not be the But the thing is we should not be needing all that. We should be emotional needing all that. We should be emotional aware beings all because if we don't if aware beings all because if we don't if we don't listen then to our soul and we don't listen then to our soul and when our soul gets in conflict because when our soul gets in conflict because we suppress our emotions is when we we suppress our emotions is when we become sick when we become depressed become sick when we become depressed because the without the soul we are because the without the soul we are zombies zombies without the soul there is no life force without the soul there is no life force there is no purpose and it all these there is no purpose and it all these signs they are coming and we are just signs they are coming and we are just suppressing them for a system that is suppressing them for a system that is sodomizing the soul and the so and the sodomizing the soul and the so and the and the earth's soul and soil and all and the earth's soul and soil and all that there the governments need to go that there the governments need to go and because they don't because they are and because they don't because they are in the into the system into the whatever in the into the system into the whatever they call it the matrix and the patrix they call it the matrix and the patrix and the satrix and the and the dominic

and the satrix and the and the dominic tricks and I don't know what kind of tricks and I don't know what kind of tricks they use but it's a lot they got tricks they use but it's a lot they got a lot on their sleeps only they lost the a lot on their sleeps only they lost the magic of life itself magic of life itself and now that's why we work here together and now that's why we work here together I go miles and we go the distance I go miles and we go the distance >> yeah the the underlying feelings are >> yeah the the underlying feelings are have been lost touch with and by going have been lost touch with and by going into the cold by doing the breath work into the cold by doing the breath work there's this sense of an ability to there's this sense of an ability to train the body because normally going train the body because normally going into the cold the body everything tense into the cold the body everything tense so hard but by training and for me I've so hard but by training and for me I've I've learned this from you by training I've learned this from you by training to to relax in the everything in the body relax in the everything in the body wants to tense up but to feel deeply and wants to tense up but to feel deeply and to relax the system changes the to relax the system changes the relationship to when a stress comes. relationship to when a stress comes. Even just two weeks ago, my mom passed Even just two weeks ago, my mom passed on. And the feeling of being able to on. And the feeling of being able to have trained my physiology to relax when

have trained my physiology to relax when something bad happens, when everything something bad happens, when everything in me wants to tense up and wants to run in me wants to tense up and wants to run away, I I can hold the intensity. I can away, I I can hold the intensity. I can be present in the moment with the be present in the moment with the intensity. in part because I've been intensity. in part because I've been present with the intensity of the cold present with the intensity of the cold and I've learned to do that and same and I've learned to do that and same with the breath. with the breath. >> How beautiful do you explain through the >> How beautiful do you explain through the story the ability to hold the moment to story the ability to hold the moment to not lose yourself because you don't not lose yourself because you don't understand somebody passed on. I think understand somebody passed on. I think life is eternal once we get in life is eternal once we get in connection with the soul. The soul is connection with the soul. The soul is unbreakable. The soul is everlasting. SO unbreakable. The soul is everlasting. SO THERE IS NO fear there. Only we have THERE IS NO fear there. Only we have learned wrongly. That's why we cannot learned wrongly. That's why we cannot deal when somebody is passing on. We deal when somebody is passing on. We have to mourn. We have to do this and we have to mourn. We have to do this and we have to do that. All these things and have to do that. All these things and we're lost and we are emotionally

we're lost and we are emotionally damaged. We got to pick up the the the damaged. We got to pick up the the the the pace of life and all that. Where is the pace of life and all that. Where is the sense? Where's the purpose? I just the sense? Where's the purpose? I just love my mommy. I I just love my dad. I love my mommy. I I just love my dad. I What is this? We cannot deal with these What is this? We cannot deal with these emotions and that is wrong. We we should emotions and that is wrong. We we should be able to understand and that's the be able to understand and that's the biggest challenge that the soul is biggest challenge that the soul is forever and we are here to with a forever and we are here to with a purpose and let's live up to the purpose purpose and let's live up to the purpose and then then I come to yeah but don't and then then I come to yeah but don't be too self-indulgent about it about be too self-indulgent about it about your emotions. I always say on stage your emotions. I always say on stage [ __ ] enlightenment. [ __ ] enlightenment. [ __ ] enlightenment. [ __ ] enlightenment. And especially when it's blue light in And especially when it's blue light in your room, you know, your room, you know, they use red light now. It's a different they use red light now. It's a different frequency and all thing, but that's not frequency and all thing, but that's not the thing. the thing. >> My house is red light at night only. >> My house is red light at night only. >> Yeah. Yeah. So that all that

>> Yeah. Yeah. So that all that that is great. We are doing a study with that is great. We are doing a study with the WHM with the method and red light the WHM with the method and red light both are enhancing like mitochondrially both are enhancing like mitochondrially like 20 15 to 20% better just using the like 20 15 to 20% better just using the red light. Okay. But and then the method red light. Okay. But and then the method is also very much into aerobic is also very much into aerobic dissimilation on the mitochondria which dissimilation on the mitochondria which means a lot more energy will be coming means a lot more energy will be coming and less dutarium less [ __ ] is being and less dutarium less [ __ ] is being produced and and and so you got uh you produced and and and so you got uh you just have more energy, more ATP, more just have more energy, more ATP, more adenos adenos and and that should be common knowledge and and that should be common knowledge or you know very logic that that logic or you know very logic that that logic is there and with that logic we are able is there and with that logic we are able to deal besides of the maintenance of to deal besides of the maintenance of our body and soul and emotions. We are our body and soul and emotions. We are able to deal with a a loss with a loss able to deal with a a loss with a loss which goes beyond our capacity to which goes beyond our capacity to understand from our normal conditioning

understand from our normal conditioning and that and that we have now. If you go and that and that we have now. If you go into the cold you learn to exercise the into the cold you learn to exercise the cardiovascular system which then becomes cardiovascular system which then becomes so much stronger by which the heart rate so much stronger by which the heart rate goes down, energy goes up because the goes down, energy goes up because the transportation is just a lot better. all transportation is just a lot better. all the millions of little muscles going to the millions of little muscles going to help with the blood flow. So logically help with the blood flow. So logically the pumping needs to be less. Yeah. That the pumping needs to be less. Yeah. That it goes to a natural state of it goes to a natural state of tranquility instead of being too high a tranquility instead of being too high a rate which is causing cortisol in the rate which is causing cortisol in the liver and glucose and the sympathetic liver and glucose and the sympathetic mode all the time depleting all the mode all the time depleting all the energy and so that that is over. So you energy and so that that is over. So you you learn to have a system in physiology you learn to have a system in physiology that is able to deal with any situation. that is able to deal with any situation. You always have the energy and with that You always have the energy and with that the cell's understanding, the cell's the cell's understanding, the cell's memory of why we are here because memory of why we are here because without our DNA we are nothing. Only now

without our DNA we are nothing. Only now we learn how to uh influence into the we learn how to uh influence into the DNA the past the time space uh barrier DNA the past the time space uh barrier of our mind because there is also of our mind because there is also ancestry genetics and that is of the ancestry genetics and that is of the past our time and space consciousness past our time and space consciousness which is the rhythm through our which is the rhythm through our prefrontal cortex. So there are prefrontal cortex. So there are different areas and once you begin to different areas and once you begin to get into that and this is what we are get into that and this is what we are showing that a simple guy like me who is showing that a simple guy like me who is a drop out of school I'm I'm I'm able to a drop out of school I'm I'm I'm able to get along with doctors and professors get along with doctors and professors all over the world I'm even teaching all over the world I'm even teaching them we are teaching we are finally them we are teaching we are finally learning about the investigative spirit learning about the investigative spirit to bring solutions to real modern day to bring solutions to real modern day living problems. s instead of shooting living problems. s instead of shooting rockets to the moon and to Mars, we we rockets to the moon and to Mars, we we going to go go and solve the the the the

going to go go and solve the the the the problem on happiness, strength, and problem on happiness, strength, and health just to be bloody happy. A happy health just to be bloody happy. A happy man doesn't go to war. No, Ukrainian man doesn't go to war. No, Ukrainian Russian war. It's all conflict and Russian war. It's all conflict and politics and bollocks, all that [ __ ] politics and bollocks, all that [ __ ] Where's the mind of the people gone? Where's the mind of the people gone? while we have a innate capacity to while we have a innate capacity to understand and exercise the power of understand and exercise the power of healing ourselves. So that's where I go, healing ourselves. So that's where I go, where you go and and together and no where you go and and together and no ego, [ __ ] enlightenment. We go and we ego, [ __ ] enlightenment. We go and we want to share and in into sharing want to share and in into sharing there's even more happiness and more there's even more happiness and more common sense and there we are the common sense and there we are the future, Miles. We are the future that so future, Miles. We are the future that so we are just in the middle of the we are just in the middle of the paradigm shifting and we just keep on paradigm shifting and we just keep on pushing. pushing. >> Yeah. the the problems of today really >> Yeah. the the problems of today really are we look at the Centers for Disease are we look at the Centers for Disease Control in the United States say six out Control in the United States say six out of 10 Americans have at least one of 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease four out of 10 have two

chronic disease four out of 10 have two or more chronic diseases and that's a or more chronic diseases and that's a very conservative estimate and when we very conservative estimate and when we look at mood when we look at depression look at mood when we look at depression on the rise anxiety on the rise we on the rise anxiety on the rise we really see that the biggest problems of really see that the biggest problems of today the kinds of problems that modern today the kinds of problems that modern medicine is not solving that are getting medicine is not solving that are getting worse, that are potentially going to worse, that are potentially going to bankrupt the economy because so much bankrupt the economy because so much money is being spent trying to deal with money is being spent trying to deal with these issues on very high tech solutions these issues on very high tech solutions where we have some simple capacity to where we have some simple capacity to activate the innate healing as you activate the innate healing as you showed in that seinal study that 2014 showed in that seinal study that 2014 where they took an exogenous toxin. They where they took an exogenous toxin. They took dead E.coli coli and injected it took dead E.coli coli and injected it direct into the bloodstream where direct into the bloodstream where everyone up until that point showed all everyone up until that point showed all the signs of chronic illness. They the signs of chronic illness. They showed the inflammation and they showed showed the inflammation and they showed the symptoms of feeling ill and simple

the symptoms of feeling ill and simple breathing with cold training was able to breathing with cold training was able to be able to overcome those underpinnings be able to overcome those underpinnings of chronic disease and depression. Now of chronic disease and depression. Now there's a lot of research on depression there's a lot of research on depression having inflammation. And there's a whole having inflammation. And there's a whole cytoine theory for depression that show cytoine theory for depression that show that inflammatory cytoines are making that inflammatory cytoines are making depressive symptoms worse when they're depressive symptoms worse when they're higher and better when they're lower. higher and better when they're lower. And you've shown that the breathing can And you've shown that the breathing can with cold training or even without cold with cold training or even without cold training in the most recent study can training in the most recent study can lower those inflammatory markers lower those inflammatory markers dramatically. And this may be a huge dramatically. And this may be a huge part of a solution for depression. And part of a solution for depression. And in the survey that that was done for the in the survey that that was done for the Wimhof method, anxiety was one of the Wimhof method, anxiety was one of the top things to become better as well. So top things to become better as well. So depression, anxiety and this new study depression, anxiety and this new study looking at depression as well. I think looking at depression as well. I think you're showing some amazing capacity for you're showing some amazing capacity for people to without high-tech solutions be people to without high-tech solutions be able to resolve some of the

able to resolve some of the underpinnings for the immense problems underpinnings for the immense problems in the world today. practical solutions in the world today. practical solutions and simple solutions are really and simple solutions are really happening here and you're showing it happening here and you're showing it with science. You're demonstrating it in with science. You're demonstrating it in yourself. You're training other people yourself. You're training other people and they're showing it with science as and they're showing it with science as well. And that is absolutely incredible. well. And that is absolutely incredible. [clears throat] [clears throat] What do you hope? What do you hope? >> Yeah. Yeah. Say say >> Yeah. Yeah. Say say >> what what do you hope is going to come >> what what do you hope is going to come of this? I know you you feel Yeah. You of this? I know you you feel Yeah. You feel like you want to change the world. feel like you want to change the world. >> Oh, yeah. And I do that. I new studies >> Oh, yeah. And I do that. I new studies are coming up and I just did a big study are coming up and I just did a big study in San Francisco with the best DNA in San Francisco with the best DNA researchers and some crazy beautiful researchers and some crazy beautiful outcomes related to depression at least outcomes related to depression at least and there is more and I'm doing a study and there is more and I'm doing a study in Queensland now say since yesterday in Queensland now say since yesterday I'm doing a study with the I'm doing a study with the neuroscientists here Rotterdam and Penn

neuroscientists here Rotterdam and Penn State University Pennsylvania it's a a State University Pennsylvania it's a a collaborative collaborative universityarian study and in Adelaide in universityarian study and in Adelaide in Adelaide I'm doing a study on for to get Adelaide I'm doing a study on for to get it in schooling system how to bring up it in schooling system how to bring up cognitive awareness is related directly cognitive awareness is related directly to emotionalware awareness isn't that to emotionalware awareness isn't that logical logical >> amazing >> amazing >> in the schools we really need that >> in the schools we really need that >> yes that that's where it all starts we >> yes that that's where it all starts we need to bring people the children the need to bring people the children the new pupils the new generation the new pupils the new generation the ability to control and guarantee their ability to control and guarantee their own control of say the immune system, own control of say the immune system, endocrine system, energy systems inside endocrine system, energy systems inside that is a the dopamine, serotonins, the that is a the dopamine, serotonins, the adrenal the adrenal axis system and it adrenal the adrenal axis system and it can all by what you say simple can all by what you say simple techniques take away the underpinnings techniques take away the underpinnings of autoimmune uh disorders which is of autoimmune uh disorders which is long-term chronic uh chronically built

long-term chronic uh chronically built up a up a a slow level of low levels of acidic a slow level of low levels of acidic state of being and we just need to take state of being and we just need to take that all away and it's so simple by that all away and it's so simple by which we are able to create a new which we are able to create a new generation that is able to guarantee generation that is able to guarantee their own happiness, strength and their own happiness, strength and health. Imagine a happy man doesn't go health. Imagine a happy man doesn't go to war. He is not into position and all to war. He is not into position and all that and there's so much more and it's that and there's so much more and it's so close to us a breath away. so close to us a breath away. So what is my future uh vision? my So what is my future uh vision? my future. We are the future. Uh Miles the future. We are the future. Uh Miles the you me like likeminded and just leveling you me like likeminded and just leveling up and I I see beautiful stories of up and I I see beautiful stories of yours but everybody has beautiful yours but everybody has beautiful stories. The stories need to come back. stories. The stories need to come back. That is the emotionality. That is the emotionality. The real body of ours is spiritual, not The real body of ours is spiritual, not just being part of a system that is

just being part of a system that is sodomizing the planet and the soul of sodomizing the planet and the soul of the planet and the soul of ours. We are the planet and the soul of ours. We are the avatars, the avatars, the real ones. I'm making a right now a the real ones. I'm making a right now a Hollywood film. They are making a Hollywood film. They are making a Hollywood film about my life etc. But Hollywood film about my life etc. But the Holywood is every day. That's us. We the Holywood is every day. That's us. We are in the middle of it. and let's shine are in the middle of it. and let's shine like stars in this and move it all. like stars in this and move it all. That's what we do. So a into the future That's what we do. So a into the future I go very excited and especially after I go very excited and especially after this beautiful creative uh conversation this beautiful creative uh conversation I I love you. I love you for your work, I I love you. I love you for your work, for your being, for your smile, for for your being, for your smile, for being present and to bring it on to so being present and to bring it on to so many others. That that is love. That is many others. That that is love. That is the happiness. That is enlightenment. the happiness. That is enlightenment. Let's enlighten each other, guys. That's Let's enlighten each other, guys. That's what I want. That's that. Give it to me what I want. That's that. Give it to me because I'm going to give it to you.

because I'm going to give it to you. That's amazing. And what challenges are That's amazing. And what challenges are you experiencing because you're doing so you experiencing because you're doing so much work in the world. You have all much work in the world. You have all these studies happening. You're really these studies happening. You're really Hollywood movie. You did the the BBC the Hollywood movie. You did the the BBC the thing that there's lots happening. thing that there's lots happening. You're doing studies with You're doing studies with >> I just made a book in 10 hours audio and >> I just made a book in 10 hours audio and made a new New York Time bestseller. made a new New York Time bestseller. >> Amazing. Amazing. Imagine if it is 10 >> Amazing. Amazing. Imagine if it is 10 hours once we break through it's now hours once we break through it's now like I think a couple of hundred million like I think a couple of hundred million people know this now but it needs to be people know this now but it needs to be billions and and when we reach the 25 m billions and and when we reach the 25 m critical mass critical mass thing the population of the world it thing the population of the world it just runs off it's really goes to the just runs off it's really goes to the positive to the future to harmony with positive to the future to harmony with nature and inner nature is going to nature and inner nature is going to breathe again like synchronized like the breathe again like synchronized like the way it should be but then all way it should be but then all consciously that is autonomy. Autonomy

consciously that is autonomy. Autonomy is the future in people and we give it is the future in people and we give it just it's a breath away and a cold just it's a breath away and a cold shower. Come on man you feel so so good shower. Come on man you feel so so good afterwards. You first take a warm shower afterwards. You first take a warm shower but don't stay all day warm. This is the but don't stay all day warm. This is the way you we keep our dicks and balls in way you we keep our dicks and balls in all day in the heat. Of course you get all day in the heat. Of course you get prostrate cancer, man. It needs prostrate cancer, man. It needs retraction. It needs exercise. And it retraction. It needs exercise. And it does in nature. It does. In when you run does in nature. It does. In when you run in nature, the dick goes in, the balls in nature, the dick goes in, the balls go in. It's exercise. And now it's every go in. It's exercise. And now it's every day day that. And so it's our whole body. Our that. And so it's our whole body. Our whole body is logically we are suffering whole body is logically we are suffering all those diseases. So take the damn all those diseases. So take the damn cold shower. It's good for you to cold shower. It's good for you to remember yourselves that you are present remember yourselves that you are present that you are present not some comfort that you are present not some comfort zone learned behavior and then uh

zone learned behavior and then uh breathing breathing is going into the breathing breathing is going into the depth and giving nutrients to this on depth and giving nutrients to this on cell level and and even yeah there's so cell level and and even yeah there's so much I mean we go to the deepest of the much I mean we go to the deepest of the brain with that we we are into a new brain with that we we are into a new study with the cardiology and it shows study with the cardiology and it shows if we do these breathing exercises, we if we do these breathing exercises, we uh we can make five times more blood uh we can make five times more blood flushing into the brain and into the flushing into the brain and into the heart. They saw it in heart films. It's heart. They saw it in heart films. It's new. This is the future of cardiology. new. This is the future of cardiology. Imagine if you can reboot the heart with Imagine if you can reboot the heart with so much more blood flowing in where it so much more blood flowing in where it because of the the wrong condition of because of the the wrong condition of the cardiovascular system long term the cardiovascular system long term creates a deficit. every time a little creates a deficit. every time a little bit but until attack collapse arterial bit but until attack collapse arterial arterial collapse anorism [ __ ] in the arterial collapse anorism [ __ ] in the blood flow because it doesn't a good

blood flow because it doesn't a good river flows it takes all the [ __ ] out it river flows it takes all the [ __ ] out it flushes like any toilet it flushes well flushes like any toilet it flushes well so I can keep on going I got a very so I can keep on going I got a very beautiful poem on the toilet to me it's beautiful poem on the toilet to me it's best meditation temple in the house it's best meditation temple in the house it's where you let go You release, you let it where you let go You release, you let it go. And and that's why it that a go. And and that's why it that a momentary elapse of reason. That's the momentary elapse of reason. That's the reason to be here on the toilet. reason to be here on the toilet. Great meditation. Good [ __ ] You know, Great meditation. Good [ __ ] You know, we make fun out of it, but we make fun out of it, but let's make our lives sacred again. Let's let's make our lives sacred again. Let's be HOLY AS WE ARE. WE ARE HOLY BEINGS. be HOLY AS WE ARE. WE ARE HOLY BEINGS. WHEN where once we connect with our deep WHEN where once we connect with our deep emotional ability to express the soul emotional ability to express the soul again and it's nothing it's nothing again and it's nothing it's nothing abstract it's real it's a part of the

abstract it's real it's a part of the brain for God's sake we see it in brain for God's sake we see it in neurology how it all works so when that neurology how it all works so when that works again then we become works again then we become 100% of the brain at work it's amazing 100% of the brain at work it's amazing it's like LSD but now get high on your it's like LSD but now get high on your own supply. own supply. [laughter] [laughter] >> Now, it's very clear that you're you're >> Now, it's very clear that you're you're you're speaking from the heart. You're you're speaking from the heart. You're passionate. You are on fire. You're just passionate. You are on fire. You're just exuding this energy. I can feel it. I exuding this energy. I can feel it. I think the audience can feel that this think the audience can feel that this isn't just a isn't just a mind interest of yours. This is whole mind interest of yours. This is whole body. This is heart. This is soul. This body. This is heart. This is soul. This is everything in you. And a lot of is everything in you. And a lot of people when they're becoming more people when they're becoming more well-known and when they're when they're well-known and when they're when they're when when they get some fame, when they when when they get some fame, when they get a lot of attention, when they're get a lot of attention, when they're they're dealing with a lot of people they're dealing with a lot of people wanting their time and energy, this can wanting their time and energy, this can do weird things to people. Power can do do weird things to people. Power can do weird things to people. People can weird things to people. People can become burnt out. It can be hard to deal become burnt out. It can be hard to deal with. They can get very stressed. But

with. They can get very stressed. But you seem so passionate, so on fire. How you seem so passionate, so on fire. How do you keep up the energy, keep the do you keep up the energy, keep the momentum? I'm just starting miles. I momentum? I'm just starting miles. I will go all the way all the distance and will go all the way all the distance and I like it more and more and more and I like it more and more and more and more. Why? Because I want to share this. more. Why? Because I want to share this. I want to [ __ ] out of the world and I want to [ __ ] out of the world and make everybody happy, strong, and make everybody happy, strong, and healthy. And it's simply there. And I go healthy. And it's simply there. And I go through signs. I'm not going through through signs. I'm not going through spec speculation. And I took it on. I spec speculation. And I took it on. I took the heavyweights and signs on and took the heavyweights and signs on and they cannot prove me wrong. No, they they cannot prove me wrong. No, they become fans. They are doing it become fans. They are doing it themselves. The biggest critics, they do themselves. The biggest critics, they do it themselves suddenly. And why is it? it themselves suddenly. And why is it? Because the [ __ ] works and it's good. Because the [ __ ] works and it's good. And once I heal somebody else or brings And once I heal somebody else or brings them a a lifestyle suddenly, which gives them a a lifestyle suddenly, which gives them so much more energy and mind them so much more energy and mind control, mood control, and and all that, control, mood control, and and all that, they pass it not only to their families

they pass it not only to their families and make their families happy and strong and make their families happy and strong and healthy. They bring it back to me and healthy. They bring it back to me and they show they are happy and that and they show they are happy and that makes my soul blessed man that is I'm makes my soul blessed man that is I'm very egocentric therein. I WANT TO HEAL very egocentric therein. I WANT TO HEAL THE [ __ ] WHOLE WORLD AND I will go do THE [ __ ] WHOLE WORLD AND I will go do it and to get if I can do it then what it and to get if I can do it then what can we do together? So, let's get move can we do together? So, let's get move on. Do it. And I'm just starting. The on. Do it. And I'm just starting. The more I get I I said always on stage, I'm more I get I I said always on stage, I'm going to be the president of the world. going to be the president of the world. And the first thing I decree I will And the first thing I decree I will enforce is to abolish politics and enforce is to abolish politics and [snorts] and enforce a police that if [snorts] and enforce a police that if you are depressed, you're going to be h you are depressed, you're going to be h going to the cell to meditate until going to the cell to meditate until you're happy, strong, and healthy again. you're happy, strong, and healthy again. They you will be released. society. They you will be released. society. [laughter] We're going to be just a [laughter] We're going to be just a happy bunch all together because that's happy bunch all together because that's the way we are built. We are all the way we are built. We are all families, man. Families is full of love

families, man. Families is full of love because nobody listen to that [ __ ] in because nobody listen to that [ __ ] in the 70s with the flower power and all. the 70s with the flower power and all. That's why I came. This is what Russell That's why I came. This is what Russell Brand is saying in the 70s. They missed Brand is saying in the 70s. They missed out on you because I'm a I'm a I'm a out on you because I'm a I'm a I'm a just a practical shaman with a [ __ ] just a practical shaman with a [ __ ] big belief. You know what he says on big belief. You know what he says on stage? He says Wimhof is a mighty dick stage? He says Wimhof is a mighty dick that [ __ ] you back to consciousness. that [ __ ] you back to consciousness. [laughter] [laughter] I THINK OKAY WHATEVER IT takes man I I THINK OKAY WHATEVER IT takes man I just keep on going through science then just keep on going through science then to sense to bring this most sensitive to sense to bring this most sensitive which we should share with all of us which we should share with all of us uninhibitedly without fear our soul our sensitivity our inner child we should be able to our inner child we should be able to feel it all the time once we feel that feel it all the time once we feel that there is no need for more And that's there is no need for more And that's where we got lost. And then we get these

where we got lost. And then we get these alternatives, substitutes. Then the alternatives, substitutes. Then the whole commercials, they begin to to whole commercials, they begin to to advocate their [ __ ] and they promise us advocate their [ __ ] and they promise us disguise while it is hell. So let's stop disguise while it is hell. So let's stop that [ __ ] and get back to ourselves. Get that [ __ ] and get back to ourselves. Get back to some love. Power to you. Love to back to some love. Power to you. Love to you who is watching this, listening to you who is watching this, listening to this. We love you because we know what this. We love you because we know what it is. And once you get the love, you it is. And once you get the love, you bring it back. When when you are in love bring it back. When when you are in love with life, then then I see it and that with life, then then I see it and that makes me [ __ ] happy. That's my makes me [ __ ] happy. That's my enlightenment. So [ __ ] enlightenment as enlightenment. So [ __ ] enlightenment as self-indulgent yogic shitty practice. self-indulgent yogic shitty practice. But if I heal you, if I make you a But if I heal you, if I make you a little bit happier, that enlightens me little bit happier, that enlightens me that I go for that. And that feeling of that I go for that. And that feeling of that you're saying that it's enough that that you're saying that it's enough that that sense that for me it was this sense that sense that for me it was this sense of that I was seeking I was trying to

of that I was seeking I was trying to get something for myself in seeking get something for myself in seeking enlightenment like trying to like I oh I enlightenment like trying to like I oh I want the next practice I want the next want the next practice I want the next thing I want the and then thing I want the and then >> after some time I I felt like I was >> after some time I I felt like I was complete inside there was nothing more complete inside there was nothing more that I needed nothing different the that I needed nothing different the piece was already there piece was already there >> and then it became came now it's not I >> and then it became came now it's not I don't need anything more for me now I don't need anything more for me now I want to help others to feel this too I want to help others to feel this too I want to help others to find that because want to help others to find that because I believe and I know you do too that I believe and I know you do too that that the the default that the underlying that the the default that the underlying innate default is this incredible love innate default is this incredible love that emanates out that can handle that emanates out that can handle anything no matter what comes anything no matter what comes conditional it's not based on the conditional it's not based on the external external It's this energy that is no matter what It's this energy that is no matter what profoundly loving and at peace and profoundly loving and at peace and content and whole and nothing can touch

content and whole and nothing can touch it. It's unbreakable. it. It's unbreakable. >> And now it is through the interceptive >> And now it is through the interceptive focus that we are able to ignite to focus that we are able to ignite to activate that. activate that. So we got it. We got it. And this time So we got it. We got it. And this time it's not a terrorist or so or it is it's not a terrorist or so or it is taking out the terrorist of our mind and taking out the terrorist of our mind and bring peace profound peace and love an bring peace profound peace and love an unlimited reservoir of energy every day unlimited reservoir of energy every day with great purpose. with great purpose. I go for that. I go for that. And as you're busier, I know some people And as you're busier, I know some people want to be more productive. They want to want to be more productive. They want to be not just happier, but they also want be not just happier, but they also want to do good in the world. They also want to do good in the world. They also want to help others. to help others. What practices and perspectives sustain What practices and perspectives sustain you in being able to continue this high you in being able to continue this high level of work? level of work? >> Yeah, I just see it all the time around >> Yeah, I just see it all the time around me. uh the the amount of people me. uh the the amount of people awakening and uh uh healing of their

awakening and uh uh healing of their depression that if I walk over the depression that if I walk over the street now that's now then people stop street now that's now then people stop me and they say not like I'm famous no me and they say not like I'm famous no they stop me and say you changed my life they stop me and say you changed my life you saved my life and they look me in you saved my life and they look me in the eyes man what kind of motivation do the eyes man what kind of motivation do you need more you need more and then they asked, "Can I make a and then they asked, "Can I make a photo?" Are you not bothered to make a photo?" Are you not bothered to make a photo? I say, "Hey, man. I'm bothered if photo? I say, "Hey, man. I'm bothered if you don't." I'm honored. I'm I'm bloody you don't." I'm honored. I'm I'm bloody honored with it all, but I'm also just honored with it all, but I'm also just at the beginning. I want to get power at the beginning. I want to get power now. I want to break the wall. I want to now. I want to break the wall. I want to break the wall of ignorance. And I'm break the wall of ignorance. And I'm still at the beginning. So, I am not still at the beginning. So, I am not sitting on my chair like, "Oh, look at sitting on my chair like, "Oh, look at what I did." because it's still [ __ ] what I did." because it's still [ __ ] where I am if I look into the world and

where I am if I look into the world and until I don't I keep on it's not until I don't I keep on it's not stopping I just keep on going. stopping I just keep on going. >> This is wonderful and I think that >> This is wonderful and I think that there's this sense of ability to have there's this sense of ability to have the default mode of profound peace and the default mode of profound peace and love and then an energy that comes from love and then an energy that comes from serving and supporting others. they're serving and supporting others. they're telling you that they changed their telling you that they changed their life. this energy that comes and I think life. this energy that comes and I think that's there for everyone this sense that's there for everyone this sense that there can be this motivation not that there can be this motivation not around feeling better yourself because around feeling better yourself because once you feel fine yourself and you get once you feel fine yourself and you get to that wholeness the motivation comes to that wholeness the motivation comes from serving and supporting others and from serving and supporting others and that other feeding back and saying my that other feeding back and saying my life's been transformed feeds the energy life's been transformed feeds the energy to keep going to keep building to keep to keep going to keep building to keep motivating and the science supporting motivating and the science supporting this builds that energy even further this builds that energy even further further and I think this is really further and I think this is really inspiring to people the transformation inspiring to people the transformation that you've gone through from being in

that you've gone through from being in very intense and stressful situations to very intense and stressful situations to finding a solution for yourself to finding a solution for yourself to showing in science that solution can showing in science that solution can work for others to training others and work for others to training others and having others demonstrate that it does having others demonstrate that it does indeed work for them and that's indeed work for them and that's scientifically shown and then to be able scientifically shown and then to be able to be engaged in media and movies and to be engaged in media and movies and starting to become something that is on starting to become something that is on the ability for people to access and see the ability for people to access and see and go to the website and learn more and and go to the website and learn more and go get the app and learn more and it's go get the app and learn more and it's so accessible to people all over the so accessible to people all over the world and it's not something that only a world and it's not something that only a few have access to and that is brilliant few have access to and that is brilliant and that is going to be an inspiration and that is going to be an inspiration to the audience here who want to do to the audience here who want to do something for themselves but Not just something for themselves but Not just stop there. Don't stop there. Don't stop stop there. Don't stop there. Don't stop at doing something for yourself. Doing at doing something for yourself. Doing something for yourself is just one step

something for yourself is just one step to being able to serve and support to being able to serve and support others in a way that brings them love others in a way that brings them love and transformation. If you can do it for and transformation. If you can do it for yourself, do that first and then inspire yourself, do that first and then inspire others to see your transformation, to others to see your transformation, to see that you found peace, you found see that you found peace, you found contentment so that others can feel, contentment so that others can feel, wait, if you can do it, so can I. And wait, if you can do it, so can I. And that's how it spreads. that's how it spreads. >> Wow. That's a that's a bloody a real >> Wow. That's a that's a bloody a real corona virus. But then positive. You corona virus. But then positive. You know the corona virus know the corona virus we while the corona virus was going on we while the corona virus was going on it was Dr. Kevin Tracy who called me and it was Dr. Kevin Tracy who called me and he said you know what you have found you he said you know what you have found you have found the pathway of the corona have found the pathway of the corona radiata. radiata. Coronial radiata is a nerve endings in Coronial radiata is a nerve endings in all our brain and you can compare it to all our brain and you can compare it to the crown chakra in yoga. The highest of the crown chakra in yoga. The highest of yoga. Now we can make that highest of yoga. Now we can make that highest of exercising yoga in the crown chakra

exercising yoga in the crown chakra braharandra samadei and all that [ __ ] braharandra samadei and all that [ __ ] also is esoteric. We can make it work in also is esoteric. We can make it work in seven minutes, eight minutes. And so seven minutes, eight minutes. And so that's what he said. So we are spreading that's what he said. So we are spreading a consciousness a ability to ignite the a consciousness a ability to ignite the the highest of our brain wherein the highest of our brain wherein expanding consciousness is neurology is expanding consciousness is neurology is perception is physical and we can bring perception is physical and we can bring that onward to anybody. that onward to anybody. Everybody is a not just by symbol a king Everybody is a not just by symbol a king or queen. You are there to be like a or queen. You are there to be like a feel like a king on earth, like a queen feel like a king on earth, like a queen on earth, to be proud of who you are and on earth, to be proud of who you are and to reign with radiant energy throughout. to reign with radiant energy throughout. Yeah. Blessing the people with your Yeah. Blessing the people with your energy and know that that happens. energy and know that that happens. exercise the right to be like a king,

exercise the right to be like a king, like a queen, to be like a healer like a queen, to be like a healer instead of to be holy instead of half. instead of to be holy instead of half. And that that that will bounce back. And And that that that will bounce back. And it's such an amazing energy what you it's such an amazing energy what you then feel. So if you really want then feel. So if you really want pleasure, do this [ __ ] because it's pleasure, do this [ __ ] because it's going to work. And this now is going to work. And this now is universal. universal. So it's good for anybody and it's very So it's good for anybody and it's very accessible, very effective and very accessible, very effective and very powerful. So guys, whomever is powerful. So guys, whomever is listening, if you are not motivated or listening, if you are not motivated or convinced, hey, that's okay because we convinced, hey, that's okay because we are not a religion. We just want to make are not a religion. We just want to make you divine. you divine. >> And I know many are motivated and do >> And I know many are motivated and do want to get started. Where do you want to get started. Where do you suggest that they start? Where's the suggest that they start? Where's the place to begin? place to begin? I I I saw that the breathing bubble has I I I saw that the breathing bubble has been downloaded like 60 million times. I been downloaded like 60 million times. I think that one is good [laughter] think that one is good [laughter] because that's why people take it on and

because that's why people take it on and it's you know it's it's nothing it's you know it's it's nothing commercial or something. Yeah. Just look commercial or something. Yeah. Just look into it. It's so simple. It is a breath into it. It's so simple. It is a breath away. We have been talking about it. I away. We have been talking about it. I heard your story about your dad, about heard your story about your dad, about your mom, about your how to contain you your mom, about your how to contain you yourself and now to bring it onward and yourself and now to bring it onward and transcend within yourself past your transcend within yourself past your conditioning of mind and body into conditioning of mind and body into becoming you your your beautiful self becoming you your your beautiful self and it's a breath away. Just go do the and it's a breath away. Just go do the breathing bubble or as I very eloquently breathing bubble or as I very eloquently say in French, breathe, [ __ ] say in French, breathe, [ __ ] >> So the Wim the Wimhof method app has the >> So the Wim the Wimhof method app has the breathing bubble available and that's breathing bubble available and that's something that you can download for free something that you can download for free from the app store and that's a way to from the app store and that's a way to begin with the breathing bubble. begin with the breathing bubble. Anything else for if people want more Anything else for if people want more information is the best place to go the

information is the best place to go the website for that? website for that? the wimhofmethod.com that is our website if you if you want to go deeper or further or anything you to go deeper or further or anything you know if you maybe have generic diseases know if you maybe have generic diseases in your family I don't know what doesn't in your family I don't know what doesn't matter we can deal with that all because matter we can deal with that all because we have a big big community and all the we have a big big community and all the people there's no taboo not even over people there's no taboo not even over sex not nothing anything is a condition sex not nothing anything is a condition and we are able to decondition ourselves and we are able to decondition ourselves to become to get into our true nature to become to get into our true nature which is marvelous. It's amazing that which is marvelous. It's amazing that nature. So if you got some difficulties, nature. So if you got some difficulties, who are you going to call? Wim off. No, who are you going to call? Wim off. No, don't call me. Just get into the don't call me. Just get into the community and that there's so many community and that there's so many people healed and they can exactly that. people healed and they can exactly that. It's like a natural hospital of It's like a natural hospital of experienced people to work with natural experienced people to work with natural ways how to heal themselves. It's just

ways how to heal themselves. It's just bloody amazing what we can do. Get bloody amazing what we can do. Get there. Wimoff method.com. Find out. there. Wimoff method.com. Find out. Another thing is I've never been on my Another thing is I've never been on my own website. You know that? [laughter] own website. You know that? [laughter] AND I'M NOT PLANNING TO because man, I'm AND I'M NOT PLANNING TO because man, I'm just talking to you now. You know my I'm just talking to you now. You know my I'm talking to Miles. I'm having great talking to Miles. I'm having great conversations and I keep on I live my conversations and I keep on I live my talk. I walk my talk. I live what I do. talk. I walk my talk. I live what I do. I live from what you say to me. Once I live from what you say to me. Once again, your beautiful story and again, your beautiful story and everybody's beautiful story should be everybody's beautiful story should be told, should be lived, should be aware told, should be lived, should be aware of that everybody is beautiful. And of that everybody is beautiful. And until that is not happening, we keep on until that is not happening, we keep on banging on you your heaven's door there. banging on you your heaven's door there. >> Yes, the corona radiata, this sense of >> Yes, the corona radiata, this sense of activation and the crown area. So the activation and the crown area. So the Wimhofmemethod.com website, the Wimhof Wimhofmemethod.com website, the Wimhof method app, there's also the book, method app, there's also the book, Wimhofmethod book, and that's audio or

Wimhofmethod book, and that's audio or written. And then there's also the BBC written. And then there's also the BBC series, the freeze the fear. There's series, the freeze the fear. There's also the the the Hollywood movie that also the the the Hollywood movie that will be coming at some point. So lots of will be coming at some point. So lots of resources and way documentary is also resources and way documentary is also beautiful. Vice Dr. documentary and yes beautiful. Vice Dr. documentary and yes theory. theory. >> Yeah, >> Yeah, >> a lot of documentaries going on. So >> a lot of documentaries going on. So >> YouTube is a great resource as well. >> YouTube is a great resource as well. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's a lot of >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's a lot of resources in the end. You are the resources in the end. You are the source. source. >> Yeah. So final parting words. What do >> Yeah. So final parting words. What do you want to inspire people with? What do you want to inspire people with? What do you want them to take to heart as the you want them to take to heart as the main summary for what we've discussed main summary for what we've discussed today? today? >> Find your beautiful self because it's >> Find your beautiful self because it's there and it's closer than you think. there and it's closer than you think. Closer than you think is stop the Closer than you think is stop the thinking. Be it. And if you cannot be it thinking. Be it. And if you cannot be it because the thinking is so strong, then because the thinking is so strong, then do the breathing and do the cold showers do the breathing and do the cold showers because that will activate your deeper

because that will activate your deeper physiology which is connected to the physiology which is connected to the deeper parts of your brain and learn to deeper parts of your brain and learn to get a hold over that. Learn to get a get a hold over that. Learn to get a hold over disease, over depression, over hold over disease, over depression, over inflammation which is the cause and inflammation which is the cause and effect of disease itself. effect of disease itself. So you are able to innately cap uh h So you are able to innately cap uh h capacitate yourself consciously now to capacitate yourself consciously now to connect with that ability to heal connect with that ability to heal yourself and to prevent from disease yourself and to prevent from disease coming in. And with that I wish you a coming in. And with that I wish you a very happy life and a great purpose and very happy life and a great purpose and make all your not I wish you all all make all your not I wish you all all your dreams come true. They will become your dreams come true. They will become true. It's you. It's your choice, all true. It's you. It's your choice, all the love, all the power. the love, all the power. >> You've heard it direct from the Iceman >> You've heard it direct from the Iceman himself, Wim Hoff. Thank you so much for himself, Wim Hoff. Thank you so much for watching. This has been another episode watching. This has been another episode of Microbes and Mental Health Summit.

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Cold As A Grief Protocol

The defining rupture came years later, when Hof’s wife died by suicide in 1995. He speaks of it plainly: she was the love of his life, and the loss left him with four children and a level of pain he could not think his way through. Some experiences exceed analysis. They ask the body to survive first.

In that grief, cold water became more than a daily practice. It became an interruption. He describes entering icy water and feeling the mental loop stop: the questions, the self-blame, the relentless return to why. Cold did not explain the loss. It created a pause strong enough for him to breathe inside it.

This is the quiet power of deliberate intensity. When the cold is immediate, the mind cannot keep running its old circuit at full speed. Attention returns to breath, skin, pulse, and survival. In that narrowed field, the nervous system has a chance to reset, and the person inside the pain can find one clear moment.

Hof does not frame this as a polished wellness practice born in comfort. He frames it as a way back from collapse. He was parenting, grieving, and rebuilding at once. The cold gave him a place to meet intensity without being consumed by it. Recovery began as the ability to stay.

You learn to have a system in physiology that is able to deal with any situation.

There is a distinction worth holding with care. Cold exposure did not erase grief, and it did not replace human support or proper care. It gave him a physical protocol for moments when thought became too much. For anyone navigating overwhelm, that is the deeper lesson: resilience is not denial; it is contact without collapse.

Training The Stress Response

The conversation returns again and again to one principle: the body can learn to relax under pressure. In cold water, everything wants to tense. Breathwork asks you to stay conscious inside that reflex. The training is not about forcing the body into obedience. It is about teaching the system a new response.

The host connects this to grief through his own losses. He describes cold exposure bringing him back to the moment of his father’s death, and later to the passing of his mother. The cold becomes a place where intensity can be felt without escape. Presence is trained in the body before it becomes available in life.

Hof speaks of mood regulation as something people can learn, not something reserved for experts or rare personalities. He refers to brain processes linked with emotion and mood, and the practical outcome is direct: steadier mood, greater calm, more room between stimulus and reaction. You build the capacity to stay with what is happening.

This matters because many people live in the circling of the mind. We analyze emotion, explain it, judge it, and try to master it from a distance. But grief, fear, and anxiety are not only thoughts. They are sensations, contractions, breath patterns, and pressure in the body. To process them, you need access to the body.

Breath and cold create that access with uncommon clarity. The breath gives you a deliberate handle. The cold gives you honest feedback. If you tense, you feel it. If you soften, you feel that too. Over time, the body learns that intensity is not the same as danger, and stillness becomes a trained response.

I want to pass on the keys to the people to learn to regulate their own mood.

The Case For Innate Resilience

Hof’s broader claim is that resilience is innate, but often untrained. He points to breath, cold, and mindset as ways to influence systems once considered beyond conscious reach, including inflammation, immunity, and the autonomic nervous system. The outcome he emphasizes is not technical mastery for its own sake. It is strength you can feel as energy, calm, and recovery.

The central proof point in the conversation is the 2014 study he references. After four days of training, a group of participants used breathing exercises, cold training, and mindset while receiving an injected bacterial endotoxin. Hof says they were able to influence the innate immune system and autonomic nervous system, dampening fever, headache, and other symptoms. The meaningful point is agency under biological stress.

The study matters because it moved the method from personal story into scientific inquiry. Hof had first been treated as an anomaly, someone outside the usual pattern. The comparative group changed that frame. If trained participants could reproduce parts of the response, the question shifted from what one man can endure to what human physiology can learn.

The transcript also places this in a modern context of depression, anxiety, chronic disease, and exhaustion. The host points to rising burdens of chronic illness and mood disruption, while Hof argues for simple protocols that reconnect people with their own capacity. The claim is not that cold water and breath solve every condition. The claim is that accessible practices can support balance when life pulls the system off center.

That distinction keeps the work grounded. Breath, cold, and mindset are supports, not replacements for medical or mental health care. They can help you build tolerance for stress, interrupt spirals, and recover a steadier baseline. Used with respect, they become part of a larger sanctuary of care: deliberate, embodied, and precise.

Hof also speaks about circulation, heart rate, and the cardiovascular system in plain terms. Cold trains the many small muscles involved in blood flow, he says, helping transportation improve so the heart can work with greater ease. In lived language, the outcome is more vitality, better recovery, and a calmer internal rhythm. The body returns toward equilibrium.

The method’s enduring appeal comes from that simplicity. Breathe with attention. Meet the cold with respect. Bring mindset into the moment where the body wants to retreat. These are not shortcuts. They are rituals of adaptation, repeated until the system remembers its own resilience. In the pause, you find command.

Wim's Wise Words

A second take, from someone who's lived it.

If you take one thing from this, take the cold seriously without making it dramatic. The work is not to prove you can suffer. The work is to meet intensity, keep your breath available, and leave with more balance than you arrived with.

I see many people begin too hard. They hear the story, feel the charge of it, and go straight for long ice baths or breath holds they have not earned. That is not mastery. Mastery is precision. Thirty seconds of cold water with calm attention can teach you more than three minutes spent fighting yourself.

Where I Would Start

Begin with the breath on dry land. Sit down or lie down. Give it your full attention. Never practise deep breathwork in water, while driving, or anywhere a faint feeling could put you at risk. The breath is powerful because it changes state quickly; respect that speed.

Then bring in cold at the end of a warm shower. Start short. Let the first response happen, then soften around it. Feel for the moment when panic becomes attention. That is the threshold. You are training the nervous system to recognise pressure without immediately calling it danger.

If you want a fuller bridge between breath, cold, and intention, read Breath, Cold, Intention. If the dopamine piece interests you, Cold Water, Dopamine, and the Body's Ancient Alarm gives useful context for why cold can sharpen focus and leave the mind clearer after the shock has passed.

There is one caveat I would hold close. Cold is a support, not a substitute. It does not replace sleep, food, friendship, skilled care, or the quiet work of telling the truth about what you are carrying. If you are in deep distress, bring other humans into the sanctuary with you. Strength is not isolation.

The best practice leaves you more available to your life. Not more impressed with yourself. More available. You step out, dry off, and notice the room is quieter. The body has done something honest. The mind follows.

Cold gives you feedback immediately. If you force, you feel tight. If you breathe, you feel space. If you respect the edge, adaptation begins. Stay precise. Stay humble. Let the ritual build slowly, until stillness becomes something you can return to.