For decades, medical science held a fundamental assumption: the autonomic nervous system and immune response operate beyond conscious control. They're automatic—hardwired responses to stimuli, impervious to intention or will. Then a Dutch man sat in ice for over an hour. Then climbed Everest in shorts. Then proved, in a laboratory setting, that he could consciously regulate both systems at will.
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way I had my uh what oh in the red spot way I had my uh what oh in the red spot okay yes uh it you know the only goal on okay yes uh it you know the only goal on okay yes uh it you know the only goal on this planet this beautiful planet this planet this beautiful planet this planet this beautiful planet actually is uh to uh become spiritual actually is uh to uh become spiritual actually is uh to uh become spiritual spiritually uh aware and have a feeling spiritually uh aware and have a feeling spiritually uh aware and have a feeling like like a plant like a flower first like like a plant like a flower first like like a plant like a flower first grows into a stem leaves takes sunshine grows into a stem leaves takes sunshine grows into a stem leaves takes sunshine and and rain and all the elements and in and and rain and all the elements and in and and rain and all the elements and in the the the interaction it becomes a natural interaction it becomes a natural interaction it becomes a natural flower and we are like that our spirit flower and we are like that our spirit flower and we are like that our spirit wants to evolve grow become strong and wants to evolve grow become strong and wants to evolve grow become strong and expand and become happy therein there is expand and become happy therein there is expand and become happy therein there is only happiness in In Living from this only happiness in In Living from this only happiness in In Living from this believe feeling within the depth of our believe feeling within the depth of our believe feeling within the depth of our being and that made me that made me
being and that made me that made me being and that made me that made me searching searching into what was not in searching searching into what was not in searching searching into what was not in the books H it didn't tell me this this the books H it didn't tell me this this the books H it didn't tell me this this is luck this is absolute health this is is luck this is absolute health this is is luck this is absolute health this is the way to live it was all always so far the way to live it was all always so far the way to live it was all always so far from me so I began beyond my fears and from me so I began beyond my fears and from me so I began beyond my fears and beyond my way of thinking and the rules beyond my way of thinking and the rules beyond my way of thinking and the rules and all the things which had sat in and all the things which had sat in and all the things which had sat in because of school and systems and because of school and systems and because of school and systems and hierarchy I began to to look for hierarchy I began to to look for hierarchy I began to to look for something deeper Within something deeper Within something deeper Within Myself and therefore uh um uh therefore Myself and therefore uh um uh therefore Myself and therefore uh um uh therefore I went into I went into I went into nature I went back to nature mother nature I went back to nature mother nature I went back to nature mother nature uh many esoteric disciplines I nature uh many esoteric disciplines I nature uh many esoteric disciplines I followed but uh from books and and and followed but uh from books and and and followed but uh from books and and and uh existence
uh existence uh existence uh disciplines I couldn't really make uh disciplines I couldn't really make uh disciplines I couldn't really make this contact within my myself in the this contact within my myself in the this contact within my myself in the depth therefore finally I got attracted depth therefore finally I got attracted depth therefore finally I got attracted by by by a freezing cold water but a freezing cold water but a freezing cold water but intuitively I felt hey this is intuitively I felt hey this is intuitively I felt hey this is attracting me it wants me to go in I attracting me it wants me to go in I attracting me it wants me to go in I went in and I only took one minute went in and I only took one minute went in and I only took one minute inside but I felt a tremendous inside but I felt a tremendous inside but I felt a tremendous recognition of the depth of my recognition of the depth of my recognition of the depth of my physiology and I knew from the inside physiology and I knew from the inside physiology and I knew from the inside this is it this is what I was looking this is it this is what I was looking this is it this is what I was looking for then you think yeah freezing water for then you think yeah freezing water for then you think yeah freezing water are you looking for freezing water it's are you looking for freezing water it's are you looking for freezing water it's [ __ ] cold no I'm not going to do [ __ ] cold no I'm not going to do [ __ ] cold no I'm not going to do that but we got so such a internal that but we got so such a internal that but we got so such a internal Powers within we are sort of mammals we Powers within we are sort of mammals we Powers within we are sort of mammals we are mammals and we got these
are mammals and we got these are mammals and we got these mechanisms from millions of years mechanisms from millions of years mechanisms from millions of years developed and since we became humans and developed and since we became humans and developed and since we became humans and make everything make everything make everything comfortable taking clothes on and making comfortable taking clothes on and making comfortable taking clothes on and making rules to rules to rules to Nature and uh inflicting nature actually Nature and uh inflicting nature actually Nature and uh inflicting nature actually a a damage the amazone uh is in danger a a damage the amazone uh is in danger a a damage the amazone uh is in danger because uh it's not able to absorb so because uh it's not able to absorb so because uh it's not able to absorb so much as CO2 anyal in the last 30 years much as CO2 anyal in the last 30 years much as CO2 anyal in the last 30 years what are we what are we what are we doing I try to go into the depth of doing I try to go into the depth of doing I try to go into the depth of myself and look for answers I found it myself and look for answers I found it myself and look for answers I found it in cold water it brought me back because in cold water it brought me back because in cold water it brought me back because cold water really is merciless but it is cold water really is merciless but it is cold water really is merciless but it is righteous and it brought me into an righteous and it brought me into an righteous and it brought me into an absolute certain certainty Within Myself absolute certain certainty Within Myself absolute certain certainty Within Myself beyond my uh thoughts into this
beyond my uh thoughts into this beyond my uh thoughts into this primordial very good feeling very strong primordial very good feeling very strong primordial very good feeling very strong and United all the mechanisms Within and United all the mechanisms Within and United all the mechanisms Within Myself making me able to stay for Myself making me able to stay for Myself making me able to stay for example in short in freezing example in short in freezing example in short in freezing temperatures all night long sit just temperatures all night long sit just temperatures all night long sit just sitting using sitting using sitting using breathing the breath is able to get into breathing the breath is able to get into breathing the breath is able to get into into the depth of our phys iology far into the depth of our phys iology far into the depth of our phys iology far more than we thought uh more than we thought uh more than we thought uh before and because of our way of before and because of our way of before and because of our way of Behaving Behavior with the clothes we Behaving Behavior with the clothes we Behaving Behavior with the clothes we are not living in interaction with the are not living in interaction with the are not living in interaction with the nature anymore so Cal doesn't affect us nature anymore so Cal doesn't affect us nature anymore so Cal doesn't affect us and the heat doesn't affect us because and the heat doesn't affect us because and the heat doesn't affect us because we are all uh all the time able to we are all uh all the time able to we are all uh all the time able to control the environments but we are not control the environments but we are not control the environments but we are not able to control the mechanisms Within
able to control the mechanisms Within able to control the mechanisms Within now you saw this little film which now you saw this little film which now you saw this little film which showed I train people with within 4 days showed I train people with within 4 days showed I train people with within 4 days to be able without experience in the to be able without experience in the to be able without experience in the cold just in 4 days to be able uh to go cold just in 4 days to be able uh to go cold just in 4 days to be able uh to go in short by minus1 in short by minus1 in short by minus1 Celsius and then for hours climbing up a Celsius and then for hours climbing up a Celsius and then for hours climbing up a mountain to go to the top the summit and mountain to go to the top the summit and mountain to go to the top the summit and there it was minus uh 27 and it was all there it was minus uh 27 and it was all there it was minus uh 27 and it was all in a research program the doctors who in a research program the doctors who in a research program the doctors who were uh accompanying us they were were uh accompanying us they were were uh accompanying us they were completely dressed with the scarves uh completely dressed with the scarves uh completely dressed with the scarves uh and the heads and and thick coats they and the heads and and thick coats they and the heads and and thick coats they were suffering from cold and these guys were suffering from cold and these guys were suffering from cold and these guys in shorts they were dancing the in shorts they were dancing the in shorts they were dancing the harlemshake on the top of the mountain harlemshake on the top of the mountain harlemshake on the top of the mountain then I knew these guys in four days will then I knew these guys in four days will then I knew these guys in four days will be able able to control their autonomic
be able able to control their autonomic be able able to control their autonomic nervous system related to the immune nervous system related to the immune nervous system related to the immune system making them able after injection system making them able after injection system making them able after injection of a bacteria of a bacteria of a bacteria eoli which normally creates eoli which normally creates eoli which normally creates uncontrollable shivering headaches all uncontrollable shivering headaches all uncontrollable shivering headaches all over Miser miserable over Miser miserable over Miser miserable feeling no good they were able to feeling no good they were able to feeling no good they were able to control that within 50 minutes and you control that within 50 minutes and you control that within 50 minutes and you know why because they know why because they know why because they not only danced the harlemshake they not only danced the harlemshake they not only danced the harlemshake they awakened these internal mechanisms of awakened these internal mechanisms of awakened these internal mechanisms of which we got alienated from because of which we got alienated from because of which we got alienated from because of our our our comfort and so-called comfort and uh and comfort and so-called comfort and uh and comfort and so-called comfort and uh and controlling the nature but not able to controlling the nature but not able to controlling the nature but not able to control the nature control the nature control the nature within they showed us and they passed within they showed us and they passed within they showed us and they passed their their their fears to do this they felt hey guys fears to do this they felt hey guys fears to do this they felt hey guys this is a team we are going to tackle
this is a team we are going to tackle this is a team we are going to tackle the biggest war with the biggest amount the biggest war with the biggest amount the biggest war with the biggest amount of casualties ever which is the bacteria of casualties ever which is the bacteria of casualties ever which is the bacteria the war of the bacteria the back cell the war of the bacteria the back cell the war of the bacteria the back cell and the and the and the virus are we and the and the and the virus are we and the and the and the virus are we able to do that that's I feel we are able to do that that's I feel we are able to do that that's I feel we are able to do this and we but we got to do able to do this and we but we got to do able to do this and we but we got to do this together and just in four days just this together and just in four days just this together and just in four days just 4 days they were able to go in shorts by 4 days they were able to go in shorts by 4 days they were able to go in shorts by minus 10 to minus 27 on top and do the minus 10 to minus 27 on top and do the minus 10 to minus 27 on top and do the harlemshake but in the at the same time harlemshake but in the at the same time harlemshake but in the at the same time they were able to they were able to they were able to reawaken these internal Powers which reawaken these internal Powers which reawaken these internal Powers which gives them access to control their gives them access to control their gives them access to control their immune system their autonomic nervous immune system their autonomic nervous immune system their autonomic nervous system their hormonal system and what do system their hormonal system and what do system their hormonal system and what do we suffer in this world from that way we suffer in this world from that way we suffer in this world from that way from the depression from cancer from uh
from the depression from cancer from uh from the depression from cancer from uh all kinds of autoimmune diseases and of all kinds of autoimmune diseases and of all kinds of autoimmune diseases and of having no control having no control having no control within within within powerlessness and I say now and surely powerlessness and I say now and surely powerlessness and I say now and surely after this uh research it's opening up after this uh research it's opening up after this uh research it's opening up little by little and we published in the little by little and we published in the little by little and we published in the in the best of magazines medical in the best of magazines medical in the best of magazines medical magazines in the magazines in the magazines in the world that we are able to go deeper world that we are able to go deeper world that we are able to go deeper within and uh within and uh within and uh therefore Chang our way of thinking therefore Chang our way of thinking therefore Chang our way of thinking that happiness health and strength is that happiness health and strength is that happiness health and strength is makeable for us all every individual makeable for us all every individual makeable for us all every individual going by sence and showing just by going by sence and showing just by going by sence and showing just by measurements a control group and a group measurements a control group and a group measurements a control group and a group which is which is which is instructed enabling them in just a instructed enabling them in just a instructed enabling them in just a couple of days because they are couple of days because they are couple of days because they are motivated they take it on and they see
motivated they take it on and they see motivated they take it on and they see that the things I learned in the heart that the things I learned in the heart that the things I learned in the heart uh uh uh nature not in the books that that is nature not in the books that that is nature not in the books that that is also them in the depth of also them in the depth of also them in the depth of themselves themselves themselves they in just four they in just four they in just four days in just four days we showed days in just four days we showed days in just four days we showed scientifically by scientifically by scientifically by measurement we measurement we measurement we showed uh that that uh everybody showed uh that that uh everybody showed uh that that uh everybody actually actually actually is able to control much more within that is able to control much more within that is able to control much more within that enables to go back to the Natural State enables to go back to the Natural State enables to go back to the Natural State wherein we are able to control our wherein we are able to control our wherein we are able to control our hormonal system which is connected to hormonal system which is connected to hormonal system which is connected to the nice hormones which makes us the nice hormones which makes us the nice hormones which makes us happy the strong hormones which makes uh happy the strong hormones which makes uh happy the strong hormones which makes uh us strong they saw in the hospital us strong they saw in the hospital us strong they saw in the hospital people lying in bed doing certain people lying in bed doing certain people lying in bed doing certain breathing exercises and Focus they saw
breathing exercises and Focus they saw breathing exercises and Focus they saw them creating generating more adrenaline them creating generating more adrenaline them creating generating more adrenaline in a tranquil way controlled than in a tranquil way controlled than in a tranquil way controlled than somebody in fear for the first time somebody in fear for the first time somebody in fear for the first time going into a Bunger going into a Bunger going into a Bunger jump blood result jump blood result jump blood result comparison that's comparison that's comparison that's control and of course a bacteria then at control and of course a bacteria then at control and of course a bacteria then at that moment has no that moment has no that moment has no chance and that's the immune system or chance and that's the immune system or chance and that's the immune system or what do we have in this world a whole what do we have in this world a whole what do we have in this world a whole lot of disease a whole lot of lot of disease a whole lot of lot of disease a whole lot of powerlessness against disease against powerlessness against disease against powerlessness against disease against depression and all that and why because depression and all that and why because depression and all that and why because we lost track of what nature we lost track of what nature we lost track of what nature is within us and in is within us and in is within us and in interaction so in the future we have interaction so in the future we have interaction so in the future we have to uh we have to take away all these to uh we have to take away all these to uh we have to take away all these borders and this way of thinking and borders and this way of thinking and borders and this way of thinking and this uh too much comfort and thinking this uh too much comfort and thinking this uh too much comfort and thinking that we are able to control nature
that we are able to control nature that we are able to control nature nature because nature within should be nature because nature within should be nature because nature within should be happiness strength and and uh and happiness strength and and uh and happiness strength and and uh and health and we took this Pursuit we took health and we took this Pursuit we took health and we took this Pursuit we took it on and we have no fear we believe in it on and we have no fear we believe in it on and we have no fear we believe in this and we did it we we do all the time this and we did it we we do all the time this and we did it we we do all the time things unbelievable by scientists and things unbelievable by scientists and things unbelievable by scientists and physiologists telling us but this is physiologists telling us but this is physiologists telling us but this is irresponsible what you are going to do irresponsible what you are going to do irresponsible what you are going to do with 26 people in three days in shorts with 26 people in three days in shorts with 26 people in three days in shorts climbing kilamanjaro that's not possible climbing kilamanjaro that's not possible climbing kilamanjaro that's not possible and especially with people who have no and especially with people who have no and especially with people who have no mountain uh mountaineering mountain uh mountaineering mountain uh mountaineering experience and having cancer and the experience and having cancer and the experience and having cancer and the heart condition and the Crone disease heart condition and the Crone disease heart condition and the Crone disease and the Ms and Asthma and all kinds of and the Ms and Asthma and all kinds of and the Ms and Asthma and all kinds of different diseases I I I told them are different diseases I I I told them are different diseases I I I told them are you motivated then we are able to climb you motivated then we are able to climb you motivated then we are able to climb Mount Kil banjaro in three days which is
Mount Kil banjaro in three days which is Mount Kil banjaro in three days which is irresponsible physiologically looking at irresponsible physiologically looking at irresponsible physiologically looking at it but I felt we are able to do this so it but I felt we are able to do this so it but I felt we are able to do this so we took it on and all these uh uh we took it on and all these uh uh we took it on and all these uh uh physiologists they they told us this physiologists they they told us this physiologists they they told us this this you you cannot do this because the this you you cannot do this because the this you you cannot do this because the physiological uh limits of human body is physiological uh limits of human body is physiological uh limits of human body is are scientifically uh stated as not to are scientifically uh stated as not to are scientifically uh stated as not to be able to go in 3 days in and as be able to go in 3 days in and as be able to go in 3 days in and as especially in in shorts up Mount kilom especially in in shorts up Mount kilom especially in in shorts up Mount kilom manaro and we didn't do it in 3 days we manaro and we didn't do it in 3 days we manaro and we didn't do it in 3 days we did it in two days and now I do not hear did it in two days and now I do not hear did it in two days and now I do not hear them anymore and all these guys 65 years the anymore and all these guys 65 years the oldest one he did it too in two oldest one he did it too in two oldest one he did it too in two days last uh January we repeated it and days last uh January we repeated it and days last uh January we repeated it and we took 16 hours from this heap of 30 uh we took 16 hours from this heap of 30 uh we took 16 hours from this heap of 30 uh 46 hours we did in the 31 hours 25
46 hours we did in the 31 hours 25 46 hours we did in the 31 hours 25 minutes and I'm trying to Astound every minutes and I'm trying to Astound every minutes and I'm trying to Astound every time showing that the power within every time showing that the power within every time showing that the power within every human uh body person in the world is human uh body person in the world is human uh body person in the world is able to do a whole lot able to do a whole lot able to do a whole lot more to become Happy by his or her hers more to become Happy by his or her hers more to become Happy by his or her hers control every individual in the control every individual in the control every individual in the world we showed it we showed that the world we showed it we showed that the world we showed it we showed that the autonomic nervous system is no longer autonomic nervous system is no longer autonomic nervous system is no longer autonomic autonomic autonomic the books are changed on the the books are changed on the the books are changed on the universities in the US right now because universities in the US right now because universities in the US right now because of us first group in the world to show of us first group in the world to show of us first group in the world to show autonomic nervous system in relationship autonomic nervous system in relationship autonomic nervous system in relationship to the immune system that was not able to the immune system that was not able to the immune system that was not able uh to be controlled and we showed 100% uh to be controlled and we showed 100% uh to be controlled and we showed 100% control all the 12 uh participants in control all the 12 uh participants in control all the 12 uh participants in this research they showed Direct Control this research they showed Direct Control this research they showed Direct Control within 50 minutes bacteria no chance within 50 minutes bacteria no chance within 50 minutes bacteria no chance that means control of the hormonal that means control of the hormonal that means control of the hormonal system and the hormonal system consists
system and the hormonal system consists system and the hormonal system consists of hormones and we have a brain and once of hormones and we have a brain and once of hormones and we have a brain and once this internal natural power and the this internal natural power and the this internal natural power and the connection with the hormonal system and connection with the hormonal system and connection with the hormonal system and the and the and the brain is EST the and the and the brain is EST the and the and the brain is EST reestablished because of going into reestablished because of going into reestablished because of going into nature and making you know able to do nature and making you know able to do nature and making you know able to do the Harlem Shake on the top of the the Harlem Shake on the top of the the Harlem Shake on the top of the mountain at minus mountain at minus mountain at minus 27 anybody can do this huh I train 27 anybody can do this huh I train 27 anybody can do this huh I train people regard the next uh uh uh climb people regard the next uh uh uh climb people regard the next uh uh uh climb I'm going to do with a person who is 77 I'm going to do with a person who is 77 I'm going to do with a person who is 77 at that moment he is motivated and he at that moment he is motivated and he at that moment he is motivated and he will be able to make a record time up will be able to make a record time up will be able to make a record time up kilano like kilano like kilano like all and uh the thing I want to state is all and uh the thing I want to state is all and uh the thing I want to state is it is it is it is time time time to make to make to make possible to the consciousness of people
possible to the consciousness of people possible to the consciousness of people that we are uh people who want to become that we are uh people who want to become that we are uh people who want to become or that the goal of people is to become or that the goal of people is to become or that the goal of people is to become happy strong and happy strong and happy strong and healthy and healthy and healthy and once we showed it by figures and once we showed it by figures and once we showed it by figures and measurements that we are able to control measurements that we are able to control measurements that we are able to control very much deeper within our systems we very much deeper within our systems we very much deeper within our systems we alienated from our systems so we lost alienated from our systems so we lost alienated from our systems so we lost control over the hormonal system thus control over the hormonal system thus control over the hormonal system thus depression and all the all kinds of depression and all the all kinds of depression and all the all kinds of diseases are yeah we are victim of that diseases are yeah we are victim of that diseases are yeah we are victim of that that's a lottery maybe yes maybe no we that's a lottery maybe yes maybe no we that's a lottery maybe yes maybe no we don't know but we do know now that by don't know but we do know now that by don't know but we do know now that by going into the nature interact the right going into the nature interact the right going into the nature interact the right way we are able to deepen our control way we are able to deepen our control way we are able to deepen our control and power within just a couple of days and power within just a couple of days and power within just a couple of days because it's already there made by because it's already there made by because it's already there made by millions of years of trial and error and millions of years of trial and error and millions of years of trial and error and it's still there and it's time to uh get it's still there and it's time to uh get it's still there and it's time to uh get back into control to become happy
back into control to become happy back into control to become happy hormonal system to become strong the hormonal system to become strong the hormonal system to become strong the hormonal system and to become healthy hormonal system and to become healthy hormonal system and to become healthy the immune system and we showed it all the immune system and we showed it all the immune system and we showed it all and I don't know and I don't know and I don't know why it is sort of blocked or so going so why it is sort of blocked or so going so why it is sort of blocked or so going so so slow so slow so slow into the the books are change are into the the books are change are into the the books are change are changing right now on the University changing right now on the University changing right now on the University biology and medical Sciences I don't biology and medical Sciences I don't biology and medical Sciences I don't know why they didn't take it up that we know why they didn't take it up that we know why they didn't take it up that we showed as the first group that the showed as the first group that the showed as the first group that the autonomic nervous system in relationship autonomic nervous system in relationship autonomic nervous system in relationship to the immune system that's great news to the immune system that's great news to the immune system that's great news because it it is it is important for because it it is it is important for because it it is it is important for every person in this world in very short every person in this world in very short every person in this world in very short time to be able to deepen within our uh time to be able to deepen within our uh time to be able to deepen within our uh Power and it's for free I think it's time for the world free I think it's time for the world that is able to make such a a beautiful that is able to make such a a beautiful that is able to make such a a beautiful technology like iPhones and all that to
technology like iPhones and all that to technology like iPhones and all that to learn to guarantee happiness uh strength learn to guarantee happiness uh strength learn to guarantee happiness uh strength and and and health for God's health for God's health for God's sake and all these systems we have sake and all these systems we have sake and all these systems we have running after the system but the system running after the system but the system running after the system but the system actually should serve us humans to actually should serve us humans to actually should serve us humans to become happy and strong and healthy we become happy and strong and healthy we become happy and strong and healthy we showed it that we are able to do this showed it that we are able to do this showed it that we are able to do this why does it go so slow I don't know but why does it go so slow I don't know but why does it go so slow I don't know but you are a young public I want to give you are a young public I want to give you are a young public I want to give you this message hey guys we are able to you this message hey guys we are able to you this message hey guys we are able to do so much more in just a short period do so much more in just a short period do so much more in just a short period of time by Awakening internal Powers of time by Awakening internal Powers of time by Awakening internal Powers unbelievable what you experience then unbelievable what you experience then unbelievable what you experience then and what you are able to do yeah that's a that's a sort of a do yeah that's a that's a sort of a message I I got a message I I got a message I I got a mission and uh I'm not a afraid to make mission and uh I'm not a afraid to make mission and uh I'm not a afraid to make mistakes Etc I believe it is time for
mistakes Etc I believe it is time for mistakes Etc I believe it is time for everybody to to take back the right to everybody to to take back the right to everybody to to take back the right to become happy uh strong and healthy and become happy uh strong and healthy and become happy uh strong and healthy and from there a a happy strong and healthy from there a a happy strong and healthy from there a a happy strong and healthy person is able to learn just like that person is able to learn just like that person is able to learn just like that flower to learn to expand in his mind to flower to learn to expand in his mind to flower to learn to expand in his mind to create cocreate with the world and create cocreate with the world and create cocreate with the world and that's the purpose of life instead of that's the purpose of life instead of that's the purpose of life instead of living living in fears and yakis and all living living in fears and yakis and all living living in fears and yakis and all these limiting forces all the time these limiting forces all the time these limiting forces all the time taking your thoughts all the way up taking your thoughts all the way up taking your thoughts all the way up there but not in hiside here where there there but not in hiside here where there there but not in hiside here where there is to be experienced this happiness is to be experienced this happiness is to be experienced this happiness strength and health but we are able to strength and health but we are able to strength and health but we are able to do do do this we have shown this right now and this we have shown this right now and this we have shown this right now and I'm showing it all the time with a whole I'm showing it all the time with a whole I'm showing it all the time with a whole bunch of people regard of uh age and
bunch of people regard of uh age and bunch of people regard of uh age and even of even of even of disease to be able to go beyond disease to be able to go beyond disease to be able to go beyond physiological physiological physiological borders every borders every borders every time and what's the clue I'm trying to time and what's the clue I'm trying to time and what's the clue I'm trying to get to through to get to through to get to through to you and to feel what I what is why am I you and to feel what I what is why am I you and to feel what I what is why am I here talking what is my message because here talking what is my message because here talking what is my message because I have no program in my head I have no I I have no program in my head I have no I I have no program in my head I have no I don't know this is about life don't know this is about life don't know this is about life and life is something to be you know and life is something to be you know and life is something to be you know worthwhile living the girl was talking worthwhile living the girl was talking worthwhile living the girl was talking here a very brave here a very brave here a very brave girl girl girl talking I think that sort of that talking I think that sort of that talking I think that sort of that because she we all live in this society because she we all live in this society because she we all live in this society and one is happy and one is not happy and one is happy and one is not happy and one is happy and one is not happy one is fitting in the system and the one is fitting in the system and the one is fitting in the system and the other one is not fitting in and he's other one is not fitting in and he's other one is not fitting in and he's excluded no there should be a system or excluded no there should be a system or excluded no there should be a system or a way of living for everybody to be able
a way of living for everybody to be able a way of living for everybody to be able to become happy strong and healthy no to become happy strong and healthy no to become happy strong and healthy no borders No Limits they are all borders No Limits they are all borders No Limits they are all within and the freedom felt like a child within and the freedom felt like a child within and the freedom felt like a child who has no borders yet because she's who has no borders yet because she's who has no borders yet because she's taken care by love and taken care by love and taken care by love and attention we are all we're becoming attention we are all we're becoming attention we are all we're becoming adults we said this mind still wants to adults we said this mind still wants to adults we said this mind still wants to be this child because this life and the be this child because this life and the be this child because this life and the planet Earth and all the creation it's planet Earth and all the creation it's planet Earth and all the creation it's it's a wonder it's a so miraculous we it's a wonder it's a so miraculous we it's a wonder it's a so miraculous we cannot cannot cannot understand but we can understand but we can understand but we can experience and that experience of experience and that experience of experience and that experience of expanding your Consciousness is is so expanding your Consciousness is is so expanding your Consciousness is is so great and it if it is withhold it great and it if it is withhold it great and it if it is withhold it because we have to live in this system because we have to live in this system because we have to live in this system and make it the system work in instead and make it the system work in instead and make it the system work in instead of our happiness of our happiness of our happiness then uh yeah then the the the mind is
then uh yeah then the the the mind is then uh yeah then the the the mind is not able to expand and to go freely like not able to expand and to go freely like not able to expand and to go freely like this flower flower is very vulnerable this flower flower is very vulnerable this flower flower is very vulnerable our mind is very vulnerable it just our mind is very vulnerable it just our mind is very vulnerable it just wants to bloom into flower and that's wants to bloom into flower and that's wants to bloom into flower and that's the most beautiful thing we could do to the most beautiful thing we could do to the most beautiful thing we could do to each other because if we radiate the each other because if we radiate the each other because if we radiate the right energy from within us we are right energy from within us we are right energy from within us we are healthy strong and happy healthy strong and happy healthy strong and happy we love the next we love the next we love the next person because we radiate this energy we person because we radiate this energy we person because we radiate this energy we are are are energy and if this energy goes freely energy and if this energy goes freely energy and if this energy goes freely again it's because again it's because again it's because we we cherish our internal uh we we cherish our internal uh we we cherish our internal uh mechanisms in the way Mother Nature Tau mechanisms in the way Mother Nature Tau mechanisms in the way Mother Nature Tau us but because of this alienation we got us but because of this alienation we got us but because of this alienation we got too much in the head in the brain and too much in the head in the brain and too much in the head in the brain and the system and now we are all connected the system and now we are all connected the system and now we are all connected to the system but in the deeper parts of
to the system but in the deeper parts of to the system but in the deeper parts of the the the brain it's it's you know neglected the brain it's it's you know neglected the brain it's it's you know neglected the child got neglected the Wonder got child got neglected the Wonder got child got neglected the Wonder got neglected we need pills to become a you neglected we need pills to become a you neglected we need pills to become a you know to expand a little bit know to expand a little bit know to expand a little bit Consciousness and it should not be Consciousness and it should not be Consciousness and it should not be necessary because we got a necessary because we got a necessary because we got a beautiful uh p uh pineal beautiful uh p uh pineal beautiful uh p uh pineal gland which is actually calcified gland which is actually calcified gland which is actually calcified because of too much brain activity on because of too much brain activity on because of too much brain activity on the the the surface and made that distance from the surface and made that distance from the surface and made that distance from the direct interaction but we showed direct interaction but we showed direct interaction but we showed adrenaline that's the fight and flight adrenaline that's the fight and flight adrenaline that's the fight and flight hormone to be able to generate in just hormone to be able to generate in just hormone to be able to generate in just 20 minutes to a level more than oh yeah 20 minutes to a level more than oh yeah 20 minutes to a level more than oh yeah hello yeah I have to finish I think hello yeah I have to finish I think hello yeah I have to finish I think okay so last thing okay so last thing okay so last thing we are able to do a whole lot more than
we are able to do a whole lot more than we are able to do a whole lot more than we think or thought uh even to what we think or thought uh even to what we think or thought uh even to what scientifically is stated just go for scientifically is stated just go for scientifically is stated just go for that
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Wim Hof—known as "The Iceman"—didn't set out to challenge medical orthodoxy. He was simply following what his body taught him. What began as personal exploration became scientific validation. The implications ripple far beyond cold exposure: if we can influence our immune system through breath and mind, what else have we been taught is impossible?
1:13 Hours in ice (world record) 7,400m Altitude on Everest wearing only shorts Marathon Namib Desert without water
These aren't party tricks. Each record represents data—evidence that thermal regulation isn't fixed. That endurance isn't purely physiological. That the line between voluntary and involuntary is more porous than we've been told.
What Hof discovered through intuition, researchers at Radboud University confirmed through rigorous study. When trained in the Wim Hof Method—a combination of cold exposure, breathing techniques, and mental focus—participants could measurably influence their autonomic nervous system and immune response.
They injected volunteers with bacterial endotoxin. Normally, this triggers fever, inflammation, flu-like symptoms—a predictable immune cascade. Those trained in the method? Minimal response. Their bodies produced more anti-inflammatory mediators, fewer pro-inflammatory cytokines. They literally turned down the inflammatory dial through conscious intervention.
Cold exposure gets the headlines. But the breathing protocol drives much of the physiological shift. Controlled hyperventilation followed by breath retention creates temporary hypoxia—low oxygen states that trigger adaptive responses. Carbon dioxide drops. pH rises. The body scrambles to restore homeostasis.
This controlled stress becomes a training ground. Your nervous system learns to remain calm under duress. Your cells adapt to operate efficiently under constraint. The practice isn't about oxygen deprivation—it's about resilience building at the cellular level.
Hof's early feats seemed superhuman. His gift appeared genetic, anomalous. The real revolution? Teaching thousands of ordinary people to replicate his results. Not world records—but measurable improvements in inflammation markers, stress resilience, immune function.
The method strips away mysticism. No special DNA required. No monk-like dedication. Just deliberate practice: breathe deeply, hold, release. Get cold. Repeat. The body remembers what it's capable of when you give it the right stimulus.
Cold water really is merciless, but it is righteous.
If conscious practice can modulate immune response, the applications extend far beyond athletic performance. Autoimmune conditions. Chronic inflammation. Anxiety disorders. Depression. These aren't guarantees—but they're research frontiers worth exploring. The method doesn't replace medicine. It expands what's possible alongside it. It shifts the question from "Can I control this?" to "How much control do I actually have?"
Start with breath. Before ice baths, master the breathing protocol. Three rounds daily: 30 deep breaths, hold after exhale. Notice how your body responds to intentional oxygen manipulation.
Use cold progressively. Cold showers before ice baths. Thirty seconds before three minutes. Build tolerance gradually. The adaptation is neurological as much as physical.
Trust the science, not just the spectacle. Hof's records are remarkable. The peer-reviewed research on immune modulation is revolutionary. Focus on what's replicable, not just what's impressive.
