Wim Hof ’s message is simple beneath the intensity: the body becomes stronger when it meets controlled stress. This article draws from An Experience With and keeps the focus on what can be practiced with clarity, caution, and respect for the evidence.
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I I want to change the world I want to change the people's idea of what is life we are built to be happy strong and healthy we are not built to be depressed and sick and weak and following go governmental buddies who don't know how to govern themselves you know you were you actually squatter for eight years wow it was the best time of my life I had no money at all doesn't matter where you come from have faith go through don't be tempted takeen out there stay in there you become great hey good morning Stephen good morning thank you so much for your time because I know that you're such a busy man tell me all about it what what is this podcast about so whim so obviously we've been trying to get this conversation for quite a while now haven't we um I'm I'm glad I've got you on at last we've been trying to figure out this Zoom U and recording because this is the first virtual in podcast that we've done so basically the the podcast is is about inspiring our viewers to um you know get through is this your virtual first podcast yes yes this is the first one we've done virtually yeah so that's why it's been a bit of a hiccup you see so we've been trying to figure out the best route to do it and so what kind of conversation did you had
so what kind of conversation did you had with Sylvester yes Sylvester I actually interviewed him in um on West Palm Beach in Florida which is obviously a little bit different to being sat here in my apartment um but yeah we just you know we brushed it we brushed on his early life um you know he's growing up uh and obviously how he he got the big break for rocker and then I delved into a lot of questions that were not really asked across the internet before and it's become quite a very popular interview you know just stuff about how did he get up after them times of adversity to push on you know to create his dreams and did he actually know in his heart when he was doing all those menial jobs even at the age of 30y old you know working in Lion cage as he were telling us and stuff like that and you know did he just know to keep going in his heart that that big break was on its way type of thing so and that's been the similar form kind of similar to me I've been doing all kinds of stuff before I did this and uh and yeah that's the world it's the world where you get in and trying to find the track where you really believe in it's a not not an easy path
not an easy path no the path of faith is being tested throughout the journey and that has been in my case absolutely there and right now I can say hey I did well but uh I'm uh also uh I'm just starting I my aims are big I I want to change the world I want to change the people's H idea of what is life and how to be there for each other because what we see in the world is a a lack of all that it's too competitive to H H it's empty toward the other it is not the sharing what is happening and the sharing is who we actually are we are social human uh beings and we should share with another because we are here to realize our soul we got an we got a common enemy which is ignorance yeah which is not finding the truth of why you are here here that is our enemy and that what creates Wars
our enemy and that what creates Wars what creates disease what creates Darkness depression abuse cruelty all those things are our enimies yes not the soul not the love for each other to share so there that that track where I can philosophy about it and nobody hears about it but what I do is go through science I go through science and test my faith in science and then I find out that the when the faith and science come together they become very powerful yes it's the way powerful I mean a a way to reach the People by the Millions hundreds of millions a the way they think that is the matter it's not the matter that you know the truth yes or no yes it's the matter how you reach the people and that make the change so I into that I'm into that and I'm going very soon also uh start uh again with my podcast yeah together with a doctor with
podcast yeah together with a doctor and we will talk about the uh undervalued and understudied items of uh the cold and the breathing upon our bodies and mind because it is really a uh a solution for modern day comfort zone Behavior yes modern modern day comfort zone behavior and all the extension tools and make it easy and make it easier and more easy we are debilitating our Spirits so the cold immersion is not only good for the cardiovascular system and uh our mindset go going into the cold takes mindset yes and and the breathing is not only good for H cleansing the body in the depth of the blood H bringing up the pH levels and get rid of the acidity uh of the body and uh reset the body because we are doing deep breathing exercises it's not only good for that it is that these tools are making people
is that these tools are making people able to awaken to their beautiful autonomy have you actually seen how much your methods have exploded the last even you know three years you know these ice Buffs everywhere you know the you go on your social media now and there's yeah multiple comp it's everywhere and and you must be so proud of that wi because you have literally started a revolution now in that in people doing your methods you know and it really really is now reaching the masses it does H it does but it needs to be even more why for example uh uh microplastics are in our testicles in our ovaries of the women in our brains the the ship of the industrialization has gotten into our bodies and they still don't stop so what is the government that is not representing us we need to be learning how to govern ourselves and that is what I bring autonomy autonomy me to wake up people everybody to his and hers unique self so
everybody to his and hers unique self so there I go hundreds and millions of people are doing this now I am proud but I am absolutely not ready I'm not accomplished I could say h I did my thing wow amazing my soul is safe I did it my purpose is lived I say you I go on until everybody feels that autonomy is a right to be and that is now absolutely the question because we are governed by an elite who just threw the system wrecked and all got too much money and they don't know what to do with it they're plaguing the people thinking that they because they be through a system they think they have become God all powerful we change the weather we bring in the mosquitoes we give you antidote to the mosquitoes we H engineered a laboratory settings we're going to change the agriculture we're going to do this and we going to do that why not stop the war it's not happening so these people are not powerful because a powerful man is a man
powerful because a powerful man is a man who brings happiness strength and health home these people are not powerful they are frustrated they are not happy within themselves a happy man doesn't go to war a happy man is not into greed is Happy these people are not happy and that's why they project what they got within what they experience from within and that is because the system doesn't make people happy strong and healthy and makes them greedy greedy not only for money later it is for power it is true that Bill Gates and and George Soros with all their money couldn't keep their women home yeah what how poor is that the love of the of your life and then it gets lost why because you are not human you are not living abiding the humanist within you that makes you a man with a woman you love you loved her and now go you know why because you are not in the love you are somewhere
love you are somewhere artificially uh made come out as a product of this system some people just get the loads of the money and others not they the say they pee the say yeah for God's sake they earn 10, 000 times more than somebody else that in physics is inequality it's out of balance so if people keep on abiding to the system then we will have this keep it on going until Evolution says yeah the lesson is look it's over bum out of here or we become autonomous we get back we reset to our Humanity the way the laws of nature made us we have to abide to the laws of Mother Nature not to the system which is wrecked which is written down by humans which is a obstacle on the road of evolution it's a pimp in evolution it will will be exploited the P will come out and then we have to start over again no we got to wake up now and I provide the tools I provide simple
I provide the tools I provide simple tools anybody can do it is very simple I'm not here to govern you I'm here to give you something by which you are able to govern you yourself that's what I do and it is simple why I'm a puppy of of children I take care of them I love them and I love my neighbor loving his children they play together and so the whole white World should be playing together that makes sense the other thing doesn't make sense no more so how are we able to effectively bring that happiness strength and health to the people because a a person who is able to be autonomous within himself will choose to be happy strong and healthy will not choose not being happy or not being as strong or not being healthy it will choose happiness strength and health and it doesn't go through money that's an illusion you need need the energy to produce whatever you need and we got plenty on this Earth only we called it money and then we called it uh uh obligations and assets and abstracting
obligations and assets and abstracting it more and now we don't understand anything anymore of our energy come on we are still our energy reset the Buton and become aware of your own autonomy to regulate your own happiness your own strength and your own health that's who we are and what we are not money we are energy and that energy expresses itself through happiness strength and health there it is as simple that makes sense it makes sense to my neighbor makes sense to all the puppies and mommies in the world there we are and then that way we bring love to the world love constituted by happiness strength and health those are the pillars there I go so I'm very proud of what I did hey but I'm not indulging into that Pride I just see it as a stepping stone okay now we got this far now I want to go on and okay spread more love spread more autonomy spread more scientific understanding that happiness strength and health is all available is for free it's our Birthright we are built to be
it's our Birthright we are built to be happy strong and healthy we are not built to be depressed and sick and weak and following governmental bodies who don't know how to govern themselves it's over over done it's the time for Paradise Paradise is where families are all happy strong and healthy and then the frustrated beings uh who cannot keep their wives suddenly awaken to something you cannot buy and that is happiness strength and health so I am providing that I am simply believing with my simple faith that it is a Birthright for every every person in the world to be happy strong and healthy no more politics bollocks no more systems no more money what what are you talking about it's all abstracted of our energy and learn to control your own energy and become happy strong and healthy therein and then you've got it all as simple as it is that's where I go Stephen it's where I am I mean you can hear just through your you know your speech the passion that you've got and it's so I can feel your energy through the computer it's absolutely amazing um so I mean you are actually in
amazing um so I mean you are actually in Australia currently whim is that are you over there on doing some obligations some speeches so spreading the out there my wife I my wife is Australian really and we are going to have a new baby 12th of October wow so I'm very happy with that wow is that a bit of an exclusive you've just given me there then to tell me that is that yeah actually yes it doesn't matter you are a person I tell you and that's it I'm just sharing my happiness congratulations that's absolutely amazing news that's amazing news um it is yes feels very happy she's strong she's beautiful and I'm here now I got my eyes bath yesterday installed yeah so it is very warm here this is the subtropics the tropical subtropics and uh and so it's very warm during the day but I got my uh North Pole right here in the garage so so are you looking to to reside out in Australia then a lot more than um you know where yeah yeah so you I live here now you going to be living you live there now then yeah wow yeah since 10 days now and I bought a house here and we bought a house here and now
here and we bought a house here and now it's here and here is where I live and that's good but I will travel to Europe in America in November and then and uh I will do my winter travels in Poland and summer travels in Spain keep on doing it uh of course uh will travel but living is now here in Australia wow that's a a fantastic change and beautiful country to you know to be moving to and congratulations there yeah I I love I actually love botanic I just want to quickly go back a little bit um obviously in your ear life you know I know you was born an identical twin you know Andre do you still see him yes of course he will be coming here full month fascinates me with do you have similarities in personality and you know does of course he's an identical twin yeah wow but you know my whatever it is a mission makes a man different I got a mission yeah and he his mission is to be more at home normal life and uh all and uh adapt to the situation hey that's all right but I
situation hey that's all right but I don't adapt the only time I adapt is to the icy water yeah whim obviously I've I've been on research I've read your books everything else so again I know we we we're stuck on time and you know we're not going to go over too much but tell me about the time when you um you was in the squatters you know you were you actually squatter for eight years yeah look at that time eight years yeah that's what I have in the book eight years I watched eight years in there wow it was the best time of my life I had no money at all I was like out of the system while living in the city that was the squatting place that was a place where I could fre think not like anybody else we were like a revolutionary therein at least I felt myself free thinking and that that cultivated a power in me of faith in myself in the good that I can change society I can be different in this system I'm not gonna abide to this system I don't like the system I don't see the Merit of this system I feel great when I'm on my own with and
feel great when I'm on my own with and sharing good discussions conversations philosophies with people and practice is a a good uh a a good ice Bing uh which I did over there and uh good exercising so all that it created a independence of not being aligned with their system while being in the system yes you see yes so I I I'm in favor for people to uh to have a sabatical sometimes to get out of the system completely to find you your own beautiful self which is quite capable of doing anything why you are here for and to feel it and to feel that purpose and to feel that health and happiness and strength coming there from because there's too much depression and why is that that because we are not built to be part of a system we are built to realize our soul with the full of our minds in control within ourselves it's nothing more than logic so that a time in the in
logic so that a time in the Sorting place was the best time of my life afterwards I I had to go into Society H because they broke down that soring place it was horrible to get into Sude but I found my way I I finally found my way and right now I'm thriving yeah well we I mean we can see that and like you said even now you're just starting out in I mean your methods are getting all over the world and like you just said there's so much more to come whim I'm just going to ask what I asked Sylvester H around that time did you know in your heart did you have a vision of where you are now did you believe that those times were building you up for something bigger but you didn't know what it was you know what is fa Vision a vision is faith if you have faith then it will become Vision as Arnold says yeah naturally if you keep to your faith of what you think is good then that will eventually become Vision very strong faith is the one that keeps you to the core and not be part of the system if you are part of the system sucks the life out of you then how can
sucks the life out of you then how can it grow into Vision how can it grow into something strong it cannot we need our faith and stick to our faith in the good what we think feel H H as good and then that eventually becomes very strong that Vision that's called interoception interoception is now being studied and I'm showing in the university for the first time that we are able to top down regulate that Faith the interception commanding our bodies with our mind how is that possible if you invest your faith into something that is not into your controlling you yourself that if you invest over there then that becomes stronger if you invest in here then this becomes stronger now this becomes Vision I'm the embodiment of vision why because I'm myself I stuck to Faith and I became so strong that I can go through this facade called our system this faad which makes me think in
this faad which makes me think in certain ways that I we think now that it is normal that there is war that there is disease depression corruption pollution we think it is normal we cannot do something about it and I said to myself I am going 12 years old I'm going to change it I think it is sick what I'm seeing I don't know how I am just going to do it and then my faith started my investment in that particular mindset feeding into I believe this is sick what I see I don't know how to cure it I don't know what to do but I'm going to do it because I believe we have the birth right to be the change to make the change it would be not logical if we as humans would not be able to change that what is not good for Humanity so that as a starting point is simply showing the natur the natural birth right and capacity to make change and if you once come in connection with
and if you once come in connection with yourself you connect with the unlimited power of your mind but not if you don't grow inside if you give it all away all the time then internally it is not growing strong it grew strong within me and I am just a simple human being but I am going to change the world because I believe you already have that's what the amazing thing is and you know you you are talking about elements there that so many successful you know athletes and film stars and anyone who's made it into their vision of into reality as Arnold says you know if you have faith in your vision and You Believe in Your Vision it will become a reality and so it truly have and and understand what you're saying uh with that wh yeah AR not I was to I was on his event and he wanted to have dinner together but then he had an operation to do yeah Sylvester and Sylvester Sal we brought you to that event uh wh oh that was you and Sylvester Sylvester he is doing the uh he's doing the breathing exercises every day yes yes he's a big
exercises every day yes yes he's a big fan of you uh yeah you see these people are great people because they stick they stuck especially Arnold with his being he he created a whole new uh culture yes and and Sylvester Stone as well completely different such a creative I told him he is a a he is a brilliant psychologist I told him straight in the face and he said to me you are the man yeah I know we I said no you are the man that's what he said to me yeah so we got an understanding together and that understanding is simple we are all great human beings in the making just believe in yourself and this time I'm going to show I'm into showing belief fa F through a neuroscientific evidence based studies we are showing this now as the first ones takes a little bit time to get out there but we are showing that faith is a is an absolute neurological Network within ourselves which makes us feel and be great doesn't matter where you come
great doesn't matter where you come from have faith go through don't be tempted take it out there stay in there you become great fascinating I love I just love your passion so much wh and listen we we got another five minutes left because I know you've got a very um tight schedule over there um I mean I've got loads of questions that I didn't get chance to answer but ask but I'm sure we can fit another part two in sometime um maybe when you're over in the UK or whatever I'd really appreciate that and yeah I think it is a good conversation we having this is a good zoom and people will resonate with this definitely they will simply understand listen guys this I'm directing myself to the people who are listening we love you and we want to give you some greatness through your faith you are able to grow with the speed of light what is light it is the nervous system without the light we stink in one day without the light of the Soul we are rotten in a couple of days flies come in ETC we are the light don't give the light away bring the light in make it stronger from within and it will illuminate all the St and then you become great as you are a great
become great as you are a great greatness in the making and it is it's closer than you think just do it exercise faith we got the studies done it's out there it's not what the world wants the world are full of greed and our Lusty people who try to control others because they have no control within because a happy man doesn't go to war a happy man is not into greet he's into taking care of his family and being happy all this nonsense stops when you direct your faith inwards instead of feeding into that system that feeds in idiots who think they can govern us that's my message to the people and look into it look into the cardiovascular training of going into the cold yeah it resets your body that is one it makes you strong and it it makes the killer number one cardiovascular related diseases in the world it makes it go away and then H the breathing will DET traumatize you from the depth yeah so there we are it's very simple and then
there we are it's very simple and then you will find your autonomy fantastic Bo brilliant advice whim as always whim just we've got three minutes left what would you say to any of our viewers who are you know really struggling at the moment you know it's a very hard time at the moment people have got a lot of struggles maybe you know suffering with anxiety and mental health with a maybe a you know Crazy Life event or anything what would you advice would you give to those because I know you've had some of those in your past and you've got yourself up and you know you've moved forward in a positive way yes of course get into uh these breathing exercises anybody can do you feel a lot better all the anxiety uh depression Etc creates is it's because of biochemical outof balance being and through breathing exercises you bring it back into balance yes so start to feel good doing breathing exercises in the morning on empty stomach and take the damn cold shower it's good for you and any as much as a resistance you feel because I don't like it oh it's so called oh I don't feel so good say you you go into it but we love you yeah and we want to
but we love you yeah and we want to bring you as f with the speed of light we want to bring you back where you belong as a happy strong healthy man and woman fantastic brilliant yes look whim I mean look we could be we could chat for hours here um I think we've got yeah I think we've got some really nice gold nuggets out of you um obviously I ain't even scratch the safies with what I wanted to ask you but would you consider coming doing a part two maybe when you're in the UK next that'd be absolutely amazing if we could do that of course why why St Stephen because I can feel you through my words through the way I express myself I can feel you and you are a good man thank you I appreciate so I'll be seeing you in the future you keep on the good work and be strong strong about it and all the love to you massive Love to You wh thank you for your time yes have a lovely day and and again congratulations with the baby as well and send sending love to your wife and and all your family as well we really to see again soon great bless you thank you have a good day bye see you in the future bye
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"Discomfort becomes useful when it is chosen, measured, and integrated." — Contrast Collective
Wim Hof’s message is simple beneath the intensity: the body becomes stronger when it meets controlled stress. Cold and breathwork are not about proving toughness. They are ways to train attention, circulation, and emotional steadiness.
The breath sits at the bridge between automatic and voluntary control. By working with it deliberately, practitioners can influence arousal, focus, and the feeling of safety under stress. That is why breathwork often changes the whole texture of a cold exposure session.
Intensity needs boundaries. Cold water, breath retention, and strong emotional states all require care. The best version of the practice is precise: short enough to stay clean, challenging enough to teach, and calm enough to repeat.
Start with modest cold exposure and build gradually.
Practice breathwork in a safe setting, never while driving or in water.
Measure success by composure and consistency, not extremes.
The strongest message is restraint: use science to sharpen the practice, not to decorate a trend. The body adapts best when the signal is clear, repeated, and supported by recovery.
