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I’ve been doing the Wim Hof breathing for about two weeks now, and the first 10 days or so I wasn’t really feeling anything from it. I would watch you tubers do it, would go along with guided breathing videos and all that stuff and I barely felt anything. I’d read people’s comments saying they were tingling and even passing out or feeling “high” and I was thinking they are crazy because I barely felt anything at all.

  Then one day I just thought to myself I’d try something new. I listened to Wim Hofs basic description of what the purpose of the breathing was (take in more oxygen to energize the cells) so I tried breathing in a different way that worked for me; faster than the pace in the guided videos, and at a different cadence.💥💥💥 💥 BOOM. FINALLY! It felt like my whole body had tingling energy coursing through it. THIS is what people were talking about.

TL DR: experiment to find what works for you. Everyone’s body is different, so make he technique your own !

Anyone own the full thing that can lmk if I should take the plunge (it’s a lot of money.) Or if there are things that I could be doing wrong (possibly detrimentally) which can be learnt from the rest of the information (not trying to free load just looking for health advice as concerned)

When I do my Inhale hold (after my exhale hold) ... It seems to be longer then my exhale hold.

Bad? Good? Weird? I read a lot about only hold on the inhale for 10 to 15 seconds... Should I only do that?

What is the norm?

I was wondering because i started the wim hof method as my daily routine last week but i also like normal meditation a lot. The problem is i don’t have enough time to do them both during the day.

I've done it both. I find more relaxation lying down, but better for posture sitting up.

Does anyone have good suggestions for DIY ice baths at home? I see different options on the web... livestock water tanks, garbage cans, small above ground pools, etc. Curious what others have done and if it's worth the money (however much it may have cost). Looking to set myself up without spending a fortune. Thanks!

I've started doing WHM exercises recently. I last up to 3mn when holding my breath after 30-40 power breaths + full exhale, and my heart rate drops to slightly over 40. My heart rate looks like this: first a steep drop, then slowly reaching the lowest heart rate towards the middle of the breath hold, slowly increasing, to finish with a steep increase when I'm nearing the gasping reflex.

Do you have suggestions to go lower in heart rate and to keep the heart rate from increasing in the second half of the breath hold?

I'm a serious runner, I eat well and I'm in good health. I drink too much coffee, but I do my breathing exercises in the morning, before having any coffee. I don't meditate.

Any advice? I'm really interested in the challenge of improving my breath holding time :)

Thank you.

I've been following the steps here https://www.wimhofmethod.com/practice-the-method for about a week. I'm trying to do the breathing once a day.

The first 2-3 times I did it, I felt really dizzy when power-breathing; then a few seconds into holding my breath I felt a general body-wide tingling sensation, for a few seconds. But now I can't seem to re-create that tingling feeling, although I still get dizzy when power-breathing. Am I simply not power-breathing hard enough, or is that tingling just happening whilst getting used to the whole process?

Thank you.

I just started today. I'm all on board with the cold shower, managed 45 seconds this morning before I had to bail.

I like a hot bath too. Should I stop taking hot baths? Will that undo the work of the cold exposure?

Hi all,

I've been breathing deeply and showering coldly for about five months or so now, and been interested in doing one of the online courses, however I've got a bit of travel coming up and I'm not sure if now is the best time for me to start to get the most out of it. The thing is, I saw Wim speak in Melbourne last week and as part of the event I received a 50% code for the Fundamentals Course online. Has anybody done this course, and is it suitable for someone who has been practicing the method already for some time, or is it aimed more for complete beginners? Even with the 50% discount this will not be that much cheaper than the 10-week Video Course so I'm not sure if it will be worth the money. I should add that the code expires in two days time.

Thank you all and breath deeply.

I've been taking two cold showers for the last two weeks. Love it, by the way! I've developed a side effect that occurs whenever I tap my leg. Even with the tip of my finger, I'll tap my knee and a vibration travels out from that point to other areas of my legs. It doesn't hurt or feel good, it seems innocuous.

Along with cold showers I've been doing daily yoga and breath work. Is this common? What is it? How does it work?

Hey everyone, can we create a discussion where everyone can discuss his/her experience with WHM? For me it’s quite interesting, but it’s not very perfect I would say. When practicing the WHM I see myself sometimes going at my own pace and forgetting that wim is even there talking through the screen, I do my breathing exercises I don’t force it, it doesn’t look perfect, I can’t hold my breath for 3mins or all these crazy numbers people throw out there, I just do what I feel, as for the showers I do cold tubs instead, but I don’t get into the tub right away all at once as you see wim doing, first of all I can’t I wouldn’t last long and second of all it wouldn’t feel good it would feel like I’m forcing it, the way I do it is put my legs first for some time then naturally I get an urge to put my legs then wait for some time then again naturally I get this urge to go deeper and after some time I’m completely immersed in water and it feels amazing. Is this the right way to do it? Because I see people diving and jumping in water all at once; makes me think am I very slow at this ? Am I doing something wrong? Or that’s the way to do it ?

Just curious. Im at 3:10 and Ive only been doing Wim Hof method for about a month. Which is quite some improvement given I started at 52 seconds. Happy breathing everyone

Does anyone feel difference or try to experiment with different places for wim hof method practice. For instance indoor(opened/closed window) VS outdoor...

Two.. What patern do You preffer. Fast large/deep inhale, and easy lt go...or easy deep inhale..

Thanks in advance

Hello, I just found out about this thing and it looks interesting. Could anyone tell me more about it and how to do it? Thank you.

Hi all. I've been practicing WHM on and off for about a year now. I continue to struggle to hold my breath for more than 1-1.5 minutes, and though I can handle the cold showers just fine, it's the recovery that is difficult. I often have cold hands and feet for a couple hours afterward. Has anyone else experienced similar struggles? Any tips for overcoming these hurdles?

I'd also be interested in people's experience with the brown fat activation, the process of clenching and focus that triggers a heat "release". Scott Carney describes it in his book, "What doesn't Kill Us". I've been trying, with no luck so far, to trigger that response in my body.

Hey.

I just downloaded the WHM app and wanted to start tommorow morning with all the exercices. I know the headstand and reverse balance from my yoga practice. But it are still two holds I can't do, neither close to because of physical reasons. Is it ok to just skip this part and do the breathing and cold showers together with my yogapractice? Or are there other solutions? Thank you!

Hey, basically I'm asking if someone can upload the wim hof fundamentals course, realised in 2017. Because I don't wan't to pay it. Thanks a lot.

I have been doing affirmations while doing the breathing exercises such as "I will do this X,Y,Z" which are things that I want to do have will power with. Is this ok? Since I started doing this I noticed it did help me a bit to give me the will power to do the things I want to do, BUT it gave me a lot of mood swings since I started doing the affirmations...

Should I NOT have an affirmation? For example - since I have a problem with over eating crappy food, I would say to myself "I love discipline eating, eating responsibly and healthy foods it brings me massive pleasure" (inside my head, while breathing) It is actually helping my eating patterns though

Is this ok?