The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Potential, Transcend Your Limits

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Health ―True stories and testimonials from people using the method to overcome disease and chronic illness This is a really mind stretching book. Wim Hof has pushed the boundaries of what is possible with the human body--and for decades been teaching others how to do it. It's mostly about breathing more deeply than normal and building up exposure to cold. Those two things are producing some truly remarkable health and fitness for those who go through his program. If that was all this book had I would give it five stars. The key to cold water exposure is explained in a chapter titled A Cold Shower A Day Keeps the Doctor Away.

The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Potential, Transcend Your

The reason he’s embarked on unbelievable challenges is to demonstrate what the human mind and body is capable of by tapping into the deepest part of the brain. I have found ways to tap into physiology the way nature meant us to. The method is transformational, and I am determined to change not only mental health care globally, but also physical health care in general.’

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And stop, close your mouth, easy does it, just stay relaxed and witness. You are without air in your lungs, we will do one minute.”

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These breathing exercises have a deep, soothing effect and help anyone who’s suffering from anxiety and isolation’ On reflection, "the mission" Wim is on, is to bring spirituality (and it's associated wellbeing) into a form that everyday people can access easily and benefit from. Definitely motivated to expose myself more into the cold and tap into the power of my mind. The book also acts as a little autobiography of Wim which was interesting. But it was the death of Olaya, the mother of his four eldest children (he has six in total), who took her own life in 1995, that had a profound effect on him.I gave this 4 stars because I have this rule where if the book changes me, and changes the way I think, especially immediately, than it must have been significant enough to rate it fairly as a great book. If I was going to rate this though based on "how interesting it was", or "how well it was written", than I would give it a 3. But fortunately for Wim, and myself.. I get to keep it a 4. Here is why.

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That being said, this book is so full of pseudo-religious mumbo-jumbo and variations on "If you follow this method, you will live 500 years, never experience disease, your wife and kids will love you, you will never feel sad or depressed", naturally supported by Wim's own claims about his own life, that it's hard to get through to the end. I think I eventually gave up at about 87% through, because I couldn't get through the 20th repetition of the same ideas. The book could have been 75% shorter (and probably 75% more enjoyable as a result). There is some good information here (respectable studies that have looked at his method, for example) and I do expect more studies to confirm the benefits of cold exposure and breathing exercises (we should not need studies to confirm common sense, might I say). Wim Hoff is quite the enigma. I have no doubt that he is quite insane and also quite brilliant. It is clear to me that the two walk hand in hand. Science should be looking to explain the powerful effects of placebo and Wim appears to have submitted exciting scientific research on the matter... whether it's a breakthrough only time will tell.Refined over forty years and championed by scientists across the globe, you'll learn how to harness three key elements ofCold,BreathingandMindsetto master mind over matter and achieve the impossible.

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It’s about knowing your mind is a tool you can learn to intensify and invigorate when you need it,’ he says. I have no doubt his method has helped many people but do not accept all he claims for it. That said, he is a passionate, inspiring and interesting individual who has achieved many remarkable feats. He certainly walks the walk.

Before reading this book, I listened to Wim Hof's first podcast with Joe Rogan and watched the Vice documentary. So I anticipated a concise overview of the method, practical applications, science (where applicable, obviously) and some broader topics for discussion. What I got instead is a poorly edited river of thoughts spilling out of its boundaries. Plus a good bit of repetitive rambling. Wim Hof is a man on a mission: to transform the way we live by reminding us of our true power and purpose. “This is how we will change the world, one soul at a time,” Wim says. “We alter the collective consciousness by awakening to our own boundless potential. We are limited only by the depth of our imagination and the strength of our conviction.”