While interesting and demonstrably “effective” in its own rights, it should be noted his method is basically a far older school of practice (gTummo yoga) chopped up and (unfortunately) often sold as a form of “self-help”. Which, while it is both understandable (he’s gotta eat) and valid in its own rights (I’ve heard it’s helped many people), by making it all about “Wim” and his “Method”, much of the ancient wisdom about our underlying “hardware” gets totally glossed over in favor of selling an “experience” which you can sign up to partake in
The Wim Hof method specifically?
My understanding of it is:
Hyperventilation for ~30 deep breaths in
Deep breath out, hold until discomfort
Deep breath in, hold until discomfort
Repeat steps 1-3 a few times
While interesting and demonstrably “effective” in its own rights, it should be noted his method is basically a far older school of practice (gTummo yoga) chopped up and (unfortunately) often sold as a form of “self-help”. Which, while it is both understandable (he’s gotta eat) and valid in its own rights (I’ve heard it’s helped many people), by making it all about “Wim” and his “Method”, much of the ancient wisdom about our underlying “hardware” gets totally glossed over in favor of selling an “experience” which you can sign up to partake in