Breathwork and Cold Therapy: The ‘Wim Hof Method’

By Nicole Drummond. Edited by Dinah John.

Do you hate the cold? Me too! So why on earth would you try this therapy...? Because the health benefits will blow you away and the positive results start immediately.

I first heard about the Wim Hof Method a few years ago when I watched a short documentary about ‘The Ice Man’. The film showed how this Dutch athlete, Wim Hof, taught two reporters how to walk up a freezing snowy mountain in their shorts, resisting the cold by using a breathing technique and ‘cold therapy training’. I filed it in my mind as a bit mad, curious, and not relevant to my daily life.

However, what I really didn’t pick up from the documentary was the potential for extraordinary health benefits from this simple, accessible technique. ​

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