One of the stops along my magickal journey was Wim Hof’s breathing exercises and cold exposure. This was transformational in so many ways and, while I am not currently practicing daily, I still use the breathing technique whenever I need to kick-start my body’s healing or detox. I also still do enjoy the cold exposure as a mode of going deeper, I just haven’t been doing it every day.
I love taking pictures of my footprint in the snow!
Another day, another print ;)
Even cooler, someone left a perfect print right by mine!
I got this shower thermometer for like $5. It’s got a mini generator built in, so it’s powered by the water flowing through it! The bad news is, it stopped working after about a year. It still turns on, it just doesn’t register a temp anymore. I think 46 degrees F was the lowest I ever saw in my basement shower.
Once I got the breathing part figured out and the exposure became normalized, I would spend lots of time in the snow with minimal clothing - even shoveling the driveway and going on ruck marches in shorts with no shirt.
Our bodies truly are a wonder, and they’re capable of so much more when we dig deeper!
That’s pretty wild dude, I guess there’s a lot of benefits to doing this stuff for sure. I know that people who take cold showers swear by them and the benefits it does for their bodies. I don’t know if I can get to that point yet lol but I think going outside barefoot in the snow wouldn’t be too bad!
Hahaha yeah you pretty much got that dead on. The snow business gets the feet tingling a bit, but it passes pretty quickly. The cold shower tends to require a little more preparation for me, but the breathing exercises are paramount - more important even than the cold. I use them whenever I want to detox or gather myself, or just cuz I have a few minutes!