AHOY HOY! Steemians!
When you think of the word SUPERHERO, you think Thor, Superman, Batman and any other DC & Marvel comic book hero. What if I could tell you, that you had hidden powers inside you? left dormant for years, that are with in your capability to activate.
NOW!! there is just one shitty difference. Flying and shooting lasers out of your eyes, unfortunately we were not blessed with, at least to my knowledge. (if you can shoot lasers out of your eyes and fly....I have no words, your just fucking awesome). The little tools and tactics that I have come to learn are most definitely super powers, but for the modern world in which we live in. Now I am not a medical professional , I am just talking about my own personal experience. If you want to do anything like this, consult a doctor or professional first.
Now that we have that out of the way, for this post I am going to focus on the most powerful tool that saved my life, and yes I said saved my life. It's crazy how throughout the education system and the system in general, is that no one teaches you how to deal with the stresses of life and the chaos with in it! We all lead busy lives, yet no one ever taught us how to properly manage emotions, stress levels and come back to a state of balance.
When my life was at it's worst, I had the worst depression I have ever experienced and the pain was oh so fucking real. Long story short the pain was pretty intense and I thought about ending it... it was at a point that no one had come to save me from myself, and so I had to look for a way out. I remember my dad telling me about a guy who could control his nervous system, literally influence it through breath and cold water exposure. This was none other than "THE ICEMAN" mr Wim Hoff.
I literally jumped in the shower and put it on full cold. Due to always having hot showers and never exposing my body to cold because its uncomfortable, I started to choke and not breathe properly. This is a normal reaction because its just the valves in your blood vessels opening and closing quickly because your shocking the cardiovascular system that has been neglected for years and is FREAKING OUT!! After a little bit, this subsided and my body calmed down and for once in a long time, I felt at peace and everything was so clear. (Quick side not: the more often you expose yourself to cold water a strange thing happens and it becomes normal to the body and you enjoy it, OH! and you can breathe properly as soon as the water hits your skin)
My depression went away, my anxiety went away, and I wanted to know why. Now for you skeptics out there, this is all backed up by science, which Wim Hoff has given himself to, so that people can understand how to do this for themselves. This led me to many peer reviewed journal articles going into the science and I will leave a link to the journal articles for the individuals that want to check that out, I wont bore you guys right at this moment by being nerdy.
This is by far a modern day SUPERPOWER!!! now the people who have done this method of breathing have gotten rid of or have seen a decrease in symptoms of depression, anxiety, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and many more, because lot of it comes from controlling your breathing and knowing how to breathe properly and cold exposure which resets the nervous system and allows for healing to take place.
When I have enough to buy a camera I will be creating videos on myself doing ICE baths and cold showers, although a cold shower is pretty straight forward haha. I will also put down a really good protocol by a biohacker called Ben Greenfield that has a pretty cool exercise with cold exposure that anyone can do in the shower, and I would say it's a good introduction into cold water therapy.
This protocol is a 5 min shower. It is a contrast shower, so you are going in between hot and cold. It goes 20 seconds of cold to 10 seconds of hot/warm. Alternating in-between these temperatures for 5 mins. Afterwards you literally feel like superman and I can guarantee that and I hope you all try this one tonight and comment below how it went for you and what you felt like afterwards. link is also below if you want to check him out explaining exactly this.
A few benefits of cold exposure are:
Fat Loss
Fights inflammation
Increases lifespan
strengthens the nervous system
regulates blood sugar levels
improves quality of sleep
increases will power
For a mini- lesson by the man himself this is the link to that (he may come off as a bit of a nutter haha, but he has helped many professional athletes from laird hamilton legendary big wave surfer to rich roll).
https://www.wimhofmethod.com/free-mini-class
This is a true Superpower to have in the toolkit, believe me.
Stay Safe, Stay Free.
Ps. Down below are links to the science on the method and even testimonals of people describing how it has changed their lives, don't just take my word for it.
https://www.wimhofmethod.com/science
https://selfhacked.com/blog/12-reasons-embrace-cold/
