At 54 years old, Dutchman Wim Hof can sit for hours in icy water, run barefoot in the snow and endure low temperatures. He assures that these abilities, and with them ideal health, can be acquired by anyone, at any age. The main thing is to learn how to breathe correctly.
When Wim Hof was 50, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro wearing nothing but shorts. In the same year, he ran a marathon beyond the Arctic Circle barefoot and in the same shorts - at twenty degrees below zero. At 52, Hof climbed into a glass cylinder filled to the top with crushed ice, and stood there for 1 hour and 52 minutes, sticking out only his head from the ice. And Wim Hof has similar achievements - 20 records for the Guinness Book. It seems that the ability to do all these amazing tricks is at best an innate gift that has nothing to do with the capabilities of an ordinary person, and at worst, tricks of a charlatan. Wim Hof claims that neither is true: everyone can learn to use the resources of their own body, and his method is backed by real scientific research.
Actually, all of Hof's activities are not about ice and cold, but about control over one's own health. Wim Hof is sure that illness and infirmity do not have to come with age. On the contrary, with the right approach, you can remain energetic and happy. One of the key elements of this approach is breathing.
Wim Hof assures that proper breathing helps everyone, even those who are not very healthy. “Oxygen is for a person like water is for a plant,” he explains. “Without water, a plant withers, but as long as it is alive, it can be watered and cured.”
The Hof Method includes elements of yoga and meditation - his idea is that with the help of the mind you can control the energy of your body. Wim Hof describes his techniques and healing methods in books and teaches in his training centers. Among his students there are people who are 60, 70 and even 80 years old. They come to Hof, of course, not for the ability to run barefoot in the snow (although many end up running), but for the skills of a healthy life. One of these skills, Wim Hof puts it this way: "To be healthy and not grow old, you need to be energetic and happy."
Source estet-portal.com
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