When Catherine Austin Fitts, president of Solari, Inc., publisher of the Solari Report, and managing member of Solari Investment Advisory Services LLC, along with Ulrike Granögger announced Wim Hof to be the recipient of the 2021 Hero of the Year award last December, we took notice. Calling Wim Hof one of the most likely men to make an enormous difference in natural health care in the coming years, they shared with their viewers the generosity of his methods – those extremely practical, results-driven, and virtually free techniques that anyone can make use of.
To put it simply, Wim Hof teaches people from all around the world how to regain their power and rediscover their physical strength, eliminating stress, inflammation, and disease. Enjoy their interview with Wim Hof HERE.
Who Is Wim Hof?
Wim Hof is a 63-year-old Dutchman, motivational speaker, extreme athlete, and a voluntary experimental candidate who has made it his mission to share what he’s learned with the rest of the world. Nicknamed the “Iceman,” Wim Hof is most known for his ability to withstand extreme cold temperatures — so much so, that he holds the Guinness World Record for the longest ice bath (1 hour, 52 minutes and 42 seconds) in addition to 26 other world records for a variety of equally admirable feats.
The back story as to how he first experienced the method that he says saved his life is extraordinary, though sad. His wife, suffering from extreme depression, took her life by jumping from an 8-story building in the middle of the night, leaving him with four young children to raise.
What followed, as they say, is history.
A chance event — a swim in an icy lake — allowed Wim Hof a brief but intense escape from the grief that consumed him following his wife’s death. After his first immersion into the frozen lake, he found himself drawn again and again to that icy water in an attempt to alleviate his suffering, if only for a few minutes a day so that he could summon the strength he needed to cope with his grief and continue caring for his young family. The intense effects of the icy water demanded nothing less than his full attention.
The Wim Hof Method® is more than just experiencing cold therapy via icy baths, cold showers, or brutally cold outdoor experiences. It also involves a particular method of breathing designed to stimulate and stress the body’s autonomic nervous system in such a way as to bring about health.
While many of us may shy away from experimenting with the extreme cold therapy Wim Hof so powerfully demonstrates, the breathing exercises he teaches are completely within the scope of activities we can do beginning this very day. And once you discover the breathing benefits, you may be excited (or at least curious) to explore the extraordinary benefits of cold therapy he proports.
What Can The Wim Hof Method of Breathing Do For You?
The specialized breathing technique of The Wim Hof Method® not only increases energy and reduces stress, it ignites the body’s innate immune response, virtually rendering deadly pathogens harmless.
How can that be? And just how effective is this breathing technique in reducing pathogens?
In a 2014 study conducted at Radboud University in Nijmegen, twelve young men trained in the Wim Hof Method® were injected with a powerful endotoxin (E. coli). In that controlled study, twelve other young men were similarly injected, having received no such training.
To the astonishment of the researchers, ALL of the 12 young men trained in the Wim Hof Method® were able to control their autonomic nervous system and immune response, experiencing NO adverse symptoms from the deadly toxin. In stark contrast, the twelve untrained young men suffered a variety of intense and uncomfortable immune responses including fever, chills, headaches, and overall body weakness.
More Adrenaline Than a First-Time Bungee Jump
The breathing technique Wim Hof teaches produces twice the amount of epinephrine (adrenaline) than a first-time bungee jump. Epinephrine levels peaked in the trained participants BEFORE and AT the time they received the bacterial injection. It coincides with the time they began their learned breathing techniques.
Researchers said this method of breathing resulted in “intermittent respiratory alkalosis and hypoxia resulting in significantly increased plasma epinephrine levels.” In other words, the raised levels of epinephrine limited the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6, IL-8 and tumor factor TNF-alpha), while simultaneously increasing the anti-inflammatory IL-10.
The result? A demonstrably marked decrease in the body’s inflammatory response. And — it should also be noted that the increased epinephrine in the blood triggered an increase in white blood cells, those warriors of the immune system.
Simply put, within the FIRST HOUR after receiving the deadly toxin, the body’s immune system was on the job, rendering the deadly toxin harmless.
Textbooks Rewritten
While scientists previously believed that the body’s innate sympathetic nervous system and immune system cannot be voluntarily influenced, experiments involving The Wim Hof Method® arguably prove otherwise. These studies have important implications for the treatment of a variety of conditions associated with the destructive effects of inflammation.
Wim Hof and his team continue to work with research institutions to explore the potential of the Wim Hof Method®.
You can watch Wim Hof teach the technique to a volunteer in this video:
Learn more about the scientific basis behind The Wim Hof Method®: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/science
Note: The Wim Hof Method® may not be recommended for people with epilepsy, high blood pressure, heart disease, or a history of serious health issues or migraines. It is also not recommended for pregnant women. If any of that describes you, please read Wim Hof’s book and speak with your physician before you consider using the Wim Hof Method®.