Standing the ice with our minds | Wim Hof | TEDxYouth@Maastricht

Wim Hof discusses discusses the ability of our minds and bodies to influence our immune system.
Wim Hof is a Dutch world record holder, more commonly known as the Iceman, due to his unique ability to withstand extreme cold. He is best known for his twenty world records including the longest ice bath, staying immersed in ice for over 1 hour and 13 minutes. He describes his ability as being able to “turn his own bodies thermostat up” through the power of his mind. Some of his other impressive feats are climbing to 7.3km altitude at Mount Everest wearing nothing but shorts. He’s also completed a full marathon above the polar circle in Finland wearing, yes you guessed it, nothing but shorts. Just through the power of his mind, he was able to run a marathon through the Namib desert without water. It’s been scientifically proven that Wim is able to directly influence his Autonomic Nervous and Immune System.
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[@alanlinde]

Wim should be nominated for a Nobel prize and Time Man Of The Year

[@domo400]

yup yup yup!

[@JanStue]

True!

[@scdrury3588]

Couldn’t agree more - he’s exposed the food and pharmaceutical industries - the man’s a legend

[@nobody-vw9ci]

imagine the army using his methods in the future!!!!!

[@21m46]

I agree 1000%

[@kenyafairley9411]

Why isn’t this video ranked top TED talks? I’m shocked it only has a little over 165,000 views. The name of the video should be changed to “cure or healing for depression, anxiety, cancer, sickness, etc” so when people search for answers, this video will be a top search. It’s a shame it’s titled “standing the ice with our minds” because the message in this video is so powerful and it’s something the world should hear. If the world hears this message and learn how to control their state physiologically, doctors and pharmaceutical companies would be out of business.

[@jordiescudero6590]

@Ethan Ansell prevent cancer is a more efficient word in this case. The body can solve the problem itself

[@zachrowe6271]

TED can't claim they've found the cure for cancer

[@vikingmarine6945]

Exactly why they won't

[@shift307]

Because this method requires effort from the user. Nobody wants to do effort. Effort is hard. Gimme pills and excuses, let me watch tv.

[@mohammedamirkhan9636]

Very true. Someone should repost this video, rename the title and hey presto; just watch the views come in.

[@jimilakey4002]

Been doing them Win Hof method for 3 years. Haven't been sick for 3 years. Thank you Iceman, you change lives. You have certainly changed mine!

[@james1327]

this is the best guy to come along in a long time. He makes a lot of sense. He is like a modern yogi scientist.

[@BeijingVideoStudio]

Mr Hof is 100% right on.This is what we should learn in primary school.

[@ShelleyMcGeehdw]

+Lewis Sandler I agree

[@plinpain]

+Lewis Sandler - My wish for the future is that knowledge such as this should be readily available in the education system world wide. If the Internet is good for anything it is to spread valuable information fast. I envision a system where you take classes, and much as You-tube content is layered - so could the classes. Everyone get an unique view from every class, debating the themes they learned in the next. Human intelligence, and knowledge available would explode - making our next generation our caretakers, and for all intensive purposes, our gods.

[@BeijingVideoStudio]

+plinpain Right on brother plinpain. Seems you are in the light!

[@ecstatica23]

+Lewis Sandler This is exactly what I'm teaching my son :)

[@Rymorin4]

we would have naturally bred super humans everywhere. How amazing would that be. Damn I gotta get good at this so, I can have a powerful child!

[@kevinkilpatrick7510]

This dude is incredible. Everyone in the world should know about Wim Hof and his message.

[@jerrycurlz84]

Discovering and practicing Wim Hof's teachings and breathing techniques is creating positively transformational results for me. I am feeling a lot of gratitude towards this man - Thank you Wim Hof.

[@ecstatica23]

HAPPY, STRONG, AND HEALTHY. This is my new motto.

[@peacefuldialog]

I admire what Wim has achieved but the yogis of Tibet have been practicing this for many decades. The Tumo technique used was a secret and was only passed down to the yogis . Wim has put it on another level and introduced it to the west. 👍👌

[@dildoit]

Hes among the greatest humans. What hes doing is beyond us, but within our reach.

[@TheWebMindset]

His method has changed my life and helped my children as well.

[@jeanniebeneanie3752]

Wim , you are of God as we all are of course. But oh how you help me get in contact with God within me so much easier through the utilisation of your techniques. You are one of the greats...such as Eckhart Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Neville Goddard, Thich Nhat Hanh Martin Luther King, etc etc...I love you so much Wim...i am so blessed to be alive while you are...so lucky 🙏

[@cryptogymbro]

Nobel prize ASAP.

[@indethbed2546]

i love him. beauty and thus health is in the nature. the message is more important than ever

[@patriciabarn118]

I have been doing the Hoff breathing method for 5 days now. I have noticed a big decrease in my depression, I have more energy when working out & thru out the day. I feel happier. I also noticed before brushing my teeth in the morning I usually have a white coating on my tongue which is toxins being excreted during sleep, but now my tongue is a pretty pink! No more Toxins! I was able to do a full minute of cold shower & it's so refreshing compared to a hot shower! Thanku Wim Hoff 😊

[@kaufmanat1]

It is an amazing feeling to realize that power exists within you. We are not products of our environment, our environment is a product of us.

[@chrisbartkowski375]

Gotta give it to this man, his english is shaky, but the message still comes across: Breaking boundaries and returning to nature

[@Njsjdjdjdj]

I like this version of wim. He seems more genuine

[@gangstersayfock]

Very interesting. I have watched it 2 times. I am doing this method for 4 months now. It is almost freezing here in Holland and I still walk in t-shirt on the street. It is part of my cold training. I also take almost every day a cold shower. I had the feeling that i had the same consciousness on a cold shower as in a deep meditation. My yoga teacher confirmed this feeling into a fact.

[@Bleed242]

The best part of this video is that even THE Wim Hof can't get his sweatshirt strings even. Human after all.

[@nicholaspearson4246]

Wim Hof is a revolutionary of the very best sort. He is reawakening us to natural man/woman and our birthright ability for self-healing.

[@bethelebony9388]

Absolutely

[@SJVC247]

How isn't this guy super famous!?

[@janeskreslet3426]

An authentic heartfelt message , spoken in easy to understand terms, shared from his own experience. We are able to do a lot more than we could ever think was possible, by tapping into the super power capacities that we all have access to within ourselves, but that our ''lazy and comfortable'' lifestyle has numbed.

[@timklaassen589]

the reason this does not get as mutch atention as it should is because he is dangerous to the pharmaseutical industy. we have to spread his word!

[@cabolynn]

Thank you, Wim! I have learned that if you want to live in a different world, be that world! The cold water brings me so much peace and helps me connect to my world.

[@jasoningram4042]

😇 Winter I'd Swim In My Blue Jeans 😇 When I was younger, every winter I was always drawn by the little river that runs through the small town of Dallas Oregon. I just KNEW I needed to feel the Cold water to actually feel more alive. So on a few occasions I swam in Winter-Cold water, in my Blue Jeans. I suggest everyone healthy enough to do it, should experience it. I also have a calling constantly to the Great Lakes. I love it there, been all around the Great Lakes many times. It feels like it changes something, or just matches up with my natural frequency. Lake Michigan and especially Lake Ontario just feel like some sort of peace throughout my body and being. However the coldest weather I've ever endured and worked in was North Dakota, -56°, I'll never forget it.

[@wildswan221]

Beats a five minute doctor's appointment with a handful of prescriptions when you leave

[@SC-vb2ui]

I'm speechless ...What a Brave Soul !!!with Compassion , LoVe & Integrity!Rear quality...LoVe his energy💓 Man need that quality to hold Sacredness of life🙏🏿 Nobel price MUST!!!

[@stevehenrynz]

Best course I have ever done the 10 week wim hoff method......

[@emwu86]

how was it? i am thinking to get one myself. can you really learn much through the online course without somebody already trained beside you?

[@grzejnikMilosz]

This is the problem that this is for FREE. No Corporation can earn on it.

[@kippz1337]

google wim hof method... he gives awayy the basics of his method for free and offers an advanced 10 weeks online course for 200$

[@idontknowdnkroz]

Check out the Research Paper he references. It discusses his method in it. You can find it here: www.pnas.org/content/111/20/7379.long

[@evelinel.9827]

Thanks for citing this article for people on how Wim Hof taught 15 test subjects his techniques for 4 days and they too were able to affect their autonomic nervous system and suppress their immune system. I am using the technique to cure my autoimmune disease. Amazing results in the few days I have been doing the breathing (many times a day).

[@jsonkody]

go to the shower .. get ice cold shower .. every morning .. enjoy your new healthy body and strong mind ;)

[@Guiterminator]

@@jsonkody Worked since day 1

[@QurVgn]

I have an affinity with/for alpine lakes and lying in snow. Always have. This makes a lot of sense to me.

[@hyouzanren1846]

this guy found the old way we forgot into modern world and prove it right!

[@exercisepedia.eu1]

Agree with everything, respect to Wim Hof for all his dedication and passion to help others around the world!

[@kamilaewska1663]

What a profound message. God bless Wim Hof. He’s awakened and is trying to help us achieve the same. I just started cold showers, getting ready for cold immersions, but there is something incredible to it… the exhilaration, the depth of sensation within the body… it brings you into the NOW like nothing else. Love to you Wim. Thank you 🙏

[@darkhorse888]

i am practicing this in the mornings. do the breathing and then 50 pushups whilst holding my breath. followup with a cold shower and you feel great all day

[@rockobig1]

still doin that? What's your results

[@darkhorse888]

+rockobig1 after around 20 days and perhaps some poor form at the gym/bjj i found i got some soreness in the shoulders. backed off to around 4 -5 days a week. The issue is i can't get past the 40-50 because i find the oxygen runs out. wim says you need to do it a few more times ie one after the other. My advice is just to mix it up with planks or other yoga type poses. on the cold. I am finding that my home shower is just not cold enough. I am looking forward to winter and installing a home plunge pool which should help. wim says the more you do the cold the more used to it you get so perhaps that is what is happening. one final add. youtube ido 2.0 squats. i am now working this in as well.

[@rockobig1]

+dhorse7 wow thanks. Do you have a bath tub or something like that? Could put icewater in there

[@darkhorse888]

+rockobig1 i do and could but that much ice where i come from (australia) is going to require purchase. not sustainable for a long period of daily practice. plus i need the ice for the vodka.

[@rockobig1]

+dhorse7 hahahaha well good luck

[@pedrocuviLEP]

Thank you forever Mr. Iceman!

[@gustavogranha3163]

Long life to Wim! Regards from Brazil!

[@loks108]

i'm so happy he got all the attention he lacked during the pandemic.

[@bisdooo]

everything is free because it is whithin you and around you.

[@xxNorbertxx1]

The hero! His Method changed my life tremendously.

[@s0liddy]

This guy is great. What a personality and a very interesting concept. I have been applying his method for a couple days now and cold showers are nothing. Check out Joe Rogan's podcast with Wim and you can really get good insight and this man and his message.

[@krecikowi]

I'm applying cold showers for about 1.5 years and I still hate it.

[@garyspainhower7478]

Mole Change your beliefs to I love this and relax into with those thoughts repeatedly. Associate the good feelings with the cold showers. Intensify the good feelings and say that every time you shower. I lobe this cold shower.....!,!!!!

[@Guiterminator]

@@garyspainhower7478 I agree on that. In my case deep breaths are enough to make the water feel right.

[@RamiroLeiva]

The cold is a warm friend

[@adc12345100]

wonderful message. thanks from heart.

[@Federicochet]

@Wim Hoff, to your question "WHY DOES IT GO SO SLOW?" [to spread the word], I think we can give some pieces of answer: - IT IS TOO MUCH OF A DISRUPTION of all our scientific paradigms. So it makes it very difficult to convince influential people in just a few minutes. Even in a few days, experiments, etc., most advanced scientists can't believe it before they see it or live it. Any scientist which gives credibility to such disrupting theories gets discredited if he does so without verifying it strongly. I must say that I feel the same way... This takes time. - "IT IS FOR FREE", as you say... and it may be the first obstacle ! Because discoveries get spread by people who take advantage on it. Most influential medias don't talk for free. Politics neither. Overmore, any means to become healthy for free is a threat to pharmaceutical firms, as it is simply a potential (huge) loss of pharmaceutical market - one of the biggest market in the world. So pharmaceutical firms will naturally fight against this threat, that's their job. And as they are the richest industries in the world, they may spend millions to make it silent. - if you can't rely on medias or other influential people, the only remaining path is the popular's word of mouth.

[@hannesstan4066]

Well said!

[@oliverstadler350]

Best man.

[@Jamal484]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Wim!

[@bjbedits9087]

A truly magnificent man.

[@adamnasser8707]

I can attest wim hof method works .I DO breathing exercice and cold shower everyday(in the winter 3 a 4 times aweek) . i feel sharp and energized and iam better doing my work and interacting with other oeople. I olso eat a plant based food and do meditation an various breathing exercises. we are able to take our fu...king life in our hands .

[@sivan1342]

I love this man !!!!

[@alanhaida1549]

Amazing pioneer!

[@sgarrett9446]

Tibetan monks been doing it for centuries...

[@ohmahgawdfilms]

I'm learning the Wim Hof method currently. Just started but so far it's quite enlightening.

[@Orf]

How are you learning it?

[@ohmahgawdfilms]

I have a friend who did it, and he gave me some basic instructions... Not really the in depth detail as from his site... but it works.

[@ohmahgawdfilms]

Not like Wim Hof was actually the first person to do all of this... Just the only one to do world records doing it, I mean even researchers have been testing the limits of the human body through these meditative practices for ages. He seems to be the only most willing participant however.

[@nurbs-bm5pw]

+Atria Wolf What has been your experience since practicing the Wim Hof Method?

[@ohmahgawdfilms]

I mean, as for the meditative part of it all... Not much different from regular meditation. Exploration of your inner self and facing your inner demons and what not... I mean all meditation does that. However, I have noticed my body getting stronger as I took cold showers and what not. and now that winter is coming around I'm not as uncomfortable in the cold weather as I would have anticipated this year.

[@theobserver9131]

I love Wim. Good man.

[@nickax7896]

I've been applying these methods for about a week and it seems like its just being able to focus on deep breething before during and after really cold temps.

[@zepps88]

No joke. I started doing the breathing exercises 5 days ago and I now only need 2 hours of sleep to feel fully rested.

[@peanutgallery7753]

He might sound to some like he's full of it, but his record speaks for itself

[@djvugts5510]

Me 10 mins into this talk: *turns of the heater and opens a window*

[@MAORIATLAS]

Through sheer Will you are able to control the mechanisms of your body.

[@Zebrafion]

Thank you, every word is resonated strongly within me, this was so very inspirational !!! thank you!!!

[@sergboorow5868]

Incredible man, isn"t it ?

[@Belinda99]

i watch alot of ted talks vids and didnt learn about wim until literally yesterday from someone at my gym !! luckily i heard about him now ..... where has he been all my life ha ha ....omg yes good guy but im scared to have an ice bath or cold shower lol but i want to try it !! i tried his breathing technique yesterday as i been having sleep problems lately and its had a great effect on me !! i always do breathing and meditation techniques anyway but have been focusing alot more on my breathing since learning about him !! breathe your way to health !!!

[@alexhargreaveskite]

thank you man for sharing

[@vegancrue13]

I want to train with Wim Hof in Poland!!!

[@SergeantKundalini]

Looking forward to not wearing any thick coats anymore during Winter!

[@LenarDabbe]

Great words

[@youarearmytoo6455]

So excited to try his method 👌

[@cryptogymbro]

2010 TED talk 356 dislikes, 2015 TED 40 dislikes, 2020 TED 4 dislikes.

[@guybartlett9587]

my hero!

[@igorflato4037]

Great Video !!! We able to control our emotions and hormonal. !!!

[@ever.silva7]

Scientists really need to open their minds in this times

[@justexpressingmyself397]

When you get ill your body produces antibodies so your body can heal. Being right on the age when you are not ill but your body still is producing antibodies maybe because of that your immune system will become stronger and better

[@bluecoffee08]

One of the best videos I have seen on the using the power of breathing and the mind ,Now for the diet part is my next thoughts on the program ?

[@fearlessspider]

Comfort will kill us.

[@ASSAD980]

Very interesting.

[@orwellcalledit408]

Wim is exactly the teaching of Jesus. He is our modern day savior or humanity

[@jeanniebeneanie3752]

100% agree ❤

[@a1pwn]

Nobody: I like to get into freezing waters WIm hof: It is calling my name But to be honest, I love the cold also. Just takes time to accept it fully.

[@AsKriKevin]

He's awesome, but the strings on his hoodie aren't on the same level and that really messes me up

[@restoremore1305]

AsKriKevin Now that you mentioned that.....grrr

[@kaufmanat1]

Yea that drives me nuts. Maybe that's his secret.

[@Io-Io-Io]

I haven't even noticed that til now !😁put your mind to useful things

[@pamarabenton2329]

He doesn't have OCD. He appears extremely mentally healthy.

[@Io-Io-Io]

@@pamarabenton2329 ocd ?! No one mentioned ocd and for good reason.

[@thatguyadarsh]

I believe you...

[@ksrhys-]

This video is great. Also some part of me wonders, with his strong foreign dialect, if those last 4 words were hints at Wim having picked up a Nike sponsorship

[@neil9383]

Sometimes I don't think people fully understand what they're hearing.

[@iEMMANU3L]

Love this guy. Doesn't he look like Aragon from lord of the rings. Viggo mortison brother...? :)

[@justinlundy2142]

Where can I find the science on this. Yes I hear the benefits and I'm open to seemingly radical ideas, but I want to see the science. Please explain the mechanisms.

[@perkyporkpie]

if you have any neuropathic pain just try his breathing techniques.

[@evelinel.9827]

Great results for me with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, anyone with an autoimmune condition should try this!

[@gayfry899]

This is what everyone should be taught instead of giving your power to men in white coats.

[@jahnsun4123]

works for me.....

[@iamikechu]

I HELD MY BREATH FOR THE ENTIRE VIDEO.... IN A ICEBATH... IN MY SHORTS!

[@mickys514]

hory shet

[@michaelgscott4289]

the way his drawstring is pulled on his hoodie is freakin killin me

[@dave3130]

I do it

[@AdventureswithAixe596]

".... and it's for free" - that is why it is not a sentsation presented to all and kind of blocked!

[@KYDUH]

they always cutting my mans short

[@KevinStCroix]

FBomb at 6:45.

[@guloguloguy]

Could someone begin to experience this sort of "autonomic awareness", and finally it's internal "control", by taking COLD showers/baths, and or Saunas, followed by immersion in COLD/ICY water?!...

[@user-fz7px5lz5l]

طريقة التنفس لحرق الدهون

[@pevazali3491]

Ice man

[@aidanosaurusrex2365]

What are we doing?

[@manhalbudair794]

💚🐦

[@sojiczapredsednika]

You should do research on "Biba Struja" man who can receive deadly voltages on himself like nothing, and than emite EC power at will.It's sad that he is just on talent shows no serious medical research on him.

[@Io-Io-Io]

dutch is such a funny german dialect :)

[@BeStillVoiceWorks]

I have a technique that I really need to talk to Wim about. Does anyone know how to get him? I have discovered something.

[@babasillah4016]

When you find Wim tell him I have discovered something too.

[@jonathanfaulkner1023]

The heady gondola simultaneously expand because violin differently mate besides a acid stool. ceaseless, beautiful crowd

[@patrickmartin7762]

again. so proud of the Harlem shake. hate the time I live in.

[@frooshante]

Breaking Bad Ice