Lewis Howes explains how cold water strips away emotional defenses and forces you to confront fears and social judgment. By focusing on breath and surrendering to the cold, you build resilience that carries into relationships and health.
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I think the cold is so powerful and I think it's like the gateway to people discovering what their true insecurities and fears are, especially when you're in the cold and there's other people around you because then it's another level of like, how are people observing me? Am I being judged? Do I look weird? You know, am I making weird sounds and like crying like a child when I'm this grown man? Yeah. And it strips away all of that because you're essentially, you're almost naked literally and you're emotionally naked as well if there's other people watching you because you can try to like grunt it out but you're still going to be shaking and shivering or something until you learn to calm the mind and just say, "Okay! I'm going to be in the zone. I'm going to focus on my breath and I can't focus on what everyone else is thinking about me otherwise I'm not going to get the full experience!" So I think it's the gateway for people to start doing the more challenging thing for them which is you know, addressing the challenges in their relationship, the challenges with their health, the challenges with their insecurities or their attachments in life because you have to detach in the cold and surrender essentially. Otherwise, you'll keep resisting and shaking and shivering. So, it's a beautiful gateway for people to start doing that in the rest of their life.
