Wim Hof explains that tingling during breathing sessions isn't the goal; alkalizing your blood and cleansing your lymphatic system is. He does 1.5 to 2 hour breathing sessions and 1 hour+ ice water immersions, using breath holds of 1 to 3 minutes to gauge alkalinity. Stay relaxed, breathe slowly, and practice in a warm blanket.
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Hi guys, here we are back on the Ask Wim Hof. Questions and answers, here they come. Did I do my method for an hour or more? Yes, sometimes I really do it like very long. That means breathing sessions for 1.5 hours, 2 hours. Go really deep. Then another pillar is the cold. Go 1 hour or more into icy water. Yes, I did that. And then exercising the mindset and following its intention until realization happens. From the unseen to the seen. I did it all. Many times. Love it. What if 30 or 40 breaths do not make the tingling going? And I say the tingling is not the destination, it's not the goal. The goal is effectively cleansing your body into the depth, into the lymphatic system, and that is being done by exercising the sessions, in the sessions, 3, 4 rounds, maybe 5 rounds, maybe 50 breaths, 60 breaths. Follow your feeling. Your feeling is your guide, the guide to the deepest of yourself. Every time. Breathe. Breathe. Motherfucker. I'm not feeling anything. Do I— am I then wrong in my breathing exercise? I say no, it's not dependent on what you feel directly as big changes as he tried. Big changes are happening in the retentions. 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes. And just check the time. Because you have to be alkaline to stay 3 minutes without air in your lungs. It's a huge change. But sometimes you're insensitized. You don't feel it. Maybe your flow is great. And you have no blockages and you don't feel too much. But then look on the watch and you stay 3 minutes without breathing, without air in your lungs. What a big change that is. It changed all the signs. Why not you? Doing the breathing right, you will find all kinds of changes in your body. You can sense them, you can feel them. But anyway, if you do the sessions right and you don't feel too much, How long are your retentions? 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes? Because that should be possible. And then you know you are exercising a big difference into your biochemistry in your blood. Because you make it very alkaline. That's the aim. To cleanse your body of acidic states, of soreness, of chemical residue. And it only happens when you become alkaline. You become alkaline when you do this. And when you do it for 2-3 minutes, then you know you have to be alkaline. Okay? Good luck. No force. Boop. Is it better to do the breathing in a cold or warm environment? Warm, I would say. Because you open up your body. Through bringing a difference in the blood, in the biochemistry of your blood, you become more open, more sensitive. Therefore, if you do the breathing, put a blanket over yourself or a warm temperature. Better. Yes. Do I have advice? Not to tense up when doing the breathing. Slow down the breathing. Stay in control. That's the way. Is it normal to laugh while doing the breathing and cold showers? Oh, I sing in the cold shower. I love it. And in the breathing, yeah, well, sometimes you see ridiculous images. Amazing. Or you get release of energy and you laugh. What is laughing? Laughing is reacting on something ridiculous. Something just energy. Because your mind doesn't grasp. Like a good joke. Yeah, maybe I got a good joke. What is a good joke? I got a good joke. Here comes a good joke. Hey, at least I think this is a good joke. You know, there is a woman. She is 101 years old. And a journalist is asking, "How come you look so vital and so strong? You are 100 years old." She says, "It's all about sex and rock and roll." And I said, wow, when was the last time you had sex? That was in 1945. What? But that's a long time ago. Yeah, it's 2015 now. That was funny.
