Wim Hof answers rapid-fire questions on his breathing method, psychedelics, and daily habits. He drinks coffee only after his 15-minute breath work, says psychedelics help those seeking inner exploration, and shares stories of people recovering from depression and cancer through his practice.
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Yeah. Oh, that is okay. It's just my cocaine. Welcome to Ask Wim! Any question will be answered, but I'm also very good in not answering questions. Ask Wim. What languages do I speak? Muzukashi desu ne. That's Japanese. What level? Hey man, enough to say "Banzai!" Yeah. So Spanish, Italian, Dutch, sometimes a little bit Dutchy, German, French, English, South African, maybe some Hungarian, but I don't know. Portuguese, I can understand Brazilian. If they talk slowly, then I do. I read books because of my Spanish. Then I got into Italian, into French, into Portuguese. Yeah, what else? Russian a little bit. And a little bit of Arab. You know, little bits of a lot of languages. But the main language, the most important language is right over here. Talk from your heart and everybody will understand you perfectly. Do I have practiced other breathing techniques like pranayama, kumbhaka, ujjayi? Suryabheda-tattva pranayama, or Chandrabheda-tattva, and the Kundalini with the nadis, and the Pingala, and the Ida, and the Sushumna, and the whole thing, and Hatha yoga, Anusasana, yoga chitta vritti nirodha, drastoha, swarpe vastanam. Yeah, all, kabam, I know them all. All the levels, all the things, but nothing worked. Like when you go into the cold and come alive. Therefrom I began to really learn inside. And now I learn and teach. I learn every day better ways to reach the people and say it's simple. It's great. It's powerful. The right way of breathing. No textures of like scriptures from thousands of years needed. It's right here, right now. Within 15 minutes you can make the profound changes. That's what we have found. And then we brought it to science. That made it altogether believable, credible for so many more people who are doubting. And now it's on. This works. As I eloquently want to say, out of the old scriptures, this shit works. My thoughts on psychedelics. I nowadays, I like to be high on my own supply. Psychedelics. Man, if you're really far out, then you will be in need of psychedelics because you ain't got ways to get out there by yourself. So then you make use of Mother Nature's good psychedelics. And that is great. Haha. It moves my mind. It blows my mind. This is my psychedelics. Look at this innocence. And then what the fuck? I mean, yeah, this is what I think psychedelics. Just play, just be. Innocence is psychedelic. Psychoshellic. Shakydelic. Yummy. Hey! A ball! It's all in the ball! Who can motivate me? Anybody who talks from the heart is from the heart. Innocence, people healing from their diseases. Hey man, big fighters come here, world champions come here to train. They become humble. That motivates me to be soft. Ultra powerful, but also soft. Nice. Wow. The guy like that is so humble. That motivates me. There is always beautiful qualities in anybody that can motivate me. I'm always on the look for that. I'm looking for the soul. The soul is what motivates. The soul is love. Where there is love, there are beautiful gestures. There is humbleness, there is tenderness, there is care, there is egolessness. And that's beautiful. The innocence of being, that is what motivates me. Do I drink coffee? Yes, I do, in the morning. I like it. But after the breathing exercises. Nice. And nowadays I get some, um, athletic green or something. Um, yeah, they say it's good. Um, I think it's nice. Okay, but my coffee, yes, is absolutely part of my day. Yes. What kind of testimonials stick out the most and for what reason? People who have been in the darkness, who like depressed for 20 years, suddenly they are completely out of there and happy. Isn't that amazing? Or people who could not be treated and have cancer and now suddenly can be treated and within a month they are healed or something like that. People with chronic diseases, real nasty diseases, their quality of life is like very low. Suddenly it's gone and then You know, the flower comes out. Those stories, when they come to me, that makes me go more, more, more. I want more. I love testimonials. It's also the functionality of testimonials is that other people get to know and hear what they have to say, what they have experienced. It's a hospital. Because we cannot depend on the existing system. There is much more to be found, to be displayed, to be known. For that, any testimonial is— I'm grateful for any testimonial. We have to heal the world. Let's do it together. Right? My little baby is a rock star, he will go far. He beats the drum like the rhythm of the heart. Great start in the spring. Do you think feeling okay finding my way? Thank you very much for the questions, and if you have more questions, get them into the comments, and I'll be back. I'll be back.
