Anita Klein, a yoga teacher from Germany, discovered the Wim Hof Method through his book and trained with him in Poland. She credits his breathing exercises with inducing calm, regulating body temperature, and building inner strength. Klein argues the practice is especially valuable for women, contrary to its reputation as suited for tough guys.
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My name is Anita, Anita Klein. I'm from Germany and I'm a part-time yoga teacher and I'm very interested in doing outdoor yoga and I do that a lot. I go out in the morning. My training time is like 5:00, 5:30 in the morning, which is not for everybody, but it's for me. I practice outside. I practice the breathing and I combine it with some yoga exercise, some bendings and stretching, and I put in the breathing and yeah, I get going for the day that way. Somehow, some years ago, I found Wim's book, Becoming the Iceman. There were all these stories in about the guys doing stuff, and so I thought, I have to find out myself. So I went to Poland for a week with him, and right now I'm standing here barefoot. I really love him. He has such a big heart, and his mission is something what we really need. I'm not into masters or anything. I mean, I'm very critical, but the simplicity simplicity of how he does things and the strength and the wisdom it generates, that is something very special. And as a human being, he's very accessible. He's around and speaks with everyone. Yeah, great guy, and I wish him really well on his big journey. Even if we are out like this with, with ice and snow. It's more about the psychology of what you can do about your personal limits. And I think that's very important to learn more about those things, to achieve good health and to, yeah, to have a happy life because you feel strong from the inside. It's not so much about what tons of medication we can buy and whose doctors we can believe. It's more about finding the inner strength and finding the inner strength from nature. And it's so simple. It's all around. I'm a yoga teacher. I love, I love the breathing exercises. And they're really— I mean, I needed to try out. There is something different than I did so far, and I think they are very, very effective in getting calm, also regulating body temperature, and you get control over your mind and your body. It's very effective. It may sound that the Wim Hof Training is something for tough guys, but I believe it's Much more women should do it because it's about inner strength. It's about the strength that we need in our lives with our kids, with our husbands, with plenty of jobs we do. We need this inner strength and connection back with nature. I think that's most important also for women to stabilize women and a certain softness. It's all about the heart and strengthen the body. So I think it's very important for women to do it, especially.
