The Breathologist

08/02/2023

So many beautiful people in the world and I was fortunate to spend 6 days with over 80 of these beautiful souls from across the globe spanning 24 countries. We shared laughter, tears (a lot), learning and a deep connection that I will never forget. All possible by the life changing and the truly inspiring instructors that guided, reassured and led us through our journey in becoming Wim Hof Instructors. ❄️

23/12/2022

The Sky's the Limit, they say, but is it?
Or is it our own limiting beliefs in the mind?

Facing discomfort makes us psychologically stronger and builds a natural resilience to stress and makes us braver. The cold is one way to achieve this. You might not want to do it and everything in your mind is telling you no, silencing the mind and overcoming these thoughts will create an inner strength and peace, that you can take into your everyday life, making the challenges that it brings easier to deal with.

Let go of those limiting beliefs, silence the mind and achieve whatever it is you've being saying no to.

Strong. Happy. Healthy.

22/12/2022

Hi Guys, if you live near the Vale of Belvoir, this is a unique opportunity to experience the Wim Hof Method with the only Level 3 Instructor in the UK, taught by Wim himself, Emma Estrela

Spaces are limited, so if you are wanting to delve deeper into the method and gain a better understanding of the fundamentals and yourself, this is the event for you. Checkout the link below.

Please feel free to share this post with any of your friends who you think may benefit from all the method has to offer, here's just a few of the benefits:
_ Improved sleep quality
_ Increased resilience to stress
_ Strengthened cardiovascular system
_ Reduced inflammation & pain
_ Strengthened immune system
_ Balanced hormones

Join Emma Estrela for the WHM Fundamentals Workshop at Woolsthorpe, Grantham NG32 1LU, UK. Reserve your place today & become strong, happy & healthy with the Wim Hof Method.

16/12/2022

Imagine not feeling tired and having ooodles of energy!

Well, imagine no more, lie yourself down, do 3 rounds of the wim hof breathing and bingo, you're good to go!

What, wait... just breath?

Sounds too good to be true? Here's why...

Energy or ATP as it's known in the business is what we're looking to produce more of in our cells, more specifically by the mitocondria (the power houses) of every cell, by metabolising oxygen and glucose.

During the Wim Hof breathing method, amongst other amazing things going on, we cause a mild Hypoxia (a lack of oxygen available to the cells), this hormetic stressor, strengthens pathways in preparation for oxygen shortages in the future. Being in this state triggers the kidneys to release a hormone called Erythropoietin (commonly known as EPO), this in turn stimulates red blood cell production and what do red blood cells carry? They carry oxygen to the cells. So more red blood cells = more oxygen available at cellular level, which equates to more ATP. More ATP... more energy!

All free. All natural. No side effects. All available to every single one of us within 15 minutes. So what are you waiting for?

Strong. Happy. Healthy.

13/12/2022

Licensed to Chill 😂

The Man with the Golden Thermometer Gun has been and says the water for today's little dip is From Russia with Love.

It's no joke getting in though, silences the mind and demands 100% focus!

Waiting on the other side is:
_ Improved sleep
_ Stress resilience
_ Reduced inflammation
_ Bullet proof immune system
_ Boosted metabolism
_ Increased strength on a cellular level
+ a whole lot more!

Bow tie, optional.

strong. happy. healthy.

13/12/2022

You'll never be in your past and you'll never be in your future. There is only NOW!

Just think about that for a moment.

Better still, have a think about it in a cold shower!

13/12/2022

Want to feel the LOVE on a Monday? Try 3 rounds of the Wim Hof breathing and you can be sure to release some pretty cool chemicals into the body.

Oxytocin, the so called 'love hormone' is but one of these chemicals, along with Dopamine, Serotonin and a few Endorphins for good measure.

So if you want to feel the love, not just on a Monday, but everyday... just breath!

13/12/2022

The 7th sense... proprioception. Interoception the 8th sense. Learn to reconnect back with these, along with the other 6 during our Wim Hof Method Fundamental Workshop with the inspirational .

Another 7... Saturday 7th January 2023, the date of the workshop ;-)

Strong. Happy. Healthy.

13/12/2022

the biggest killer on earth... cardiovascular disease. Fact.

Within us we have 100,000km of veins, arteries and caplilaries that make up our cardiovascluar system, along with our heart. Put them all end to end and that's enough to go around the earth 2.5 times!

Surrounding these vessels are tiny muscles that help pump blood around our body delivering oxygen and nutrients to every cell as waste products are removed.

Problem: with modern day living and the comforts we all get used to, like putting on a jumper or turning the heat up when cold, these muscles stop working. This in turn puts extra strain on the heart as it as it now has do to all the work on its own pumping the blood around the 100,000km of vessels. This increases heart rate and blood pressure.

Using deliberate cold exposure, like cold showers or immersion fires these muscles back into life as the cold forces the veins to constrict in response to the cold and then dilate again afterwards. This cardiovasular workout strengthens the muscles and allows more control over them.

With the vascular muscles all working how they were designed and helping the heart circulate the blood you will see an instant drop in heart rate, sometimes up to 25 beats per minute. That's 25 beats per minute of every hour of everyday!

Strong. Happy. Healthy.

13/12/2022

Not only a beautiful word, but also an amazing natural adaptive biological phenomenon (wow, big words tuesday!) innate in all of us.

Hormesis is basically the bodies natural ability to be able to adapt to a short term stressor, in this instance, the cold. Like any type of training, with gradual exposure to the cold, our resilience is built up and our bodies adapt to the stressor, raising our threshold to stress, which in turn reduces our stress response.

This resilience to stress that we build in the cold, is then transferable to our everyday life and gives us a physiological shield against physical, emotional and environmental stressors we may face.

Strong. Happy. Healthy.

05/12/2022

You don’t always want to. But you’re always glad you did.