By Dina & Matthias Wittfoth
The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.
Prof. Otto Muzik and Prof. Vaibhav Diwadkar, two neuroscientists working at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine in Detroit/Michigan, are experts in investigating the correlates of thermoregulation in the human brain and body.
Then one day, their Ph.D. students told them about this crazy Dutch guy who seems to have almost superhuman capacities withstanding the cold – and it became pretty clear that they had to invite Wim to their lab to study his brain. Wim Hof underwent functional MRI and PET scans while he was exposed to mild hypothermia wearing a special cold suit.
The results of these experiments were very surprising...
Here, you will get a sneak preview of these findings that have not been published yet.
Listen to the interview, in which Dina was given the chance to ask the neuroscientists about what results were so unexpected and what exactly the set-up of this neuroimaging study was.
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Kiki Bosch is a dutch ice-water free diver.
In this episode, she shares her story.
She speaks about her experience as an ice freediver, about her role as an ambassador of nature and a body awareness coach and upcoming WHM instructor.
What makes this episode unique and extraordinary is that Kiki and Dina discuss their own experiences of sexual abuse and how the cold as a force of nature that can support overcoming trauma.
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Alakh Analda is a practitioner Trainer and the founder and director of Zentium International, Rebirthing Breathwork Mastery. She was initiated as a Yoga Swami in 1976, and since 1987 she is a Breathwork Mastery practitioner.
She has been facilitating Rebirthing Breathwork mostly from a Sydney base. Besides long-term private breathwork practice, she has facilitated many hundreds of Groups, Weekends and Six Day Workshops in all parts of Australia, and also overseas, in Rebirthing Breathwork with Chakras, Meditation and Yoga and Kriya Yoga training.
Many of you might have experienced profound changes due to the breathing technique of the Wim Hof Method, but in this episode, we will dive deep into a technique based on fully conscious connected breathing – Rebirthing.
Dan Brule who has taught breathwork to people like Tony Robbins or Mark Divine has written in his book "Just Breathe: Mastering Breathwork for Success in Life, Love, Business, and Beyond":
"This is by far one of the most powerful breathing practices on the planet today."
In this interview, Alakh talks about her insights and stories of the effects of rebirthing, the nine years she had lived in India, and shares her experiences and thoughts about breathing techniques and sexuality.
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Wilfried Ehrmann is an exceptionally experienced breathwork therapist, Co-Founder of the IBF (International Breathwork Foundation) and a prolific writer about therapeutic breathwork.
In this episode, we talk about the breathing techniques used in the Buteyko Method vs. those in the Wim Hof Method which are quite opposite at first sight regarding breathing style and mindset. In the WHM you breathe a lot, in the Buteyko Method, you breathe very little.
We go into questions of where each method comes from, how they affect physiology, whether there are people for whom the WHM might not be advisable, and how prolonged phases of intense breathing (e.g. forms of conscious connected breathing) can help you tap into your subconscious and heal from emotional stress and trauma.
Listen in on Wilfried’s profound knowledge about breathwork, and learn more about this magic key that helps you unlock your truest and deepest potential!
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The pineal gland is still a somewhat mysterious organ at the center of the brain. It was dubbed the “seat of the soul” by 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes and is still viewed as the physiological structure corresponding to the “third eye” in some esoteric traditions.
In medicine, the pineal gland remains rather elusive to research due to its location, snugly nudged to the wall of the third ventricle in the middle of the brain. Its main and most well-researched function is the secretion of melatonin, a hormone that plays a critical role in regulating the circadian rhythm.
Tune in on this week’s episode where we will tickle your ears and open your third eyes!
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To attend to the Poland Experience group workshop could be a decision that
can change your life.
No matter how frequently you exposed yourself to the cold or how much experience you have with breathing sessions at home, you will be surprised when you find out how a group setting is able to multiply the effects of the Wim Hof Method.
And this happens frequently when you book a Workshop that gives you a couple of days to delve deep into the hidden realms of your inner life.
Matthias has been to Poland at the end of last year to attend the winter travel. In this beautiful place with snow-capped mountains and traditional rural houses, Wim Hof himself and a team of instructors trained a group of sixty people to take ice baths and to let go of all conditionings by concentrated breathing sessions.
At the end of this training and as an almost unbelievable climax of this week, all ascended the highest mountain in this area - mount Sniezka, just in shorts and shoes.
In this episode, we will present you with a couple of interviews with some of the people Matthias met on location.
This is a true highlight of this podcast and we are 100% sure that you’ll want to listen to all of the voices who courageously share their personal views and intimate stories with you.
Why they came to this workshop, what their hopes were at the beginning, what they feared and how the Wim Hof Method changed them over the course of this week.
Some of them were already quite experienced, while some of them were new to the method. We hope you will find parts of yourself in these stories.
One of them had the courage to share her story of finding a way out of depression and what she had learned about herself doing the breathing exercises.
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Wim Hof was born in the Netherlands and has developed his own method which consists of breathing techniques, cold exposures, and a specific mindset.
This has brought him not only more than 20 Guinness book world records, but has led to scientific research showing that by using this method we are able to influence our immune system.
Wim Hof has been a guest on many podcasts before; e.g. the Tim-Ferriss-Show, Joe Rogan Experience, Ben Greenfield, Rich Roll, or Bulletproof Radio, just to mention a few.
But my plan was to go beyond what already has been discussed with Wim.
In this interview, Wim and I are talking about
his view on fear,
how his collaboration with science has started,
the latest news from research,
and how breathing has helped him raising four children on his own.
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The cold is an essential force in the Wim Hof Method. Hoffers know that going into the cold water has all kinds of amazing effects, yet many people shy away from the idea of cold water immersion (CWI), either because they think its too uncomfortable, or because they think it is actually dangerous. And let's face facts: going into the cold water isn't for wussies!
In this short episode, we will give you a couple of inspirations and tips for making your practice of cold exposure both beneficial and safe, backed by an excellent review paper on cold water immersion by Tipton et al. which was just published in a Journal called Experimental Physiology in August 2017.
Join us on this week's short ice bucket episode and immerse yourself in the deeper knowledge around cold water and how to behave in the face of this merciless, but righteous force!
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Welcome to Science on the Rocks!
We are very excited to release our new podcast covering the science behind the Wim-Hof-Method.
Once you are practicing the method you're probably craving more information and might be wondering where to find a reliable source.
We are...
Dina Wittfoth, M.Sc., PhD, Neuroscientist, Psychologist, Author, Speaker, Posture Teacher,
Matthias Wittfoth, M.Sc., PhD, Neuroscientist, Psychologist, Author, Speaker, Performance Coach, and Wim-Hof-Instructor.
Shownotes and more at scienceontherocks.org
The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.