One Week Training with Wim Hof | Short Documentary

Do it very decently!

Well I wanted to come here and experience this with Wim Hof because there’s nothing like first hand experience.

You can listen to a podcast, read a book and I watched all the videos about Wim...

But to get a chance to come and actually stay at the master’s house…

It’s like going to see Yoda.

I couldn’t pass that opportunity down.

There’s nobody else like Wim Hof.

There’s nobody else who has the body of knowledge that he has...

And there’s nobody really in a close second.

I decided to come to the experience because I didn’t want to come.

I Googled 'Wim Hof'.

Saw what he was doing and was like “Oh hell no...I don’t wanna do that.”

But the rule is ‘Fear is a compass'

‘Gotta do what you’re afraid off'.

Going and hanging out with strangers for five days and not being able to escape

is like massive discomfort.

I spent my life giving speeches and running courses and retreats for other people.

So it’s always on my terms.

So to go somewhere where someone else is in charge...

And in this case it happens to be...

This crazy 'iceman'

Who’s got his own agenda every day.

Who is known for going rogue and throwing out all of the plans and doing something complete...

So you...

So much of it is why I’m not in control here.

And for me personally that’s a good thing.

To experience not being in control.

I guess I’m not deciding...

Oh the jumping...

This is colder than any water I’ve ever been in.

Do it very decently

F##k this Wim.

Yeah

I’ve you go...

to the black...

Not to the side?

No!

Wim was eyeballing the rocks to see where it was safe.

I’m like “Why is he…?”

He knows this thing.

So why is he...?

Like seeing where it’s ok to jump here or here.

Yeah you can do that one yes.

That was more terrifying

Because now I wasn’t just afraid of the cold water,

I thought “Oh I’m gonna..."

You know

Jump onto a rock.

Not to close…

There about 3 meters...

2 meters out.

Past that white?

Yes past that white...

Yes!

Over these two?

Yes!

Over the beginning here.

Besides of that.

The big one...

Let’s go baby

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2

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Yeah!

When I landed the shock of the cold water was a little bit lost on me.

It's like I came out and it was...

It was almost so fast that I didn’t have time.

That has been one of the big things that I have taken away from this.

The amount of time thinking

That leads to overthinking

That leads to overanalyses

That leads to paralysis.

That leads to shame.

Because now you can’t do it.

You create all these blockages

because you thought so much about a thing.

You good?

Always good.

Let’s go baby.

Yes?

Yeah that’s good.

Yeah!

I have no swimming experience...

I’ve never jumped in water before.

When I was getting ready to jump I was super scared.

I was afraid of hitting the rocks.

I was afraid of not getting out of the water.

I was afraid of the cold.

But nobody was pressuring me.

I was feeling encouragement.

Yes!

Let’s go!

There’s seven billion people in the world and we met with...

the best in the world at what he does.

And that’s a privilege.

And with that comes responsibility,

to absorb it.

And transfer it to my kids.

To anyone who wants to listen to me.

And to apply it to my own life.

We’re ready.

Yes?

Yeah 10 minutes in the ice cold water...

The fear was so strong that I thought I’m not even...

Pride doesn’t even matter.

I just don’t want to do this.

Yes just 'boom'

The first minute I was rehearsing my apologies to the rest of the group.

Like "guys, I’m sorry. I though I could do this. I can’t do it. I gotta get out. Sorry guys.”

And being like “Crap I can’t get out. I can’t get out.

Hands on your thighs.

Let your body do what your body is able to do.

Even though nobody put any pressure you don’t want to be that first guy out.

You don’t want anybody to go out.

Eventually I just committed to it.

I’m not gonna lie.

I was still genuinely afraid.

What if I might hurt myself?

What if it doesn’t some kind of real damage?

That first minute and a half it just kept getting worse and worse.

Colder and colder.

Finally I focussed on my breathing and settled down

And the moment I focussed on my breathing and settled down…

The pain didn’t go away.

I just had a better relationship with the pain.

And it took another two minutes to just gain my composure.

And it made me think about how many things I cut short in my life,

Because I couldn’t handle those first two minutes.

It surprised my how resilient my body is.

How resilient my mind is.

And how simply focussing on your breath…

There’s nothing mystical and magical happening here.

This isn't a secret breath technique.

It’s just paying attention to how you breath.

And being very purposeful with each breath you take.

And how much that can help you and benefit your life.

Especially in the most difficult moments.

And I was shocked at how quickly learning that had instant results.

That’s 10 minute guys!

Ah yeah!

Easy money!

Easy money!

Good job!

We created a bond through discomfort.

We have to be uncomfortable.

We have to be uncomfortable with the people we care about,

And that’s the bonding.

I developed thirteen brothers and thirteen heroes on this trip,

and they're encouraging me to turn into my own hero as well.

It’s like we became a team.

A team of brothers.

Because we were doing hard shit.

We were really doing hard shit.

Everybody was there for each other.

Helping everyone else get through it.

And I know that helped me at times.

And I hopefully helped others at times,

As much as they helped me.

And I think that...

whenever you share something like that with other people,

There’s a connection there that can never break.

The authenticity of coming to where this whole philosophy came from,

You can just feel the presence of something higher than Wim.

It’s wild.

And I didn’t expect that.

I haven’t done a lot of breathing exercises,

So the effects of those I didn’t really know.

Fill up your last bit in your head.

And let it go.

Fully in.

Just mind about the breath.

Follow the breath.

The breath is the guide.

Fully in.

And letting go.

Fully in!

Let it go!

It was just...

kinda mind-blowing how deep and how mysterious the mental states...

I was getting into just by breathing.

Really powerful.

Let it go and stop.

Magic is going to happen.

You’re hit with different feelings.

You’re either hit with you know,

some people experience big emotional reactions.

I think everyone experiences a big physical reaction to that.

It is a crazy kind of high that you experience from doing that,

and then a very peaceful feeling afterwards.

Free your mind...

Free...

your past.

Release the traumas.

It’s time for you to rise to your capacities.

You are the one,

to make that difference.

Eyes closed for...

I don’t know.

The session must have been 90 minutes.

I’ve never done anything like that.

I don’t do yoga and I don’t really meditate.

And I got super emotional.

I just did not expect that.

I thought I was going to breath.

Feel good.

And enjoy my merry way.

And this was like…

Unbelievable.

The breath is the carrier...

...of your wilful consciousness.

The breath goes everywhere.

You can go everywhere…

And make changes.

I found myself at the end...

…like crying.

But the crying was almost like laughter.

It was hard to tell which one it was.

And it was unique because there was actually no thought or memory attached to it whatsoever.

It was just like pure emotion coming out of me.

Yeah give him a hug man!

Yeah.

Great.

Usually if I cry there’s a reason I’m crying.

Like I thought of something sad or I saw something sad.

Or I saw something beautiful.

But it wasn’t like that.

It was just like a feeling coming out.

So I don’t really know what that is or how to explain that but it felt powerful to me.

And it felt important to me.

Relax...

Get back into your body.

Well done.

Well done.

I think what we’re really seeing here in the breath-work,

is something else that’s really...

special and powerful.

And that’s the release of emotions that have been stored.

And things that have come up.

You know like,

I do breath-work a lot.

But the second round here today…

I was so happy that I started crying because I recognised…

how often in my life I’m not that happy.

You know as a kid,

I was teased.

Got bullied a lot.

And...

As a dad.

And as a father.

You want to...

Be able to shield your children away from that.

To go through this with a brand new group of guys that I really don’t know any of them.

And to see that outpour of emotion over the course of those four days of each one of them.

Everyone had their vulnerable moments.

And that’s the beautiful thing about something like this,

There is no hiding because when people are afraid...

You see who they are.

You see their character you see how they respond to extreme stress.

Extreme fear and extreme discomfort.

And you also see how they play as a team member.

And how they connect in those moments.

And how they lift each other up.

It connected me to men again.

It really did.

The space they made for me to be myself.

The space they made for each other to be themselves.

The encouragement.

The positivity.

The second you start to share with them and become vulnerable with them,

They become actively involved.

And they get into it with you.

To help you.

Like Marc, hearing you today man...

That’s the shit.

I know you’ve run some long distances...

I'm not...

that impressed to be honest.

But I’m f##king super impressed with you from what you’ve just said there.

Like I admire you for that.

It’s like Aubrey said.

“I’m not impressed.”

No one cares about what you’ve done or who you are.

It’s like “What are you going to bring to the table here and what are you going to share?”

"What can I learn from you?"

Yeah group hug…

Nice.

It’s important that everyones sees this kind of a journey for men.

To see what men can be at their best.

To see men afraid.

To see men vulnerable.

To see men open up emotionally.

To see how men care for each other.

To see how men don’t feel enough.

To see what they’re battling with internally.

This is so useful for men to see so they can see how they could be.

Let me tell you something man...

When you get thirteen guys that don’t really know each other.

You know?

That come together.

Grown men that are playing professional football are weeping.

And guys...

It’s unbelievable!

Here’s what I love the most.

…to be honest.

Every single event that we did.

At the end of it...

Everybody hugged.

If we got out of the cold pool...

We’re all hugging.

We walk over to the waterfall.

You jump.

We’re hugging.

If you don’t jump we’re also hugging.

We have dinner. We hug.

It was like…

Where do you get that camaraderie from strangers?

at 50 years old.

It just doesn’t happen.

We all just experienced these things every day.

We didn’t know if someone was going to get hurt.

If someone was going to get frostbite.

We just didn’t know.

We trusted.

Easy fu##ing day!

You know I kept saying it to everybody as much as can...

“Remember this!"

"Remember this. We might never get this chance again.”

Whenever you get a chance to create an opportunity or a memory...

Take it!

Because you just never know when you’ll be healthy enough.

And you might not get that chance again.

Realise the completely illusory nature of the beings that we think we are...

and get back again to the beings that we really are.

Which includes...

all this

We are here...

On the Sněžka mountain.

I call it the 'holy mountain'

It’s where people become all together.

Through exposure of the elements of nature.

When you look out of your eyes

at nature happening out there,

you're looking at you.

We were at that final stretch,

Where it got tough.

Like that wind was wipping.

And the hail…

You know how much that stung when it was wipping against your body.

There were no ego’s. Everyone wanted everyone to complete the hike.

There were no selfish initiatives and that’s so rare.

And I think the reason why that got stripped,

is because nobody was the master.

We were all students.

Easy does it.

So we are at the top of this mountain called Sněžka?

Sněžka.

We’re here with this group of men to really see what what we can do and how far we can push the limits.

And Wim has done an amazing job of leading us and guiding us in this journey.

It’s to be proud of everybody.

It is. It is.

Ah man...

I’m just blown away by the whole thing.

It’s one of those crazy things,

How do you even put it into words?

Man, I will say this...

I don’t like the cold.

I came into this genuinely afraid…

of how hard it would be.

This has really given me a sense of what other things I could do.

Know that this wasn’t easy for me.

I went into it genuinely afraid.

And we did it.

If I didn’t do this trip...

I’d have so much regret.

And I don’t want to have regrets.

I’m just proud of myself for saying yes.

I’d be hard to find a week where you create as many stories,

as you do on this one.

I know I’ll be going back with a lot of tales.

You know?

Look at that thing I did and that thing I did.

I think I was most proud of realising...

that the work that I have to do,

is really internal.

I think I realised that…

You can live a life where you don’t have to put things off.

You can live a life where your relationship with fear is dramatically healthier,

And is just not causing you anxiety.

You can live a life that allows you to feel better,

without turning to your phone,

a substance.

Food.

Outside distractions.

You can actually do this with all the tools that you already have.

Life is not always a comfortable ride.

Everybody’s got scars that they hide.

And everybody plays a fool sometime…

So be as you are.

Be as you are.

Be as you are.

Be as you are.

Be as you are.

Be as you are.

Be as you are.

Be as you are.

Alright bring it back to me one more time!

Let me hear you sing "Be as you are."

Your turn.

Be as you are.

My turn.

Be as you are.

Take it.

Be as you are.

Come one now.

Be as you are.

Be as you are.

Last one.

Be as you are.

Be as you are.

Yeah!

Wow

Snakebite!

That song crushes me.

Devastating.