Wim Hof breathing tutorial by Wim Hof
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mentioned as the source for how to do Wim Hof breathing, for example as a sleep or relaxation suggestion.
What it is
Wim Hof guides viewers step by step through his breathing method, with some explanation of the science he cites behind it. It stresses learning from the source and avoiding unsafe settings.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2020 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends hukuuu · 2022-07 · on “Ask HN: How to get to sleep after an evening workout?”
Hi, two suggestions that work for me: 1) The Wim Hof method. How to do it: [this video] Guided session: [LINK] 2) Reveri - self hypnosis app: [LINK] Also, do you get enough sunlight during the day? They say it balances your circadian rythm. Some other resources that might be helpful: [LINK] [LINK]
Cites mettamage · 2020-05 · on “Breathing habits are related to physical and mental health”
I Mettamage, first of my name (yes! Always wanted to do that), declare on the interwebs as a random person that I was a test subject in the following study: [LINK] True story :) I guess it helps that: - My name is mettamage (metta = loving-kindness in Buddhism). So I'm into this stuff (read search inside yourself for the science on meditation). - Like Wim, I'm Dutch: Nederlands is mijn moedertaal en ik ben pienter genoeg om Engels te spreken ;-) Soms ben ik een flierefluiter ^^ (Google Translate won't get that right, haha) - I have mentioned it before (it's somewhere in my HN history). TL;DR - what I did in Poland for 4 training days: 1. Breathing Techniques: the most important one is a lot
Cites Panino · 2022-02 · on “Can you warm yourself with your mind?”
> Does WH recommend using his method for breath-holding underwater? (I don't know) No, he explicitly says don't do that. Just one example: [this video]