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Guided Wim Hof Method Breathing

Wim Hof · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

Fitness, sleep & longevityMental health & neurodiversity

What it is

An 11-minute guided Wim Hof breathing session built around an expanding and contracting bubble to pace the breath. Wim breathes along with the viewer over ambient sound.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters share it as an easy-to-follow guided exercise for anxiety, stress, and recovery, with many reporting daily use.

  • 10 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “wim-hof is a life saver.”

    Commenter looped it while sick with covid

    codenlearn, 2022-04 · Strong recommendation · in “5-min breathing workout lowers blood pressure as much as exercise, drugs (2021)”

  2. “It's been very valuable to me.”

    Two years of daily practice, very valuable to commenter

    mikae1, 2022-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Box breathing techniques and benefits”

  3. “Here's a guided exercise [1]”

    Guided breathing exercise with safe-practice advice

    Confiks, 2020-10 · Recommendation · in “Why Breathing Is So Effective at Reducing Stress”

  4. “It's quite easy to do, btw”

    Easy-to-follow Wim Hof breathing video

    Arech, 2020-10 · Recommendation · in “Wim Hof breathing technique can modulate immune response to pathogens (2014)”

  5. “tried the breathing: and cold showers and they've been helping a lot with inflammation!”

    Breathing exercise that helped commenter with inflammation

    justarandombobo, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Search engines and SEO spam”

  6. “The fastest and most efficient technique I found is the Wim Hof breathing technique”

    Fastest technique found for stilling the mind

    khofstadter, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “How to Quiet Your Mind Chatter (2021)”

  7. “If you're struggling with anxiety, I recommend meditation and breathing exercises”

    Breathing exercise for anxiety, with safety video first

    spacetraveler11, 2022-06 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Feeling burned out at an early stage in my career”

  8. “It does seems to help with the fatigue but not the vertigo.”

    Breathing helped commenter's fatigue after covid

    duncancarroll, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “The incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis in unvaccinated Covid patients”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: wim hof, breathing exercise, anxiety, guided, cold exposure

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