Are there people here who follow Wim Hof here? I for a fact used to but then I slowly found out that perhaps his practices aren't really safe for a Christian to emulate.
For those who don't know, Wim Hof is a guy from the Netherlands who is well known for his ability to resist extreme temperatures, he is mainly known for his ability to resist the cold, but also doesn't really feel anything in the heat. For example he once ran a marathon in the scorching heat of the Namibian desert without drinking a single drop of water, along with a number of other feats which would seem unachievable to any man. All this he says he achieved by his own techniques, which is called the "Wim Hof Method".
The "Wim Hof Method", or WHM in short, comprises of three "powerful pillars" as he calls them, which are: Breathing, "Cold Therapy", and Commitment. The main troubling part here is the breathing, because it is seen as some form of meditation. On his own website he says this: "Note that WHM breathing can affect motor control and, in rare cases, lead to loss of consciousness." This alone may seem a little suspicious, could it be that you are possibly inviting demons by practicing this which affect your state of being, and in rare cases lead to total loss of control? A full explanation of the workings behind his techniques can be found on his website.
And while he does give somewhat of a vague explanation of what he believes is God, he also has a Buddha in his backyard, and he himself seems to have dived deep into the occult in the past, and his techniques apparently stem from ancient Tibetan and Hindu practices. He also says that he can influence his immune system and autonomous nervous system.
I've seen people on this forum praise him before, but I do wonder what everyone's thoughts are on this, because this all does seem kind of suspicious.
For those who don't know, Wim Hof is a guy from the Netherlands who is well known for his ability to resist extreme temperatures, he is mainly known for his ability to resist the cold, but also doesn't really feel anything in the heat. For example he once ran a marathon in the scorching heat of the Namibian desert without drinking a single drop of water, along with a number of other feats which would seem unachievable to any man. All this he says he achieved by his own techniques, which is called the "Wim Hof Method".
The "Wim Hof Method", or WHM in short, comprises of three "powerful pillars" as he calls them, which are: Breathing, "Cold Therapy", and Commitment. The main troubling part here is the breathing, because it is seen as some form of meditation. On his own website he says this: "Note that WHM breathing can affect motor control and, in rare cases, lead to loss of consciousness." This alone may seem a little suspicious, could it be that you are possibly inviting demons by practicing this which affect your state of being, and in rare cases lead to total loss of control? A full explanation of the workings behind his techniques can be found on his website.
And while he does give somewhat of a vague explanation of what he believes is God, he also has a Buddha in his backyard, and he himself seems to have dived deep into the occult in the past, and his techniques apparently stem from ancient Tibetan and Hindu practices. He also says that he can influence his immune system and autonomous nervous system.
I've seen people on this forum praise him before, but I do wonder what everyone's thoughts are on this, because this all does seem kind of suspicious.
