The School of Greatness - 910 The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing and Brotherhood

Episode Date: February 3, 2020

“The breath is the carrier of consciousness.” If anyone has mastered their mind, it's extreme athlete Wim Hof.Wim Hof got his nickname “The Iceman” by breaking a number of records related to cold exposure. His feats include climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in shorts, running a half marathon above the Arctic Circle on his bare feet, and standing in a container while covered with ice cubes for more than 112 minutes. He developed the Wim Hof Method: a natural path to an optimal state of body and mind.He says that our brains have the power to guarantee us happiness, strength, and health. We can actually regulate our mind and the autonomous nervous system by breathing and being present.I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Poland along several other top entrepreneurs and business owners to experience a week with Wim Hof that I will never forget.As a group, we participated in several different exercises. Some involved meditation and breathing and others involved enduring intense cold and ice water challenges.On this trip, we all learned about the importance of brotherhood. Some of the physical challenges would have been unbearable if we were going at it alone. We all had each other to encourage, to motivate, and to push.We've all been in a place, where we think, "I can't do this anymore."That's a mindset roadblock that we were taught to overcome. Often in the midst of being uncomfortable, our minds and bodies panic. Our top priority is becoming comfortable again. But this is not often the correct way to deal with stress or pain.The mind is powerful, and if you teach it to avoid pain, then you'll never reach your full potential.If anyone has mastered the art of being uncomfortable while releasing stress, it's Wim Hof. He gave all us an experience we will never forget.How deep breathing practices create spiritual experiences in the body and mind (0:45)What Aubrey learned on the trip (2:52)What Steve learned on the trip (5:23)What Humble learned on the trip (6:53)What Mike learned on the trip (11:49)What Jesse learned on the trip (15:19)What Marq learned on the trip (20:59)What Matt (Cesar) learned on the trip (24:20)What Enahm learned on the trip (27:00)What Nick learned on the trip (33:30)Why Mike walked across America (37:14)What Taylor learned on the trip (40:18)What Mitch learned on the trip (41:28)What Matthew learned on the trip (43:45)What Peter learned on the trip (52:05)What Dalton learned on the trip (53:35)What Wim learned on the trip (55:23)Aubrey’s thoughts on the power of breathwork (57:30)Matthew’s thoughts on leadership (1:01:18)Plus much more...Wim Hof EpisodeSteve Weatherford EpisodeHumble the Poet EpisodeMike Posner EpisodeAubrey Marcus EpisodeMatthew Hussey EpisodeJesse Itzler EpisodeNick Symmonds EpisodeMatthew Hussey EpisodeWim Hof appWim Hof InstagramSteve Weatherford InstagramHumble the Poet InstagramMike Posner InstagramAubrey Marcus InstagramMatthew Hussey InstagramJesse Itzler InstagramMarq Brown InstagramNick Symmonds InstagramTaylor Jenson InstagramMitch Matthews InstagramEnahm Hof InstagramMatthew Hussey InstagramDalton Misner InstagramIf you enjoyed this episode, check out the video, show notes and more at http://www.lewishowes.com/910 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes

This is episode number 910 with Wim Hof. Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howes, a former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur. And each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin. Wim Hof said, we are so successful at being comfortable that comfort has become the enemy of our success. Your fitness is 100% mental.

Your body won't go where your mind doesn't push it. And he also said, unless you are willing to experience new things, you'll never eclipse your full potential. Now, let me break this down for you for a second. I feel like we broke the internet because I took a group of 13 of some of the most passionate, loving, vulnerable, I took a group of 13 of some of the most passionate, loving, vulnerable, successful, influential, entrepreneurial athlete men that I know to Poland. I met with Wim Hof a few times. I've had him on the podcast.

They've been massive hits. A number of our videos have millions of views where I'm doing the breathing exercises. So many people say they learned the breathing exercises through the videos that we have on YouTube of Wim. And when I met with him about a year ago, I had him on, and I said, listen, I just love who he is. I love his character. He's a little crazy. He's like a wild man, but he's like an eccentric guy, but he's got a lot of wisdom. He's done some incredible things, some incredible mental and physical feats that I would never even imagine trying to take on. And so after we had him on the podcast last time, I said, listen, I was talking with his son who manages his whole business and brand. And I said,

I would love to bring a group of influencers to Poland and actually put us through some extreme, influencers to Poland and actually put us through some extreme exercises and intensive trainings and do all the stuff and everything. And he said, let's do it. My father never does this type of stuff with a group for a week. They all pay. Everyone pays. And it's like 50 to 100 people at a time. But he never does these private, intimate things.

So I said, let's do it. Let's figure out the dates. Let's make it happen. I'm texting back and forth with him every couple of months, trying to figure out when we can do this. How am I going to wrangle a group of 10, 15 of the busiest guys in the world? How am I going to get them all to, one, commit to do anything? It's hard to commit guys to get together in Los Angeles for a night out,

just hanging out as friends, let alone fly across the world, live in bunk beds together, and do crazy exercises and experiences. And it got to be around November. It was around Thanksgiving. And I go, okay, Annam, when are the dates that we can do this? Like, I'm trying to figure it out. Is it end of January, February? I need some time. He's like, all we have is January 5th through the 10th. And I go, screw it. Just book it. I'm going to make this happen. So I go confirm the dates, lock it in. This is like five weeks away over Christmas, holidays, New Year's, all this stuff happening, right? And I say, screw it.

If I don't do this now, I'm never going to do this. And the beginning of the year, beginning of the decade is the perfect time for us to get together. And whoever's in, they're going to have an experience of a lifetime. So I text a bunch of my buddies. And a handful of buddies couldn't make it, unfortunately. I feel like they were kicking themselves later because the whole internet was talking about this experience. We were sharing our experience on our social media and people were just commenting left and right.

So I text some incredible men, guys like Steve Weatherford, formal NFL Super Bowl champion, incredible athlete, entrepreneur, father of five. I text Mike Posner, world-class singer, top charts on Billboard, Hot 100. He is a master. He walked across America last year as well. Crazy. Jesse Itzler, New York Times bestseller, founder of Zico Coconut Water, Marquis Jets, one of the co-founders of those companies,

and also a co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks. Mark Brown, fitness entrepreneur, trainer, extraordinaire, Nick Simmons, Olympian in the 800 meters. And we actually ran against each other in the national championships, D3, national championships track and field back in 2005, D3 National Championships track and field back in 2005. Shout out, D3. Mitch Matthews, former NFL wide receiver and entrepreneur. Matthew Hussey, my good buddy here in Los Angeles, who is a New York Times bestselling author and all over the press every single day.

One of the most charming men in the world and teaches women how to have the relationship with their dreams. Aubrey Marcus, the founder and CEO of Onnit, New York Times bestselling author, top podcast, incredible human being, humble the poet. He is a great author, great guy from Toronto. My good friend and COO, Matt Cesarato, he came. A bunch of other guys came and documented it. We had Taylor. We had Dalton come and document it as well. And there were some people there that made the experience incredible. We had this incredible chef. And it was just, I can't really explain how magical it was. I'm still reflecting back on it, thinking this was probably the best week of my life. And I don't say that lightly because I have had some

incredible days, some incredible weeks, some incredible years. But stringing together six days with everything that we did for 24 hours each day, it was just like nothing went wrong. And the brotherhood, the vulnerability, the love, what we shared, what we experienced together, what we overcame together. I'll tell you what, you want to create a bond with someone, put yourself through an experience and a challenge that is so mentally, emotionally, physically challenging. It will bring you together or it'll pull you apart, push you apart. And this brought us all together. It's been crazy, the connections we had, the experience we had,

and everyone had a different experience while sharing a similar moment. And we sat around one day after doing an hour and a half intensive breathing mindset exercise in a room in the middle of this house in Poland with shared showers, with little curtains separating us, with six guys to a room in bunk beds. Here's multi-gazillionaires,

world-class athletes, entrepreneurs and influencers who are used to having five-star everything. Now, Matthew Hussey is in a little bunk bed right above me and Humble the Poet is across the room. I'm just hearing people snore in the next room. It's just like this hilarious experience, but it was the most fun. It was like we were back in summer camp or something. Kids just hanging out, jumping off cliffs and diving in cold water. It was an amazing experience. Let me just say that. And I highly recommend if you get a chance to go sign up for a retreat with Wim Hof. It's just mind-blowing. It's going to make you a better human being. It's going to push

you. It's going to make you a better human being. And we did a lot of different things. We jumped off cliffs at like midnight into freezing cold water. We immersed ourselves in water for as long as we could, holding our breath. We sat in, you know, like 30 degree ice water for 10 minutes. We climbed a mountain for four and a half hours without clothes in freezing temperature. We had just shorts on and gloves and shoes. And, you know, locals are up there in full on ski masks and ski outfits looking at us like we're crazy. And we're acting like it's no big deal because of what we were able to learn

through the breathing techniques and through mindset training. We stayed up till 4 a.m. listening to Mike Posner sing us his songs in the campfire. I mean, it was just like the magic that we experienced was once in a lifetime. And in this interview, we sit down and every one of us shares. We all shared after this powerful session we did on breathing. And we talk about what opened up for me and the group of these individuals, these men, after we were led through this breathing exercise, which felt more like a spiritual journey. We talked about the power of the mind and the importance of strengthening it for success in all aspects of your life. And everyone in the group shares their purpose for coming to Poland and how this unique experience helped them check in what's really important in

their lives and check in with their true mission. We talk about what brotherhood means to each person and the group and how grateful they were to have other people around them support them through the tough ice water challenges and extreme cold. We talk about the importance of mental health and how this experience is a great reminder for self-care for business owners and entrepreneurs. I'm so excited about this. I hope you enjoy it. We're passing around mics. There's different audio levels and we're doing our best to kind of speak into the mic. So just be aware this is in the middle of nowhere, literally, and we're just in a circle,

nowhere, literally, and we're just in a circle, a group of men opening up and sharing our hearts. So I hope this inspires you. I hope you learn something. And I hope you share this with a friend because you never know who could truly be inspired by this, who could be needing this message. And you can directly have an impact on changing or saving someone's life today by sharing this link lewishouse.com slash 910. So text a friend, share it on social media, and feel free to follow some of the men that you'll hear in here as well. You can go to the show notes to learn more about the men who are on this trip. You can follow our social media. I posted a bunch of stuff recently about it all. And you can see some of that there also on Instagram and all those places. So I'm very excited about this.

And now let's dive into this episode on the Wim Hof experience in Poland. So to give some context for the audio, we're here with a group of 13, 14 men. We're in a room in Poland. We're sitting with Wim Hof, who just led us through a breathing exercise, if that's what you want to call it more of a spiritual experience and we've just finished and we wanted to share our experience what opened up for us and before we do can you share in a couple of minutes uh context of what we actually did what it's the purpose of it, why you do it, and how it helps people heal themselves. The breath, we have shown in science as the first ones to reach into the autonomic nervous system thought of inaccessible by humans.

Now we are. So we are using the breath not only to go into these deeper systems of ours to bring it within our willful control. We are here to show that the deceit of the mind and with that you get a comprehension of what is the soul in the moment right here right now nothing abstract a feeling feeling is understanding so I see you guys here coming all big guys and influencers and all so great it is great I got a new some new insights I always keep on learning I'm very thankful that we have come together and to show that we as big men are able to become very vulnerable there is the strength to not be in need to stay in control to go past the control into vulnerability because you want to venture into something else than is given us by our schools our teachers

our doctors and so forth that's why we have come together and now i would love to hear what is your experience yeah maybe we'll go start with aubrey first and maybe what we'll do is we just have the same prompt for everyone and share what you're grateful for the reason you came here for this experience and the biggest thing that opened up for you during either this session or the first two and a half days so gratitude why you decided to come experience this with Wim and what opened up for you so far in this breathing or this time well I mean one of those questions is really easy because this was an easy yes I mean this is uh not only did I know a couple people here already that I consider friends and brothers,

but I've got to spend time with Wim Hof himself and Einem as well, and got to meet his family and have been practicing the method. It's not as much as I will after being here, because I think this is one of the big lessons that I've learned is, you know, I have a lot of the tools and I've been on the path of learning, discovering my soul, my spirit, like what that essence is, consciousness, learned is you know i have a lot of the tools and i've been on the path of learning discovering my soul my spirit like what that essence is consciousness your higher self whatever you want to call it there's a million words that inadequately describe the ineffable essence of

who we really are and i've been on the path of seeking that but i don't always remember that i forget it often and i forget it easily and to be reminded that it's just a sequence of breaths away to be able to do that in an environment with people that are becoming brothers some came in as brothers like yourself lewis and now everybody becoming brothers it's i'm happy i'm happy and i don't know if i'm always happy to be honest you know and like this now is showing me that happiness is not something that's ephemeral it's not something that it just you know comes to you or it doesn't come to you based on some external thing like you can create it and you created the container by bringing all these people together

and then we're creating the internal state with our own breath. And it just gives control back to something that I think society and the world has told us is out of our control. And so we get our control back by using the method. And it's just the best. And then you look at the priorities of your life and you're like, huh, what am I doing everything I'm doing for when everything I'm doing is not yielding

this kind of happiness that I've had here with this group of men and this method in a couple of days. And it's just a great reminder about what's really important and which way to steer life from here forward. So I'm just incredibly grateful. Grateful for life and grateful for our bodies

and grateful for teachers like Wim that can help us get back and remind ourselves who we really are and how to get back in touch with the animal and the spirit that's inside all of us. Nice. Nice. Steve. the animal and the spirit that's inside all of us so nice nice steve uh man i'm super thankful for for tribe you know i mean i grew up my entire life an athlete and then when you retire it's not built in for you so it's just to become here and and to uh you know to tribe up with

to tribe up with a lot of people uh that i't met before. I really only needed to know like one guy was coming and that was you, Louis, but it's cool to see what you've created in this tribe and we'll never have another experience like this. So for me, the actionable steps I'll take, you know, with this experience is,

is for me to be better at keeping the main thing, the main thing. Because I think a lot of us, with the big dreams and the big desires of our heart, we go so deep and obsessive towards that. And as husbands and as fathers, dude, when I get home and I put my truck in park, I walk in the door, I'm bringing that stuff with me. I don't want to, and I don't want to show up that way,

but that's the world we live in, man. We're trying to get things done. We're trying to create legacy. And that does create, that does require obsession. But just super thankful when that you've used your whole life to figure this thing out. And now, you know, it's like a popular, cool thing to, to do what you essentially delayed your entire gratification of your life. And now people are finally starting to listen.

So just honored to be here and to help spread the word over on the West Side, man, because we need to help. So thanks for having us. I'll go the other way. I came because I didn't want to come. You sent that text message. You said, hey, getting a bunch of guys and going to see Wim Hof and I Googled Wim Hof and I was like, hell no. And then in the back of my head, like that's a hell yes.

Your fears are a compass, right? So it's gotta let you know where you gotta go. So said yes before I could change my mind. Bought the ticket before I could change my mind. Bought the ticket before I could change my mind. It's been such an amazing thing. I think the gratitude I have, and I've heard a lot of people express it, is brotherhood. This is a brotherhood that is being formed not simply because we're all in the same room together. It's because we're sharing unique experiences together.

You never forget your first. That was the first time I jumped in water, ever. Cold water or water? Water. Water? I've never jumped in a pool. What? I have never jumped in a pool.

Wow. I can't swim. Wow. And I was telling some of the other guys. That's huge. And I've backed out of it. And I've not regretted backing out of it. And this time was the first time I was surrounded by people that were just completely encouraging.

Wow. Walking up and Mike immediately being like, secret is? Don't think about it. Just get to the edge and jump. And I didn't take his advice and I overthought it. And I heard your voice like, all right, Humble, you can do it. Let's go. Three, two, one.

And I didn't jump. Okay, Humble, you can do it. Let's go. Three, two, one. And I didn't jump. Okay, Humble, you can do it. And there wasn't any shaming. I didn't feel like I was surrounded by a bunch of alpha males who were trying to peer pressure me. And I think that brotherhood, I see in my history, because I grew up with only sisters, how often I got myself in trouble chasing a brotherhood, looking it in every all the wrong directions and to be in a in a circle of self-aware honest super strong and i think as wim said it's true strength is vulnerability and to be in this room and see super strong people and have this these conversations the spectrum is it crosses everything.

We're talking about the silly fun stuff and we're talking about deep stuff and we're shedding tears and we're getting technical. And I think to have access to that is just, I'm forever grateful for it. And I've received so much that it is my privilege

but my responsibility to, I got to put it out there now to I got to put it out there now yeah you got to put it out there on a on a local level with my peoples but also with my community and the folks that look to me yeah and it's just it's overwhelming and this experience of breathing as Aubrey said it's almost unfair how lucky we are to have all these tools yeah and they're there and it's nothing mystical i've i've been in some form of meditation since i was eight and often it's sit quietly close your eyes because your mom will slap you because if you if you if you move and to see this is you know and to hear whim just say hey let it let it figure itself out and the pressure

the shoulders relax and the pressure goes away and it makes room and to say even simple things like we're going to build it up or tear it down whatever needs to happen i think so often we're told this is the way to do things and we get in our own way and i think just i'm so grateful for this opportunity to clear clear some of that as i was saying yesterday the ice melted our anxieties yeah you know well i don't want to speak for you but i love how you said you've never had been around a group of guys who were supportive without pressuring you or saying like come on don't be a wussy or don't be a whatever, like jump in the water, don't be scared.

And you said you've never experienced that, where it was just like supportive encouragement. Yeah. I mean, even now, I got a message from my friend. And again, it's tools. Not like my friends are back on my assholes. It's just tools. And a friend yesterday was like, oh, I see on Instagram you're with a bunch of interesting guys.

Hopefully that makes you interesting. Hopefully that turns you interesting hopefully that turns you interesting and i think wow you know and again it's just it's how they were raised as tools and i got out of that and i'm grateful for it but i noticed here too a lot of people here may be family rich and resource rich and experience rich but as another much more talented bearded poet said people don't grow on trees you can't buy brotherhood right it's true you can't buy brotherhood and you can't you can't form a brotherhood by force you gotta sit in that ice together yeah and let it develop that develop one freezing second by one freezing second.

So again, Lewis, thank you so much for having me. Of course, yeah. I'm going to be happy to thank you. Snakebite, Posner. Snakebite in the building. What's up? Michael Robert Henry on Posner, Detroit, Michigan. I'll start with why I came.

It's similar to Aubrey. It's an easy, easy yes. And Jesse texts me. He's like, man, it's a once in a lifetime. I was like, I know. And by the way, I was pressuring Jesse to come. I was like, dude, he's like, I got a speaking engagement. I got to move.

I go, dude, you got to move it, dude. I'm in 100%. Come on, you in. And a few days passed, and he texts me back, double the insurance policy. I'm coming to call you. But, yeah, man, it was an easy yes, man. I heard about your work for years, Wim, and the opportunity to come learn from you firsthand in an environment like this such a

small group it's just you know exactly what Jesse said once in a lifetime opportunity I knew that the the practices would help me like some of the projects I'm working on in the short term but also in the long term for my whole life so So I would say, flipping into question two, I'm grateful for the opportunity, 100%. Grateful for you, Wim. I think Steve said it really well. I mean, you spent decades alone in that fucking ice. Nobody was with you, man.

Yeah. And you just figured it out on your own. There was no book. So I think everybody that learns from you could be grateful that you had the courage to spend that time alone, figure out your own shit, tear yourself down, build yourself up. Because without that, none of us would be here learning this amazing stuff. Biggest lesson for you? Biggest lesson? easy stuff and biggest lesson for you biggest lesson yes it does feel like unfair almost silly how how powerful this stuff is that requires no anything everybody that's alive has their breath

pretty much unless they're on like a life support so yeah the fact that we're able to go that deep as we just went without taking the drug without fasting without it's like like like aubrey said like a few minutes away it feels almost like cheating but hopefully that could be become a part of more people's daily lives and myself today man yeah i just i felt like i went to a whole different state of consciousness this is a different place different mind state hard hard really to explain um when i finished doing the breathing exercise i start crying but i couldn't really tell if i was laughing or crying and it was really interesting because it was absolute jesse asked me what what were you thinking about when you're crying i was thinking about absolutely nothing it was absolutely no mental story or memory

attached with my emotions just like i don't know if that's because it's just pent up in there or what maybe when can tell us but it just came out it was really powerful for me. And again, like Humble said, man, this group, and Arby said, man, I feel happy too, bro. Just being around you guys, it's been amazing, amazing. So, yeah, thank you, Louis. Thank you, Wim. Thank you, all you guys that showed up. Appreciate you. All right.

Thank you, guys. First of all, thank you, Wim, for having us and hosting us. Thank all you guys for coming. I don't know. For me, personally, I just don't want to be the 80% version of myself. When I look back, when I'm 85 years old and when this thing is all over, I don't want to be like, yes, man, I was 80% of what I could have been. And when you have the opportunity to learn from the best in the world that what he does,

there's 7 billion people on the planet and one guy stands out, you have to grab that opportunity. And for me, I'm super aligned with the way Wim thinks as it relates to nature. When I was a kid and I went outside, my mother was like, bundle up, put a scarf on, put a jacket on. My teacher's like, don't go in the water. It's too cold. Don't go outside. You're going to get sick. And here's a guy through science, innovation, mindset has proven the opposite.

And in a world where everyone's getting sick, following directions of the scientists and the leaders and the pharmaceutical people, whatever, out comes one man who says, there's a different way. And with one out of four American men getting cancer and all the illness, I'm drawn to that energy. I want to learn from that energy. So that's why I'm here. And I'm a big believer, you know, in the more you experience, the more you have to offer, the more compassion you have, the more empathy you have, the more you can share. I recently sat with a financial advisor and he asked me if you could leave your kids a boatload of money or a boatload of experiences, what would you want to give them?

Of course you want to give them experiences. Man, what in the world is a better experience than coming to Poland with 13 self-starters and 13 guys that are eager to learn? And as you get older, I'm the oldest here, other than Wim, as you get older, it's hard to create newness in your life, man. Like, how do you get newness? You have to work towards newness. newness, you have to work towards newness. And this was something that was new, extraordinary, and to get an opportunity to learn from a guy who's, you know, on some ways a hero and someone that's taking on the establishment, you know, and for me, that translates beyond cold water. It translates to business, how I raise my kids, what kind of friend I am, what kind of husband I

am, and what this man has really done, and I've learned in a short amount of time, it's not about cold water, man. It's about your mind and how can you take that out of the cold water and apply it to your daily life. So the lessons that I've learned are, and I'm on a quest for more. I'm an ultra runner. I'm a dad. I'm on a quest for more. My biggest fear is I don't live up to my potential. And what he has taught me is that the potential is bigger than we all thought if we tap into what we can control. And for that gift, I thank you, Wim and Lewis and everybody else. And the last thing I just want to say is this is five days in one. Every one day is like five days.

If I stayed here for 40 years, I'd live to be 200 years old. So I might move to Poland and be the oldest man in history to live. But thank you for hosting us. How does this compare to, for those who don't know, you've done tons of endurance races.

You've got your own mountain adventure race. You've done last man standing, you've done so many different challenges, extreme physical and mental challenges. How does these first couple of days compare to all the different challenges you've done? They're all unique in their own way. What's special about this is what Wim brings to it. And there's so much conviction. And conviction can take you a really long way.

I built my career on conviction and he just reemphasizes that. But what's different about this is the 13 guys in this room. Yeah, it wouldn't be a special if it was just one or two. No, and the challenge with this for all of us is when we go home and you know, Audrey's got a humongous, you guys got big followings in this room, Matt, you Lewis, everybody is trying to, how do you even convey the experience and you can't. But what's amazing about experiences is 40 years from now if I see Steve or I see Humble, Mike, whatever, I'm rooting for all you guys. I'm sure you guys are rooting for me.

I hope. It's unbreakable, man. Yeah. It's unbreakable. Remember that time in Poland? It's unbreakable, man. It's unbreakable. So I'm just excited to answer you two.

And you came outside. You'll get your chance. I'm going to hug the mic here. It's unbreakable. And you don't get that in a textbook, man. You don't get that watching the Kardashians. You get that by going out in nature, suffering, experiencing, et cetera. The last thing I want to say is the best part of this is the fear. Yeah. Like we talked, you know, we talked about the cold water and I was scared to do all this stuff. It's the, it's the buildup and then getting over the hurdle. And it's no different than starting a business or whatever.

It's the fear, getting over it, and setting your standards really high. Wim has set his standards higher than high. There is no standard. If you told me Wim Hof landed on the moon with his own arms because he flapped his arms really fast, I'd be like, I believe that. And that's the standard we should we should all strive for. It's like, you know, how far can we push the limits before we're in, you know, before it's over? Because nobody here signed up for 80 percent of themselves. himself.

I'm grateful for the opportunity and the help to be able to come and be with you guys and the experiences with you guys. I'm also grateful for the fact that all of you guys, as we are men and alpha, we're taught to be tough. That you guys have been vulnerable enough to open yourself up to be

not so alpha and just let your emotions go. And why I came is several reasons, but all playing in one. Since I was a kid, I've always felt like, you know, I can't explain my journey. I just always feel like, you know, it's just guided by a higher being. For example, when I was a kid, I told my mom I was going to play in the NFL. At eight years old, she said, you're going to, that only one in a million kids play in the NFL. And I'm like, I was going to play in the NFL at eight years old. And she said, you're going to only one in a million kids play in the NFL.

I'm like, I'm going to be that one. Wow. At seven years old, you know, it's just it's something that guides you. And going to like when I was younger in my teenage years, I always knew that I wanted to have twin boys. I didn't I just like I want to have twins. I want to have twins. And ironically enough, I have twin boys. Wow. And it's just crazy. It's crazy. It's insane. like I want to have twins I want to have twins and ironically enough I have twin boys wow and

it's just crazy it's crazy it's insane um and uh and also in the place they play into the reason why I came here is because you know as a kid um I I was teased and bullied a lot. And as a dad and as a father, you want to be able to shield your children away from that. So, and it scars you as a kid. You know, you take that with you as you get older. And I want to find out my faults so I can teach my kids not to take the same path that I took. You know, my wife called me yesterday or she texted me yesterday and she said one of my boys at school and a kid at school was teasing him, telling him he had curly hair. And that it wasn't cool and it's only cool that straight because my wife is white and my kids are biracial. And, you know, when I heard that, it incensed me.

It enraged me. And I wanted to let him know that, you know, and not to sound boastful, but my kids are very good-looking kids. And, you know, very good-looking kids. And let them know that, you know, it doesn't matter. As I've learned in life, when people think about you, it doesn't matter. Because you only got so much time on this earth that if you waste your time thinking about what everybody thinks about you it's not you're gonna waste your time your energy um so that's one of the main reasons why i came was that um i'm trying to find myself and my faults so i can you know find see the faults in my kids because

my kids my twin boys one is built like me physically one is built like me physically, one is built like me mentally. I can see everything in them and I want to be able to show them the right way. The biggest lesson that I've learned is that you don't need all this crazy stuff. You don't need all this technical stuff to advance yourself and make yourself feel better and improve yourself. What you need is inside of you. It's very simple. Breathing is simple. prove yourself what you need is inside of you um and it's very simple you know breathing is

simple you know um so that's the biggest lesson i learned is that you already have the tools god put you into this earth with the tools that you need to be successful it's on you to find a way to access them and to put it out into the world so i'm very thankful for that yeah my name is matt aka caesar as lewis calls me i'm grateful for the opportunity as simple as that to be surrounded by a group of guys who are passionate wise loving vulnerable i run lewis's Greatness podcast. I just appreciate every single one of you just embracing me, just allowing me to be me on this trip. It's been a powerful experience for me. Why I'm here, duty, requirement.

At the end of it, Lewis said, you're going. He's like, there's no two ways about it. My mom, my wife, they're all freaking So he's like, there's no two ways about it. My mom, my wife, they're all freaking out. You're jumping in these ice baths. You're going to be jumping into a freezing cold river. What are you doing? We haven't got life insurance. We're going overseas. We don't have insurance. All this craziness. And Lewis just said, you're going. And I acknowledge you and appreciate you for pushing me out on the skinny branches. You know, we need friends like that.

We need to support each other and allow each other to see what's possible in our lives. So my biggest takeaway is that this method, Wim Hof method, is, and I can attest to it, my short experience here, is supportive both mentally for your mental health and also physically for your physical health. I had a feeling for mentally because I had done Wim Hof Method before in the States with Lewis. But physically, you know, I'm sitting here with the dog and my dog allergy is gone. Really? Fuck you. Yeah.

Wow. It's all you, yeah! Wow. It's all right, but yeah. He's never been able to touch dogs. I love dogs, I absolutely adore dogs. I loved them since I was a kid, but my parents couldn't get one because I was allergic. Wow. He's never been around animals.

Now I can get around dogs, I can take, I mean after this exercise I can take full breaths, whereas I would've had to go outside, get away to the shower. He couldn't touch a dog without like, it swelling his face and sneezing. That's the same thing with the viral myalgia. The histamine is out of control.

Hey, you got him. That's incredible. Run. Paid him $500 to say that. Bad joke. incredible. Paid him $500 to say that. Yeah, so I'm grateful to be here. I'm gonna pass it to A-Nam, my man. To me, I can pass it through. What are you grateful for? Why are you here and biggest lesson so far from this group of guys being here? I'm here because I wanted to protect all of you guys from this man. That's good.

That's good. Fuck you, man. That's good. No, no. So with Louis, we have been a couple of times on his podcast. And the last time we were there, there was like Louis, the way he received us, the way he let my dad come forward and it's an art to also have the best come out of someone, right?

And it's there. And my dad said, hey hey let's do some event and i was like totally open for it because normally i'm very closed and behind the scenes i'm i built a big wall to towards these kind of of things um because yeah we're busy working with my dad for nine years and and you get to see a lot bullshit out there yeah and uh that being said here i normally never participate in anything i wear scarf right now because it's nice and comfy you know i don't care about what that says but yesterday going into the ice bath and I was like also I don't take ice baths you know it's like a far far off my bed show with my dad yeah is anyone doing here what their dad is doing I don't know

but me not and I was there with you guys in the ice bath and I was like insane when so it was I don't know what what happened there but if I go in two minutes or three minutes, with my dad, the biggest motivator and teacher with the eyes, I get like painful as F. But with you guys, it was like a piece of cake. And maybe not a piece of cake, but I felt confident, I was there, endured it, and it was a great feeling. I saw a different Einem yesterday. You did? Yeah.

Amazing, I loved it. So, and also with this group of guys, you know, I haven't looked into it too much, but now I'm adding all of you and I'm seeing a certain thing coming forward on the social media and on anything and what I see here is man you guys are great with your social media but what I see here is even better and you guys are the real deal and that's I'm very grateful for that. Mm-hmm So it's yeah, it's just blow my mind So you guys say it's a once a lifetime experience fuck that man anytime you guys

Could you could you share with us uh the different like you said your son was different yesterday i'm very uh i'm very intrigued by that because i have a similar relationship with my son and i try to motivate him and he's he doesn't listen he doesn't take it from me but he'll take it from my friends so what was our tribe able to bring out in your son that you hadn't seen before energy power empowerment just that he never does this with me he never does it but that's the only you know you can heal anything with this except for father-son's relationship yesterday you guys brought it to him. Because you guys are, you know, he's also a big guy, like in his way, handsome and things, no inhibitions, making big business and shutting out everybody with a lot of success. I had 12 managers before him.

And I had only $30,000 or euros of tax debt death that's what I had of those 12 managers then he came in and he took it all out now we got a so and so much and it's all coming I don't care but what I see in him what how he is for the first time yesterday changed that he's different man and I think he's gonna take it he wants to take me on you know it's good it's good if the Sun wants to take on that I got more power then I did a good job so two or two or three minutes it's gonna be 20 minutes I don't know what you see super thank you guys yeah because you guys got the quality and the energy, the power and good

looking. So, you got him convinced when I could not. You also just looked really happy in the ice. You were just smiling. You were like this energy radiating from your chest and your face. I normally look at everything from outside. I like that position. I like to have the overview. Oh, yeah.

Not used to this stuff. I like to have the overview. I like to see things outside. We had a couple of conversations here. Why are you not doing the breathing exercise? I need my traumas because I need to perform. You need your traumas? I need to, yeah.

Why do you need my traumas because I need to... You need your traumas? I need to, yeah. Why do you need your traumas? Well, like I said, these things make you like... I don't think fear is a bad thing. It makes you like cautious about things. And my dad always talks about love and we're creating something beautiful. To break that down it's like can go really quickly to build something up it takes years so I

always want to be not in the middle of I need to be outside of that I don't want to be walking around like a hippie hugging everyone that's what this does. And it's beautiful. But I need to be like, I have a role within all what we do. And I need to maintain that role. At least that's the way I feel it. And that's why I build these walls. But yesterday I could break that wall down for a moment. And that's why I was smiling and being happy. You're super happy, yeah.

Yeah, I felt at ease. Wow. And that's pr I was smiling and being happy. You're super happy, yeah. It was, yeah, I felt like at ease. Wow. And that's priceless. Wow. Yeah. That's great. Thanks. All right, Nick.

Yeah, I'm Nick. I'm here for you guys. Louis texted me and said we're going to have this retreat in Poland. I'm like, I've been to Poland. And he said, well, you know, Wim Hof's going to be there. I'm like, oh, cool. He kind of gave the rundown. I'm like, dude, Lewis, you could throw this thing

at the LA County dump and I'd be there. I'm so grateful for this beautiful setting and I've had a chance to explore just the beautiful mountainside around us. But I'm here for you guys. And I mean it. If this was anywhere else, I would have been on the next flight

because I think I expressed that I struggle with some self-doubt frequently. And I'm on Instagram. I'm stalking you guys. And I'm like, God, these guys, not an ounce of self-doubt. These are buildings. They're snakebites. These are bigger than life human beings. And I need to be there to understand why these people are so perfect.

Like talk about be the person that you want to be. You know, like imagine yourself in that scenario. Imagine yourself in those shoes. And I'm like, I want to be like these guys. I need to go and see what makes them tick. And, you know, we're downstairs and there's 15 of us and energy is going back and forth. And it's easier for me to sit down with Jesse 101 or Mike 101 and pick up something from you. And then it's almost like it's overwhelming and I have to go process it. So like just talking with Mike and when he said, you know, I walked across the United States because I wanted to be the version of myself that I wanted to be.

I just like it was so overwhelming. I had to just throw my hiking boots on and go walk for an hour. That's maybe it's the loneliness of the long distance runner, but that's kind of how I center myself. It's just going out and being in my own head for a little while. And I seriously for, for yesterday, for 90 minutes, just thought, what does that mean? And what does that mean for me moving forward? How do I apply it to my own life? So I feel like I've had a chance to at least sit down with every one of you for whether it's five or ten or half an hour. And I've just taken a nugget, you know, one nugget from each of you that is just almost overwhelming. And I have to just throw my hiking boots on and go process it.

But I'm so grateful that every one of you came out here because it's really impacting me and helping me in a major, major way. So that's the gratitude. And if there's one thing that I've really learned in two days here, the commonality between the breathing exercises and the ice baths, it's that we've got monkey brains. Like at the end of the day, we're just, we're animals. And as soon as I go into holding my breath, or the second I went into the ice bath, I'm like, f**k this.

This sucks. I want oxygen. Or I want to get the f**k out of this cold bath. That's my monkey brain. And then as soon as I push through that first 15 seconds in the breath holding or as soon as I push past the first two minutes in the ice bath, I settle into this really neat, happy, comfortable place. It gets bad again. At three minutes or at seven minutes in the bathtub, it gets bad again. But it's maybe a lesson to not always avoid painfulness, not always avoid discomfort, that there's a real happy place that can be found

if you embrace it initially. So I'm trying to apply that lesson in more areas of my life. Love that, love that. I love that Nick was looking at all of us that lesson in more areas of my life. Love that. Love that. I love that Nick was looking at all of us thinking that we're hot shit when he's a two-time Olympian, U.S. national champion. I was like, why the f**k is Louis inviting me to this? Did you run out of people to call or something?

No. I love your energy, man. Thanks. I appreciate it. You're an inspiration to me. I appreciate that. energy man you're an inspiration to me so um and before you go what was the exact line that you said about why you crossed uh america we'll pass the mic back to mike i think it was a great because i think it was a great line and we all really resonated with that uh the reason you walked

across yeah it's a you know i had to actually do my walk to get to this answer. When people ask me before I did, I didn't really know what to say. I just knew I needed to do it. But I had a lot of time to think out there. But, yeah, when people ask, you know, why did I walk across America, I would say I walked across America to become somebody I'm actually proud of. You know, the person that I want to be, he did that walk. So let me go try to become him. And it's really the same idea as what Jesse was saying earlier,

just different words. You know, it's like if somebody asks me who my hero is or who inspires me, I love all you guys, but I don't want to say all you guys, but I don't wanna say, all you guys, I love, I don't wanna have to say Jesse, I don't wanna have to say Wynn, I don't wanna have to say, I wanna be able to say me.

I inspire me. So I try to organize my life to where that dream, that superhero version of me becomes real me. It's a never endingending mission that's great love that it's kind of like snoop dogg i got i got tired of watching podcasts and docs of inspiring people and not being one of them they're like that man that's great but you are yeah i'm trying to thank you thank you i love that Snoop Dogg speech where he was like,

I want to thank me for all the hard work I put in, for all the late nights I put in, for the effort. I want to thank me. That's right. Hey, guys. I want to definitely thank everyone in this room for bringing me in and tell you how grateful I am to be here.

It almost feels like an understatement when I say that because I honestly feel like the most fortunate person in this room right now. The talent and inspiration here is like, it's moving. And thank you, you know, for probably letting me slip through the cracks on this email and get in here because i don't know how else i would have made it in here um so like being in a room full of guys who like you know just want to see you get better is like um worth all the money in the world so i appreciate all of that. I definitely came here like looking for performance and along those lines, I'm really interested in it and really interested in all the things Wim's done. I think what I got out of it was just how much like baggage I've put up over the years

and levels of like stubbornness that I've just layered on and so after today's session I feel like I was able to peer into somewhere where I haven't been in a long time. That's great. Yeah, thank you, William. Yes, that's awesome. My name is Taylor. Lewis brought me along to help document this experience and help tell the story for you guys.

It's been incredible to watch all of you high performers, thought leaders, just incredible human beings go through this experience and rally for each other. Seeing you all chant in the ice bath yesterday and Mike singing some crazy notes. Everybody's smiling and having a good time and pushing through that pain together and developing that brotherhood

in such a natural and powerful way. It's been incredible to watch and I feel so grateful that I'm here to help tell that story and share. I think my biggest takeaway is that this stuff is powerful and we're so we're so privileged and and we've been given the responsibility to to share this and it needs to be out in the world and so I'm excited to see moving forward watching all of you guys support this mission and support this work and I'm really grateful that we have this experience together to share it with the world.

Yes. So quick story, me and Lewis and April got a workout in together and I asked him I said you know who's been inspirational in your life you know what are you in this year that's pretty crazy and he says well someone that I really up to is this Wim Hof. And I'm actually going to go to Poland with him in next January. So now, and do some Wim Hof experience with him. And I let no air in between that sentence. And I said, I'm in. Yeah. I haven't, I haven't bite you yet. I was it. I said, I'm in. I said, I'm in. Because just like you two said,

there's not going to be a day or a week or a month that goes by that I'm not going to see the Mitch Matthews that I know I'm on earth to become. No chance. This is not going to happen. And so hearing guys who are a little older than me say that, it's like, I'm already there. I'm in. You guys were on a run yesterday, and I was in the bathroom or something, and y'all came up with this idea, and I springed it upstairs. I'm in. You guys were going on a run yesterday, and I was in the bathroom or something.

When y'all came up with this idea, and I sprinted upstairs, I'm in. I'm not going to let someone twice my age go get a run in. I'm not freaking in. I'm here to maximize my potential and give everything I have to everyone. But I'm grateful for everyone's vulnerability. There's freaking billionaire families here. There's guys that are starting crazy businesses. There's humongous influences in this room. like there's freaking billionaire families here there's guys have started crazy businesses there's

humongous influences in this room but to go to hold each other in bear hug position and pass out with each other is pretty spectacular to have that vulnerability is pretty spectacular and i'm grateful to see that and in my life i look for challenges um i've created my own challenges with you know working out twice a, healthy eating for 10 straight weeks and things like that. And challenges like this, I'm looking for those opportunities. But I'm grateful, Wim, for you and challenging us to create something like an excursion or some record-breaking thing that we're going to do. I'm in. That's what I say to that.

I'm in. I want to help you get this out because it's'm in. That's what I say to that, I'm in. I wanna help you get this out, because it's changed me, it's aligned me. Usually when I go on vacations for three or four days, I get like almost anxiety, like I have to get back to work. But I'm gonna go back to work and back to my business and have anxiety that I'm not here with you guys being vulnerable and changing myself.

So it's just realigned me to what's really important. So thank you everybody for being here and for letting me be on with you nice yes i'm matthew hussey um in terms of what i'm grateful for i i truly am just grateful to be considered an energy that's worth having on the on this week i this is rarefied air um and to be around you guys the greatest compliment i can receive is that you thought i would in some way contribute to this because i know you wouldn't have invited me if you didn't feel that right it's just the accent right you said we need someone who sounds intelligent. So I truly am just grateful to be in the company of you guys.

In terms of why I came, I had a really difficult year last year. It was really tough. I didn't know what I would get out of this, but I did know for sure it would shake things up. Even if I had a terrible time, I'm like, they can't not not shake things up and I had a pretty terrible time in several ways last year so I thought well it's not gonna you know another terrible time can't hurt me that bad and one of the before you go to the next thing one of the reasons you know I chose each person here for a specific reason right you all have an energy or some reason why I thought you would contribute to the group, the collective group. And the reason, one, we're close friends. We've been friends for years and we hang out in LA a lot. But two is because I was with you through

the pain of last year, many different occasions. And I just knew that if I could get you here, maybe it's not going to solve all your problems, but it's going to give you a lot of tools to support you in overcoming the pain better. That's right. You know, even if it's for a week or two of relief, I knew it would give you something to clear the energy, clear the mind and move into a better year and a better decade without the baggage of the past. And so that's, that's why Matt was in and then he was out.

And then I was like, dude, I want you here because I know this will help you. Yeah, and the reason that I was in and then I was out was because, I mean, I literally, Lewis texted me and said, hey, I've got this thing. I was in like a happy holiday mindset at the time. I'm like, yeah, let's do it. And then I actually watched some stuff

it's not an exaggeration say I did not sleep that night I just thought what on earth have I done I got embarrassed myself by going back to Lewis and backing out and now how am I gonna remove myself from this thing but you know what the one of the big reasons I came and maybe the biggest reason I came was when you said this to me and I had such a visceral really like deep deep fear I didn't just think this would be uncomfortable I terrified me and that was enough to keep me up at night. And I thought, how often in my life do I actually genuinely I'm always telling people, my audience, I'm always doing programs, getting people to go and do things that scare the shit out of them. How often in my life do I actually do something answer is, you know, I used to do things that scared me. And then I built this successful business and this audience. And, you know, I did all these uncomfortable things to get there.

And now that I'm here, I've not taken a risk in a while. That's the easy answer. But the truth is, even the things I did to build my business weren't terrifying to me because I was good at them. Like starting business, going out and persuading people, going and giving speeches, going, those were things I knew I could be good at. Even when I wasn't good at them, I had some belief that if I do this, I kind of think I have an ability here. So even those weren't truly scary.

This was something I have. I hate the cold. And I grew up like we would go on skiing trips where mine out of my family, my fingers, you know, you nickname me extremities this week. My fingers were the first thing to send us back home because they were just numb and white. at home because they were just numb and white. And so I thought this is not something I can go and be like, I'm going to be one of the best in the group. And I rarely ever, ever, ever put myself in situations that are genuinely terrifying. It's always a fake terrifying.

Oh, this is uncomfortable. But really, I'm still good at that shit. So that was a big reason I came. It was to genuinely scare myself so i have credibility when i do a retreat this year in going to my audience and i know they're genuinely terrified of coming to my retreat because they're going to deal with real vulnerable stuff that i have credibility standing there and telling them to confront that in terms of what I took from it, it's a self-help cliche that peer group is important. And I think in a way, cliches are dangerous because you forget how true they can be.

And to be around you guys, I realized how little of peer group I've genuinely fostered in the last decade of my life. I've been working, seeing maybe the same two friends, spending time with family, maybe a girlfriend and that's it. And I tell myself that's enough. And it's a very ignorant perspective because I'm here and I see just amazing people and insights and people who have done things and people who just put me to shame in all different ways in my life. And I'm like, how ignorant have I been in the last 10 years that i haven't done more of this and create and spent more time on peer group so it's a cliche i even talk about it being important when i do programs how much have i really done in 10 years so that's that's been huge the importance

of physiology and how you know we we always think we're going to think our way into a better emotion you know let me logically process why this isn't a big deal why i should but actually just to change your physiological state with something radical like this and the effect that that can have reminds me sometimes we just overthink everything and we give feelings way too much importance instead of just shocking our system whether it's working out ice bath breathing that's going to change our state automatically without us having to think our way into it. And lastly, speaking of hypocrisy in my own work and things I need to do a better job of living up to, there's a story that I tell on my retreat every time that this program, this experience has made unbelievably viscerally real to me.

There's a moment in the movie Lawrence of Arabia where Lawrence is lighting matches and letting the flame burn all the way down to his fingertips. And when it gets to his fingertips, it goes out. And one of the other officers looks at him and he can't, he's like, how does he do it? How does he do it? How's he doing that? So when Lawrence isn't looking, he grabs the matches and he lights one up. And he lets it burn all the way down to his fingertips.

When it gets to his fingertips, he goes, and it burns him. And now he's angry. So he looks at Lawrence, angry now, and he says, go on then, what's the trick? And Lawrence says to him, the trick is not minding that it hurts. And that to me, this week, could not have been more of a representation of,

is that we spend so much of our lives trying to avoid pain, but the trick isn't avoiding hurt, it's not minding that it hurts. So thank you for making that not just a story to me, but something very, very real. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Nice. You're up really yeah i'll hold the camera and then dalton and then dalton all right uh name what's your name what you're grateful for why you're here and uh biggest lesson oh What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? What's your name?

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What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? What's your of yourself what is your name peter hey peter yeah the camera guy uh this actually this talking to uh like a lot of people is my ice path like i don't really feel comfortable uh doing that stuff that's why i chose for a life behind the lens. But we all got to learn and do things that are scary. And this is one of the things. And I'm grateful for spending these days with you

and that we're going to climb a mountain tomorrow. Yeah, it's going to be awesome. And that's lesson. Big lesson so far for you? From the last few days. From either what you've witnessed watching behind the camera, but also you've experienced and participated as well. So both sides for you, maybe.

Well, it's not something from the last few days, but just opening up, being vulnerable has been a thing from the last few years. I've definitely learned that from working for the last from the last few years I've definitely learned that from working for the company with Wim and vulnerability is key hmm yeah it's great man thanks awesome Dalton all right my name is Dalton and I'm definitely grateful to be here. I actually just met Louis like a week before this trip.

So this is definitely like new for me, but I'm super thankful I got to meet all you guys. I think for me, like in high school, I heard this quote that was like, leave the world a better place than you entered it. And for some reason, I've like always remembered that. And that's kind of been my goal in life. So I think being 21 years old, like I don't really like a lot of kids my age i think a lot of them are lazy and uh entitled so like if i can be that example that proves that wrong and um shows them you know like just how powerful being vulnerable is and how you know where hard work can get you i would love to leave the world a better

place than i entered it and i would love to be an example for my generation how, you know, where hard work can get you. I would love to leave the world a better place than I entered it. And I would love to be an example for my generation in spreading, you know, just more love and peace. And I don't know, that's kind of just my mission. And I do that through telling stories through video. I like to capture stories and document experiences like this. And I get to learn a lot by being behind the camera and editing and watching these clips through a hundred times so yeah and I think my biggest takeaway as of now is to be more vulnerable the power of community and to rest a little more I overwork myself a lot so this has given me a lot of anxiety the first few days like not working at all but when get back, I can't wait to like make this a monthly thing where I go with friends and, you know, rest and talk and be open.

So yeah, thank you guys. And I feel very grateful to be in the presence of all you. Awesome. What's opened up for you, man, for watching? We're not done. We still have two more days, essentially. You've done a lot of this. You've done a lot. I think, like

Eno, I found brothers. They are not looking up to me. Are you still looking up a little bit to me? No. No, shit. I mean, I'm a simple guy. I'm humble. I want to change the world. And now I'm going to change the world together with all of you.

It's like almost boring because I do it as a mantra. I'm a man on a mission every day. And when I have the ability to reunite with bigger forces, bigger powers, then I'm the first one to take it on and tell the story again. If I go into a Uber, I'm into the stories, I'm into the mission. And when he drops us off, it's always embracing, always hugging, because we end up in love and changing the world. And until it's not done, things like this need to happen. And being vulnerable, I'm vulnerable. I'm getting older and still doing this shit.

Yeah, man, I'm still doing this shit. But now, hey, seeing you here empowers me. I thank you, not only from the heart but yeah let's make a lot more happening from here and it's happening already. So actually sometimes I do not need the need of words to tell. I love this. I love this and the world needs change and we are able to give it. So, thank you. Thank you very much for kicking my ass too. Because that's what you do too. I'm always on top of it all. And now I'm...

The mountain. See everybody man. It's there. See? See everybody, man. It's beautiful. Thanks, brothers. Thanks. Aubrey, you want to share anything else or anything else you think we should talk about or open discussion of anything? I think one of the, I think a lot of people will look at Wim Hof and they'll look at the

cold. And that's an important part. It's an important part to be able to push yourself past your fears and recognize it's something that's good for you you may be afraid of but if you push past that thing it's going to be good for you and beneficial and a lot of focus gets put on that but i think what's really we're 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.

The second round here today, I was so happy that I started crying because I recognized how often in my life I'm not that happy, you know, right? And like that came up from the breath. And why was mike crying he doesn't really know but there was something there to be released why did jesse see his face interposed with his child's face his younger face and why are these things happening there's things that are

beyond you know just the cold and just the simplicity of pushing yourself past your limits. There's a deep spiritual foundation here. There's some kind of magic that's happening within the consciousness itself. And he's giving access to that through all the means. And these means are free, you know, free cold, free breath, and like free medicine. And I think that's just beautiful and i just hope that as everybody shares this message you share not only the courage to do the things that are hard because that's kind of easy for a lot of men to do the things that are hard we've all done things that are hard but also do the things internally that release and open up those those spots like you

know hearing mitch cry yesterday and express that he wasn't proud of himself like yeah man like that's amazing like every single person when they do that like mark hearing you today man yeah like that's that's the shit like i know you've run some long distances like i'm not that impressed to be honest but I'm super impressed with you from what you just said there like I admire you for that like I absolutely admire you for that and the other stuff's rad too

don't get me wrong but that's like the special thing and I think so it's just not looking at that thing that might be the dazzling accomplishment but knowing like internally the diamonds. Always talking about the diamonds. Where's the diamonds?

The diamond's in the heart. It's in the heart. How much can you show of the diamond in your heart? Like how bright can you let that thing go? And if you have anything obstructing it, any kind of mistruth, any deception, any delusion, any projection, you're going to be clouding that diamond.

So let's polish that thing and let it shine for the world so bright that it's a lighthouse for everybody to see it when ships are crashing they can look up at the sky and they see it and they know they know that the heart is there and the heart is always going to be there it's unborn and it's undying it's untarnishable it's unbreakable and we all have it. Nobody's special We all have it and that's what we're here to remind Any final thoughts from anyone or anything else that opened up that they didn't get the show right. You only said it cause he meant it. Aubrey finished on actually in terms of no one's special is actually interesting

because there are nobody's special, but there are certain people's special but there are certain people who kind of take up the mantle to come into a room and change the energy of that room and anyone could do that anyone could come in and change the energy of an entire dynamic if they chose to it's that's what leadership is right what's really interesting whim about you is there is a no matter how afraid everyone is you walk into a room and everyone sort of feels safer like oh we're all right we're gonna be all right you know and it is like there are certain things we do this week that are terrifying and i've watched it's fun one of the things that i

various people have said it this week has been the most fun jesse you said it has been to watch all these grown powerful men terrified out of their minds at different times and to see that that's been cool um but you know when you walk into a room and your energy sort of announces you as you walk into a room and you know when you're in that room and that i think is really powerful and i think it's something we we should all take back to he's in that house you know he's in the house yeah and that you know whether we go back to you know our family steve you know or our businesses or our audience or our colleagues or our staff knowing that we are each individually these very important centers of energy.

And to honor that by, you know, we think so much about ourselves and what I'm afraid of, what I'm going through, what I'm dealing with. And it takes the focus off of how am I changing the energy of the room that I walk into? And what am I bringing to that room? And your leadership, Wim whim is what makes this experience the soul that's it the soul the soul is what you are going to bring in every room you're going to get in and that's going to make all the difference yeah yes sir nice anyone else want to share a final thought okay the love of the family the love of the family is the last bit.

I did the Kilimanjaro as you know with 26 people with the cancer, Crohn's disease, all kinds of things. And we did it not in three days, we did it in two days. More than successful, we did not hear any physiologist, doctors who'd have had the decency at least to ask how did you do it how did you do it because we are doctors investigators in life we want to improve healing and methods and all no question no question so that but we did it and I found I went to where a certain gaiety certain gaiety after the killer Maggiore very successfully done it was already in the pocket but I wanted to see the biggest elephant in the world which is

seven point eight tons it's like a sixteen sixteen thousand pound is that true yeah something like no I mean, huge mother f**ker. And he is there, and I'm able to go with the Maasai. The Maasai, they are able to approach the animals, the lions, without fear. They have no religion. They have respect for Mother Nature, and they know how to approach the lion, because they have no fear. They are divine. And I go with them they are

my friends we go together and they let me approach the biggest elephant in the world and there it is with this ultrasound going on there this presence it is alive the minute that the being is alive there you get close you don't know what's happening you get these waves You don't know what's happening. You get these waves over you, the ultrasonic. It gets into your brainwaves, your whole body. You feel it everywhere. And I get close to his legs,

even bigger than the building. Colors, we're having colors. All alive. This belly, it's a God feeling, man, God is over there. And slowly but surely I get to the back and I lift up his tail. Wow. And I see a big black hole. It's a vortex.

I mean, they can swallow you fully. They can swallow you fully if They can swallow you fully. If you approach it too much. I was struck by Oz, completely flabbergasted. Now my yogic control came in and I just kept the poise and the control within myself and I there slowly but surely away from that massive big being, the Loxodonta africana. And I came back in Moshe and I had reception on the telephone and I said, oh, Einam, Einam, we did Kilimanjaro so successful in two days, not three days, all transformed. And I saw him, the biggest one, the biggest elephant in the world.

I saw him and he had a huge asshole. But you mother, you are still the biggest mother. The biggest asshole. That's the love of the family. That's good, that's good. That's good. All right, well, I guess that's a good way to end it.

Wham! We appreciate you. No idea that was a joke. We appreciate you, Wham! We're so grateful for your taking the time. More than thanks, things are going to be done. Exactly. So, thank you so much.

I'm so grateful you guys are all here. And we got to jump in the hot tub now, right? Yes! Hot tub! Hot tub! Let's do it! Welcome to Jesse's Hot Tub! Welcome to Jesse's Hot Tub! Yeah! grateful you guys are all here and we got to jump in the hot tub now right yeah my friend i hope you enjoyed this special and unique episode again the wim hof experience

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