Shodan
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I know this is taboo for some people and a lot of discomfort to even consider BUT start the day with a cold shower. Start with 10 seconds and then work your way up.
Ever wondered why God filled the oceans with cold water? So we could bathe in them and reap the long term rewards. Warm/hot water cleanses and exfoliates the body but cold water cleanses and exfoliates the brain and IT REALLY DOES WORK.
When I took my first cold shower 3 years ago I could barely wet my legs without jumping out after five seconds and running into bed literally. Then one day I realised how I can level myself up and beat the cold, by facing the shower head and screaming at the top of my lungs “IS THAT ALL YOUVE FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOT!” and truth is, that IS all it had! The water was JUST cold, not painful, cold. Uncomfortable, yes but that is all. After two weeks of barely two minutes underneath the cold water I challenged myself to see how long I could stand the cold before I had to get out and I only got out after 28 minutes of alpine water - I say ‘alpine’ because this was in the middle of November when the pipes are near frozen - I had to get out because I couldn’t feel my feet. This was also months after I first got started on my near 2 year reboot.
There is something so empowering about choosing to get underneath a cold shower head first thing in the morning, there is also nothing in my day (even flatlining) that is as harsh as cold water slamming against my bare skin. Anything in my day to day be it work or otherwise that would normally annoy me becomes water off a ducks back. I’ve already put myself in the harshest physical AND mental circumstance available by CHOOSING to allow cold water to attack my nervous system. I say ‘attack’ because at first that is how it feels, as if the cold is pushing you out of a shower that normally embraces you with warm or hot water.
I was Skeptical at first because I was uneducated and inexperienced but it takes the mind RIGHT OFF PMO and fantasies and literally forces one to stay present and deal with the current reality - COLD WATER SLAMMING AGAINST THE SKIN. There is nothing so uncomfortable yet also nothing as empowering on this planet. I like to think I’m a pro at it now and even if I have had the best scrub of my life I don’t feel as if I’ve taken ‘a shower’ UNLESS I’ve gone through what I like to call a ‘DEEP COOL’.
And I’m back here, on day two of my last reboot (I say last because through my resolve I won’t need to do this again and that is a fact) I’m switching it up and taking two a day 8mins on each end - morning and night after training!
If you can force yourself to do it in the morning before you start your day then all else that follows will be a walk in the park. Try it - trust me, you will thank yourself afterwards!
Ever wondered why God filled the oceans with cold water? So we could bathe in them and reap the long term rewards. Warm/hot water cleanses and exfoliates the body but cold water cleanses and exfoliates the brain and IT REALLY DOES WORK.
When I took my first cold shower 3 years ago I could barely wet my legs without jumping out after five seconds and running into bed literally. Then one day I realised how I can level myself up and beat the cold, by facing the shower head and screaming at the top of my lungs “IS THAT ALL YOUVE FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOT!” and truth is, that IS all it had! The water was JUST cold, not painful, cold. Uncomfortable, yes but that is all. After two weeks of barely two minutes underneath the cold water I challenged myself to see how long I could stand the cold before I had to get out and I only got out after 28 minutes of alpine water - I say ‘alpine’ because this was in the middle of November when the pipes are near frozen - I had to get out because I couldn’t feel my feet. This was also months after I first got started on my near 2 year reboot.
There is something so empowering about choosing to get underneath a cold shower head first thing in the morning, there is also nothing in my day (even flatlining) that is as harsh as cold water slamming against my bare skin. Anything in my day to day be it work or otherwise that would normally annoy me becomes water off a ducks back. I’ve already put myself in the harshest physical AND mental circumstance available by CHOOSING to allow cold water to attack my nervous system. I say ‘attack’ because at first that is how it feels, as if the cold is pushing you out of a shower that normally embraces you with warm or hot water.
I was Skeptical at first because I was uneducated and inexperienced but it takes the mind RIGHT OFF PMO and fantasies and literally forces one to stay present and deal with the current reality - COLD WATER SLAMMING AGAINST THE SKIN. There is nothing so uncomfortable yet also nothing as empowering on this planet. I like to think I’m a pro at it now and even if I have had the best scrub of my life I don’t feel as if I’ve taken ‘a shower’ UNLESS I’ve gone through what I like to call a ‘DEEP COOL’.
And I’m back here, on day two of my last reboot (I say last because through my resolve I won’t need to do this again and that is a fact) I’m switching it up and taking two a day 8mins on each end - morning and night after training!
If you can force yourself to do it in the morning before you start your day then all else that follows will be a walk in the park. Try it - trust me, you will thank yourself afterwards!
I start off the shower warm, then reduce to luke warm while I wash and rinse. Then I make it cold for the last 30 seconds or so. Face, chest, back, butt, repeat. It's crazy and exhilarating, and definitely lifts my mood, even if only for a few minutes.
