You can experience a tingling sensation in the limbs and muscles, due to the lowering of the available calcium ions in the blood. You can experience lightheadedness, as the arteries and veins to the brain and body close slightly in reaction to the alkalizing blood. As a result, 3 important physiological changes happen: By exerting the breathing techniques, this becomes significantly higher and can even go up to 7.75. Normally, on average the pH-value is 7.4. The impulse is just not triggered yet.įurthermore, by systematically and deeply breathing in and out, the pH-value in the blood increases (making the blood more alkaline) whereas the acidity lessens. In short, the lower the level of carbon dioxide, the longer you can hold your breath. By removing carbon dioxide from the blood through deep breathing, this impulse to breathe from the brain stem is lowered. Having too much carbon dioxide in the blood will trigger your brain stem to breathe. The brain stem, specifically the pons and medulla oblongata, is sensitive to carbon dioxide. This, in turn, lowers the “urge to breathe”. Breathing deeply does, however, release a lot of carbon dioxide. Our blood is usually already fully saturated with oxygen (about 99% saturation) and breathing deeply does not raise that saturation.
When we breathe in, we take up oxygen and release carbon dioxide from our blood. The Wim Hof Method is also linked to reducing symptoms of diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, asthma, sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and several autoimmune diseases. - Faster recovery from physical exertion.Known benefits of the Wim Hof Method include: When combined, the three pillars will help you to become stronger and gaining better health. The other two pillars are cold therapy and training your mindset.
These breathing exercises are only one of three pillars that form the Wim Hof Method. You are inducing voluntarily a short stress response which ultimately will lead to more resilience towards everyday stress, mentally and physiology and feeling more in control. By practicing the breathing exercises, you are releasing more energy, influencing your nervous system and changing various physiological responses. The exercises are focused on deep and rhythmic inhalations and exhalations, described by Wim as ‘controlled hyperventilation or power breathing’ and are followed by a retention time, where you hold your breath for a x amount of time. Practicing the specific breathing exercises of the Wim Hof Method will release your inner fire.
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