00:00[Music] [Music] hi everyone i'm bree johnson and i'm hi everyone i'm bree johnson and i'm hi everyone i'm bree johnson and i'm here with scott riley here with scott riley here with scott riley and we're here in northern ireland on a and we're here in northern ireland on a and we're here in northern ireland on a beautifully sunny day it's gorgeous the beautifully sunny day it's gorgeous the beautifully sunny day it's gorgeous the sun is out it's september and it's kind sun is out it's september and it's kind sun is out it's september and it's kind of a surprising lucky break that we got of a surprising lucky break that we got of a surprising lucky break that we got this beautiful sun so i'm happy about this beautiful sun so i'm happy about this beautiful sun so i'm happy about that in ireland because i was pretty that in ireland because i was pretty that in ireland because i was pretty much expecting rain and gloom this whole much expecting rain and gloom this whole much expecting rain and gloom this whole time time time and i'm talking with scott because scott
01:00and i'm talking with scott because scott and i'm talking with scott because scott is cool scott was recommended to me is cool scott was recommended to me is cool scott was recommended to me because he is a wim hof because he is a wim hof because he is a wim hof certified instructor certified instructor certified instructor yeah so he's going to talk to us about yeah so he's going to talk to us about yeah so he's going to talk to us about what the wim hof method is what the wim hof method is what the wim hof method is and then and then and then we're going to go in the ocean we're going to go in the ocean we're going to go in the ocean which luckily it's a sunny day which luckily it's a sunny day which luckily it's a sunny day i kind of woke up this morning going i kind of woke up this morning going i kind of woke up this morning going why did i agree to this but here we are why did i agree to this but here we are why did i agree to this but here we are and it's gonna be good and he's gonna and it's gonna be good and he's gonna and it's gonna be good and he's gonna show me the magic and we're gonna have a show me the magic and we're gonna have a show me the magic and we're gonna have a little fun little fun little fun we nip into the irish sea we nip into the irish sea we nip into the irish sea exactly exactly exactly okay so okay so okay so scott talk to me let's have a little scott talk to me let's have a little scott talk to me let's have a little introduction about who you are introduction about who you are introduction about who you are your journey how you got started with your journey how you got started with your journey how you got started with whim and how it's made a difference for whim and how it's made a difference for whim and how it's made a difference for you absolutely well hopefully very soon you absolutely well hopefully very soon you absolutely well hopefully very soon you're going to have you're going to have you're going to have a perfect idea of why you've come here a perfect idea of why you've come here a perfect idea of why you've come here today ready to get to the sea and today ready to get to the sea and today ready to get to the sea and afterwards you're going to have a really afterwards you're going to have a really afterwards you're going to have a really good sense of good sense of good sense of why and why and why and you know all you've got to do is come you know all you've got to do is come you know all you've got to do is come back down here every sunday and see all
02:00back down here every sunday and see all back down here every sunday and see all the smiling faces in there whenever i'm the smiling faces in there whenever i'm the smiling faces in there whenever i'm taking my big group to realize like why taking my big group to realize like why taking my big group to realize like why people come and get into the cold and people come and get into the cold and people come and get into the cold and yeah i'll go a little bit into my yeah i'll go a little bit into my yeah i'll go a little bit into my journey apart from all the other smiling journey apart from all the other smiling journey apart from all the other smiling faces mine is another smiling face to faces mine is another smiling face to faces mine is another smiling face to add to the cold water experience and add to the cold water experience and add to the cold water experience and i've been a wim hof method certified i've been a wim hof method certified i've been a wim hof method certified instructor since november of last year instructor since november of last year instructor since november of last year but it was a long journey to get until but it was a long journey to get until but it was a long journey to get until that point that point that point and the toughest part of the journey and the toughest part of the journey and the toughest part of the journey probably goes back to june 2014 and at probably goes back to june 2014 and at probably goes back to june 2014 and at that time i was really unwell and very that time i was really unwell and very that time i was really unwell and very overweight i used to suffer from a overweight i used to suffer from a overweight i used to suffer from a chronic illness called rheumatoid chronic illness called rheumatoid chronic illness called rheumatoid arthritis which is an autoimmune arthritis which is an autoimmune arthritis which is an autoimmune disorder and disorder and disorder and yeah it was a pretty severe case yeah it was a pretty severe case yeah it was a pretty severe case my knees were very swollen and going up my knees were very swollen and going up my knees were very swollen and going up and down a flight of stairs was sore and down a flight of stairs was sore and down a flight of stairs was sore opening a door handle even you know with opening a door handle even you know with opening a door handle even you know with just the joints in my hand would have just the joints in my hand would have just the joints in my hand would have been difficult the brushing my teeth was been difficult the brushing my teeth was been difficult the brushing my teeth was was sore on my hands so was sore on my hands so was sore on my hands so uh yeah i was in pretty bad place then i uh yeah i was in pretty bad place then i uh yeah i was in pretty bad place then i was also very overweight so 45 kilograms
03:00was also very overweight so 45 kilograms was also very overweight so 45 kilograms or seven stone 100 pounds you know or seven stone 100 pounds you know or seven stone 100 pounds you know that's that's that's pretty much all bases covered there for pretty much all bases covered there for pretty much all bases covered there for you know canadians and europeans and you know canadians and europeans and you know canadians and europeans and british folks so it gives some idea of british folks so it gives some idea of british folks so it gives some idea of just how big just how big just how big and uh yeah needless to say being that and uh yeah needless to say being that and uh yeah needless to say being that overweight and not physically ill and overweight and not physically ill and overweight and not physically ill and sore my mental well-being was in a sore my mental well-being was in a sore my mental well-being was in a pretty pretty bad state as well so pretty pretty bad state as well so pretty pretty bad state as well so uh it would be great if at this point i uh it would be great if at this point i uh it would be great if at this point i could say and then i found the wim hof could say and then i found the wim hof could say and then i found the wim hof method and overnight method and overnight method and overnight all magically got better but yeah it was all magically got better but yeah it was all magically got better but yeah it was a bit of a longer journey than that um a bit of a longer journey than that um a bit of a longer journey than that um it was even a journey in itself to get it was even a journey in itself to get it was even a journey in itself to get to things where they were at a point to things where they were at a point to things where they were at a point where they were that bad you know like where they were that bad you know like where they were that bad you know like that didn't happen overnight either that didn't happen overnight either that didn't happen overnight either and i'd been suffering with the and i'd been suffering with the and i'd been suffering with the condition for about four years condition for about four years condition for about four years and about two years into and about two years into and about two years into starting to suffer physical symptoms and starting to suffer physical symptoms and starting to suffer physical symptoms and and inflammation in the body they found and inflammation in the body they found and inflammation in the body they found one pharmaceutical drug that actually one pharmaceutical drug that actually one pharmaceutical drug that actually worked really well which was great at worked really well which was great at worked really well which was great at the time the time the time and i took up cycling because that was a and i took up cycling because that was a and i took up cycling because that was a type of exercise that was recommended by
04:00type of exercise that was recommended by type of exercise that was recommended by the doctors is low impact on joints i the doctors is low impact on joints i the doctors is low impact on joints i did the mara cycle from belfast to did the mara cycle from belfast to did the mara cycle from belfast to dublin which is like a hundred and dublin which is like a hundred and dublin which is like a hundred and something miles and uh things were going something miles and uh things were going something miles and uh things were going really really well and then that really really well and then that really really well and then that medication stopped working so medication stopped working so medication stopped working so if i'm being honest that was probably if i'm being honest that was probably if i'm being honest that was probably even harder to take than getting even harder to take than getting even harder to take than getting diagnosed sick in the first place diagnosed sick in the first place diagnosed sick in the first place because because because you know whenever i was diagnosed as uh you know whenever i was diagnosed as uh you know whenever i was diagnosed as uh having rheumatoid arthritis it was bad having rheumatoid arthritis it was bad having rheumatoid arthritis it was bad because it's a chronic illness and it's because it's a chronic illness and it's because it's a chronic illness and it's not really supposed to get better but at not really supposed to get better but at not really supposed to get better but at least then i kind of had the hope that least then i kind of had the hope that least then i kind of had the hope that they might find a pharmaceutical drug they might find a pharmaceutical drug they might find a pharmaceutical drug and i could lead a pretty normal life and i could lead a pretty normal life and i could lead a pretty normal life but i think then finding a but i think then finding a but i think then finding a pharmaceutical drug that worked and then pharmaceutical drug that worked and then pharmaceutical drug that worked and then it stopped working it gave me the sense it stopped working it gave me the sense it stopped working it gave me the sense of like oh even if they find something of like oh even if they find something of like oh even if they find something that works you know it might just be a that works you know it might just be a that works you know it might just be a temporary relief and temporary relief and temporary relief and and i'm not going to get anywhere so and i'm not going to get anywhere so and i'm not going to get anywhere so a couple of years the past after that a couple of years the past after that a couple of years the past after that was just like a complete spiral was just like a complete spiral was just like a complete spiral downwards and probably the first point downwards and probably the first point downwards and probably the first point in my life where i had the understanding in my life where i had the understanding in my life where i had the understanding that like everything just seems to run that like everything just seems to run that like everything just seems to run at momentum you know like at momentum you know like at momentum you know like the diagnosis was bad for my mental the diagnosis was bad for my mental the diagnosis was bad for my mental health you know i was comfort eating health you know i was comfort eating health you know i was comfort eating eating terrible food getting more eating terrible food getting more eating terrible food getting more overweight which would make the
05:00overweight which would make the overweight which would make the condition worse i was isolating myself condition worse i was isolating myself condition worse i was isolating myself because i was ashamed about being because i was ashamed about being because i was ashamed about being overweight and you can just see how that overweight and you can just see how that overweight and you can just see how that snowballs to the point where snowballs to the point where snowballs to the point where you're very very overweight and the you're very very overweight and the you're very very overweight and the conditions very bad and conditions very bad and conditions very bad and ultimately hitting that rock bottom ultimately hitting that rock bottom ultimately hitting that rock bottom point back in in june 2014 but point back in in june 2014 but point back in in june 2014 but you know rock bottom is a pretty good you know rock bottom is a pretty good you know rock bottom is a pretty good launch pad as well so um launch pad as well so um launch pad as well so um that that was the point where i started that that was the point where i started that that was the point where i started looking to take my health into my own looking to take my health into my own looking to take my health into my own hands because you know i was suffering hands because you know i was suffering hands because you know i was suffering from this illness but from this illness but from this illness but uh i guess uh i guess uh i guess it's a chronic illness but it's not it's a chronic illness but it's not it's a chronic illness but it's not terminal you know potentially another 40 terminal you know potentially another 40 terminal you know potentially another 40 50 years to live with this 50 years to live with this 50 years to live with this really terrible condition and um so i really terrible condition and um so i really terrible condition and um so i wanted to do anything and everything i wanted to do anything and everything i wanted to do anything and everything i possibly could to possibly could to possibly could to then at least even if i never didn't then at least even if i never didn't then at least even if i never didn't find anything that worked for me find anything that worked for me find anything that worked for me at least know within myself that i tried at least know within myself that i tried at least know within myself that i tried everything and anything i could possibly everything and anything i could possibly everything and anything i could possibly do do do and to just take a bit more and to just take a bit more and to just take a bit more responsibility for it myself than responsibility for it myself than responsibility for it myself than playing victim and just why me so playing victim and just why me so playing victim and just why me so the first two things that i came up the first two things that i came up
06:00the first two things that i came up across online uh were juice fasting and across online uh were juice fasting and across online uh were juice fasting and plant medicine treatments in south plant medicine treatments in south plant medicine treatments in south america america america so i booked a trip to peru and there was so i booked a trip to peru and there was so i booked a trip to peru and there was like a six month time gap between like a six month time gap between like a six month time gap between booking the trip and actually going booking the trip and actually going booking the trip and actually going there uh the place that i wanted to go there uh the place that i wanted to go there uh the place that i wanted to go only took a certain amount of people only took a certain amount of people only took a certain amount of people each time and each time and each time and there was a specific there was a specific there was a specific reason why i wanted to go in january as reason why i wanted to go in january as reason why i wanted to go in january as well there was like a set of ceremonies well there was like a set of ceremonies well there was like a set of ceremonies that they were going to do then that i that they were going to do then that i that they were going to do then that i felt would be really good for the felt would be really good for the felt would be really good for the condition i was suffering condition i was suffering condition i was suffering so so so at the six month time gap and in between at the six month time gap and in between at the six month time gap and in between booking the trip and actually going booking the trip and actually going there it was a chance to there it was a chance to there it was a chance to put some other things into practice that put some other things into practice that put some other things into practice that i'd find online that i thought would i'd find online that i thought would i'd find online that i thought would work really well for me as well and a work really well for me as well and a work really well for me as well and a chance to clean my body out as much as chance to clean my body out as much as chance to clean my body out as much as possible before the trip to peru so possible before the trip to peru so possible before the trip to peru so that's where juice fasting came in and that's where juice fasting came in and that's where juice fasting came in and i'd watched two documentaries that were i'd watched two documentaries that were i'd watched two documentaries that were really inspirational one was called fat really inspirational one was called fat really inspirational one was called fat sick and nearly dead and it's by an sick and nearly dead and it's by an sick and nearly dead and it's by an australian guy called joe cross and he australian guy called joe cross and he australian guy called joe cross and he had an autoimmune disorder as well was had an autoimmune disorder as well was had an autoimmune disorder as well was very overweight and through going on a very overweight and through going on a very overweight and through going on a 60-day juice fast basically managed to
07:0060-day juice fast basically managed to 60-day juice fast basically managed to get off his pharmaceutical drugs and get off his pharmaceutical drugs and get off his pharmaceutical drugs and lose loads of weight and feel better so lose loads of weight and feel better so lose loads of weight and feel better so inspired by that and interestingly inspired by that and interestingly inspired by that and interestingly around the exact same time i watched around the exact same time i watched around the exact same time i watched that documentary another documentary was that documentary another documentary was that documentary another documentary was released called super juice me and it released called super juice me and it released called super juice me and it had a 28 day program you could follow had a 28 day program you could follow had a 28 day program you could follow with it so with it so with it so decided to take the best of both decided to take the best of both decided to take the best of both documentaries do that 28-day plan documentaries do that 28-day plan documentaries do that 28-day plan back-to-back plus a few days to take it back-to-back plus a few days to take it back-to-back plus a few days to take it up to 60 up to 60 up to 60 and uh yeah follow the inspiration from and uh yeah follow the inspiration from and uh yeah follow the inspiration from the other documentary so the other documentary so the other documentary so honestly by the end of it i was more or honestly by the end of it i was more or honestly by the end of it i was more or less feeling better i decided to stop less feeling better i decided to stop less feeling better i decided to stop the pharmaceutical drugs that i was the pharmaceutical drugs that i was the pharmaceutical drugs that i was taking taking taking at the time of uh you know whenever i at the time of uh you know whenever i at the time of uh you know whenever i started the juice fast started the juice fast started the juice fast and i mean they hadn't been working for and i mean they hadn't been working for and i mean they hadn't been working for a couple of years and they were so a couple of years and they were so a couple of years and they were so strong that i was having to go for a strong that i was having to go for a strong that i was having to go for a blood test every couple of weeks just blood test every couple of weeks just blood test every couple of weeks just for the pharmaceutical drugs i was for the pharmaceutical drugs i was for the pharmaceutical drugs i was taking not even the health disorder so taking not even the health disorder so taking not even the health disorder so needless to say i kind of wanted to get needless to say i kind of wanted to get needless to say i kind of wanted to get off those off those off those and um yeah it was great the first and um yeah it was great the first and um yeah it was great the first couple of weeks understandably were couple of weeks understandably were couple of weeks understandably were terrible you know as in withdrawal from
08:00terrible you know as in withdrawal from terrible you know as in withdrawal from sugar salt saturated fat on this sugar salt saturated fat on this sugar salt saturated fat on this basically just drinking fruit and basically just drinking fruit and basically just drinking fruit and vegetable juices for weeks on end and vegetable juices for weeks on end and vegetable juices for weeks on end and ultimately you know two months pretty ultimately you know two months pretty ultimately you know two months pretty much much much um the four months that followed you um the four months that followed you um the four months that followed you know i continued to do a little bit of know i continued to do a little bit of know i continued to do a little bit of movement every day i've already movement every day i've already movement every day i've already mentioned that that was pretty limited mentioned that that was pretty limited mentioned that that was pretty limited to start with you know up and down a to start with you know up and down a to start with you know up and down a flight of stairs was tough so it might flight of stairs was tough so it might flight of stairs was tough so it might be 10 minutes walk at the start but um be 10 minutes walk at the start but um be 10 minutes walk at the start but um you know after maybe a month i was like you know after maybe a month i was like you know after maybe a month i was like walking for like 50 minutes or an hour walking for like 50 minutes or an hour walking for like 50 minutes or an hour which was great within six weeks i was which was great within six weeks i was which was great within six weeks i was back on my bike albeit very slowly and back on my bike albeit very slowly and back on my bike albeit very slowly and i'm not very far i'm not very far i'm not very far and uh yeah it just continued on beyond and uh yeah it just continued on beyond and uh yeah it just continued on beyond the end of the juice fast the end of the juice fast the end of the juice fast by eating really cleanly and knowing by eating really cleanly and knowing by eating really cleanly and knowing that i had that trip to peru coming up that i had that trip to peru coming up that i had that trip to peru coming up just gave me a lot of inspiration to just gave me a lot of inspiration to just gave me a lot of inspiration to to stick with what i'd started and just to stick with what i'd started and just to stick with what i'd started and just eat really simply so at that time it was eat really simply so at that time it was eat really simply so at that time it was like fish chicken vegetables salad that like fish chicken vegetables salad that like fish chicken vegetables salad that was about it but then after two months was about it but then after two months was about it but then after two months of just drinking juices that's pretty of just drinking juices that's pretty of just drinking juices that's pretty good good good so
09:00so so yeah that was a pretty huge journey so yeah that was a pretty huge journey so yeah that was a pretty huge journey in itself and i got out to peru in itself and i got out to peru in itself and i got out to peru basically by the time i was going there basically by the time i was going there basically by the time i was going there feeling better no pharmaceutical drugs feeling better no pharmaceutical drugs feeling better no pharmaceutical drugs at six months at six months at six months at this stage and it was a chance really at this stage and it was a chance really at this stage and it was a chance really there to work on my mindset more than there to work on my mindset more than there to work on my mindset more than the physical health which had already the physical health which had already the physical health which had already more or less been kind of taken care of more or less been kind of taken care of more or less been kind of taken care of by the time i was going and by the time i was going and by the time i was going and interestingly like the tribes there have interestingly like the tribes there have interestingly like the tribes there have this indigenous belief that whenever you this indigenous belief that whenever you this indigenous belief that whenever you really set the intention to take the really set the intention to take the really set the intention to take the medicine it starts working and even in medicine it starts working and even in medicine it starts working and even in the most reductionist you know the most reductionist you know the most reductionist you know scientific way like whenever i booked scientific way like whenever i booked scientific way like whenever i booked that trip it gave me the inspiration to that trip it gave me the inspiration to that trip it gave me the inspiration to take action in the rest of my life and take action in the rest of my life and take action in the rest of my life and it really did start working in a sense it really did start working in a sense it really did start working in a sense so so it was brilliant um in peru that was the it was brilliant um in peru that was the it was brilliant um in peru that was the like the most life-changing part of the like the most life-changing part of the like the most life-changing part of the experience i think experience i think experience i think the two things i really came back from the two things i really came back from the two things i really came back from that experience with were that experience with were that experience with were what had happened with my health felt what had happened with my health felt what had happened with my health felt like nothing short of a miracle really like nothing short of a miracle really like nothing short of a miracle really you know i was told that was never you know i was told that was never you know i was told that was never really going to get better and here i really going to get better and here i really going to get better and here i was at this stage six months no was at this stage six months no was at this stage six months no pharmaceutical drugs but not suffering pharmaceutical drugs but not suffering pharmaceutical drugs but not suffering suffering any symptoms
10:00suffering any symptoms suffering any symptoms so i felt like it was my responsibility so i felt like it was my responsibility so i felt like it was my responsibility not to let that end with myself not to let that end with myself not to let that end with myself and try and help other people in and try and help other people in and try and help other people in whatever way i could whatever way i could whatever way i could and um yeah the other thing that i came and um yeah the other thing that i came and um yeah the other thing that i came away from there was with was away from there was with was away from there was with was how special it was to spend time around how special it was to spend time around how special it was to spend time around like 20 other like-minded people like like 20 other like-minded people like like 20 other like-minded people like the other people who went to the retreat the other people who went to the retreat the other people who went to the retreat just wanted the best for themselves but just wanted the best for themselves but just wanted the best for themselves but also each other as well and i'd never also each other as well and i'd never also each other as well and i'd never spent time around such a big group of spent time around such a big group of spent time around such a big group of people with people with people with that kind of same heart and intention that kind of same heart and intention that kind of same heart and intention and i wanted that around me back at home and i wanted that around me back at home and i wanted that around me back at home as well so as well so as well so yeah i came back home did a health yeah i came back home did a health yeah i came back home did a health coaching qualification with the czech coaching qualification with the czech coaching qualification with the czech academy in europe paul czech's academy in europe paul czech's academy in europe paul czech's european branch and uh it was great i european branch and uh it was great i european branch and uh it was great i had a piece of paper saying you're a had a piece of paper saying you're a had a piece of paper saying you're a health coach now but didn't really know health coach now but didn't really know health coach now but didn't really know what to do with it if i'm being honest what to do with it if i'm being honest what to do with it if i'm being honest and took the next kind of year then just and took the next kind of year then just and took the next kind of year then just to adjust to having a normal healthy to adjust to having a normal healthy to adjust to having a normal healthy body again and body again and body again and just to life just to life just to life not as a very overweight sick person not as a very overweight sick person not as a very overweight sick person which which which was great it was tough integrating that
11:00was great it was tough integrating that was great it was tough integrating that and everything from the the whole plant and everything from the the whole plant and everything from the the whole plant medicine experience in peru medicine experience in peru medicine experience in peru but it was about a year after that that but it was about a year after that that but it was about a year after that that i discovered then the wim hof method i discovered then the wim hof method i discovered then the wim hof method online online online and i saw it as a really practical means and i saw it as a really practical means and i saw it as a really practical means to share some of the benefits that i'd to share some of the benefits that i'd to share some of the benefits that i'd had through some pretty extreme leaps had through some pretty extreme leaps had through some pretty extreme leaps you know you know you know and help other people through that and help other people through that and help other people through that that um you know if someone wanted to that um you know if someone wanted to that um you know if someone wanted to improve their health i wasn't gonna have improve their health i wasn't gonna have improve their health i wasn't gonna have to tell them first you get a chronic to tell them first you get a chronic to tell them first you get a chronic illness right and then you fly to peru illness right and then you fly to peru illness right and then you fly to peru and you don't eat for two months and you don't eat for two months and you don't eat for two months everyone can breathe and take a cold everyone can breathe and take a cold everyone can breathe and take a cold shower or jump in the sea but um not shower or jump in the sea but um not shower or jump in the sea but um not everyone necessarily and not that everyone necessarily and not that everyone necessarily and not that everyone needs to go and do all those everyone needs to go and do all those everyone needs to go and do all those crazy things like this is just a really crazy things like this is just a really crazy things like this is just a really practical way to to share some health practical way to to share some health practical way to to share some health benefits that i got on a pretty crazy benefits that i got on a pretty crazy benefits that i got on a pretty crazy journey so journey so journey so that more or less takes us up to the day that more or less takes us up to the day that more or less takes us up to the day i went on the process of becoming a wim i went on the process of becoming a wim i went on the process of becoming a wim hof instructor did my first uh did it hof instructor did my first uh did it hof instructor did my first uh did it first did the 10 week online course and first did the 10 week online course and first did the 10 week online course and initially to be honest it was more initially to be honest it was more initially to be honest it was more it was purely just for my own benefit it was purely just for my own benefit it was purely just for my own benefit like alternative health stuff had had a like alternative health stuff had had a like alternative health stuff had had a huge huge huge impact on my life so needless to say i
12:00impact on my life so needless to say i impact on my life so needless to say i wanted to keep researching into that and wanted to keep researching into that and wanted to keep researching into that and uh the thing that really inspired me uh the thing that really inspired me uh the thing that really inspired me about it was about it was about it was uh back in 2012 they did a study on whim uh back in 2012 they did a study on whim uh back in 2012 they did a study on whim where they injected him with an where they injected him with an where they injected him with an endotoxin so inflammatory proteins from endotoxin so inflammatory proteins from endotoxin so inflammatory proteins from e coli and trick the body into thinking e coli and trick the body into thinking e coli and trick the body into thinking e coli in the bloodstream and 100 e coli in the bloodstream and 100 e coli in the bloodstream and 100 reliably there should be a response from reliably there should be a response from reliably there should be a response from the body to be like throwing up high the body to be like throwing up high the body to be like throwing up high inflammation inflammation inflammation but through the breathing technique he but through the breathing technique he but through the breathing technique he was able to suppress the inflammation was able to suppress the inflammation was able to suppress the inflammation and i just thought this was unbelievable and i just thought this was unbelievable and i just thought this was unbelievable and they thought it was unbelievable too and they thought it was unbelievable too and they thought it was unbelievable too like they sort of thought that okay this like they sort of thought that okay this like they sort of thought that okay this is amazing but he's one off complete is amazing but he's one off complete is amazing but he's one off complete like freak of nature he can control his like freak of nature he can control his like freak of nature he can control his nervous system in that way nervous system in that way nervous system in that way and uh the really inspiring thing about and uh the really inspiring thing about and uh the really inspiring thing about whim is he says what he can do anyone whim is he says what he can do anyone whim is he says what he can do anyone can do so he took a group of 12 people can do so he took a group of 12 people can do so he took a group of 12 people uh took them to poland where i did my uh took them to poland where i did my uh took them to poland where i did my final training to become an instructor final training to become an instructor final training to become an instructor got them hiking up and down the mountain got them hiking up and down the mountain got them hiking up and down the mountain in the snow in their underpants in the snow in their underpants in the snow in their underpants basically and jumping them into the basically and jumping them into the basically and jumping them into the freezing cold polish rivers and all the freezing cold polish rivers and all the freezing cold polish rivers and all the fun stuff that i got to do took them fun stuff that i got to do took them fun stuff that i got to do took them back to the university and they did the
13:00back to the university and they did the back to the university and they did the same study on a control group of people same study on a control group of people same study on a control group of people who weren't doing the breathing method who weren't doing the breathing method who weren't doing the breathing method and on the group of hoffers and on the group of hoffers and on the group of hoffers and and and needless to say in the needless to say in the needless to say in the group of people who group of people who group of people who you know weren't doing the breathing you know weren't doing the breathing you know weren't doing the breathing method they were very unwell and method they were very unwell and method they were very unwell and throwing up and uh they asked them on a throwing up and uh they asked them on a throwing up and uh they asked them on a scale of one to ten you know how are you scale of one to ten you know how are you scale of one to ten you know how are you feeling and they're all one two and uh feeling and they're all one two and uh feeling and they're all one two and uh in the way i'm half group they're all ah in the way i'm half group they're all ah in the way i'm half group they're all ah ten so they're all feeling awesome ten so they're all feeling awesome ten so they're all feeling awesome so yeah this was a huge inspiration to so yeah this was a huge inspiration to so yeah this was a huge inspiration to me as a means of like something that i me as a means of like something that i me as a means of like something that i could use to control inflammation if it could use to control inflammation if it could use to control inflammation if it had come back into my body but uh had come back into my body but uh had come back into my body but uh yeah yeah yeah that quickly changed from like that that quickly changed from like that that quickly changed from like that prevention mindset to optimization and prevention mindset to optimization and prevention mindset to optimization and my cardiovascular fitness greatly my cardiovascular fitness greatly my cardiovascular fitness greatly improved i meant the well-being improved improved i meant the well-being improved improved i meant the well-being improved and it was the first time since peru and it was the first time since peru and it was the first time since peru that i'd find like this big community of that i'd find like this big community of that i'd find like this big community of cool people that i thought that you know cool people that i thought that you know cool people that i thought that you know i could share some health benefits but i i could share some health benefits but i i could share some health benefits but i could also build a cool community around could also build a cool community around could also build a cool community around me here at home and that's really what me here at home and that's really what me here at home and that's really what i've done literally right here every i've done literally right here every i've done literally right here every sunday with a big group of people that sunday with a big group of people that sunday with a big group of people that are bringing in every week so
14:00are bringing in every week so are bringing in every week so that brings us more or less up to date that brings us more or less up to date that brings us more or less up to date it's a bit of a long story but i'm very it's a bit of a long story but i'm very it's a bit of a long story but i'm very very happy to share it with folks and i very happy to share it with folks and i very happy to share it with folks and i think that's um other people's stories think that's um other people's stories think that's um other people's stories were important and important on my were important and important on my were important and important on my journey and gave me inspiration to do journey and gave me inspiration to do journey and gave me inspiration to do some good things for myself so that's some good things for myself so that's some good things for myself so that's part of my responsibility i feel as well part of my responsibility i feel as well part of my responsibility i feel as well just to just to just to share my story share my story share my story thank you scott it's a huge story it's thank you scott it's a huge story it's thank you scott it's a huge story it's kind of amazing it's it's kind of amazing it's it's kind of amazing it's it's you know i think we we as people as you know i think we we as people as you know i think we we as people as humans need to hear more stories like humans need to hear more stories like humans need to hear more stories like that because i think the that because i think the that because i think the typically if i'm going to make a broad typically if i'm going to make a broad typically if i'm going to make a broad stroke the medical profession or it's stroke the medical profession or it's stroke the medical profession or it's not uncommon to hear not uncommon to hear not uncommon to hear as you heard you're never going to get as you heard you're never going to get as you heard you're never going to get better this is this is it you're going better this is this is it you're going better this is this is it you're going to be on this heavy medication with this to be on this heavy medication with this to be on this heavy medication with this autoimmune disease for the rest of your autoimmune disease for the rest of your autoimmune disease for the rest of your life life life and that's not how disempowering is in and that's not how disempowering is in and that's not how disempowering is in that so to go through that huge journey that so to go through that huge journey that so to go through that huge journey and to hear you know you're just this and to hear you know you're just this and to hear you know you're just this guy yep guy yep guy yep nobody's just nobody's just nobody's just you know but like really you know you're you know but like really you know you're you know but like really you know you're the average person and yet you made that
15:00the average person and yet you made that the average person and yet you made that commitment to grow and to try different commitment to grow and to try different commitment to grow and to try different things and things and things and it's what a testament to that and i love it's what a testament to that and i love it's what a testament to that and i love and what really strikes me with the wim and what really strikes me with the wim and what really strikes me with the wim hof method and and that kind of work is hof method and and that kind of work is hof method and and that kind of work is the power of our mind the power of the power of our mind the power of the power of our mind the power of intention and how it's like no intention and how it's like no intention and how it's like no i am gonna i am gonna i am gonna okay it's cold let's use the jumping okay it's cold let's use the jumping okay it's cold let's use the jumping into a cold ocean example right it's into a cold ocean example right it's into a cold ocean example right it's cold cold cold but we can do this i can do this i can but we can do this i can do this i can but we can do this i can do this i can do this and i know if in my own life i do this and i know if in my own life i do this and i know if in my own life i have done that same intention in so many have done that same intention in so many have done that same intention in so many different ways even from a little i have different ways even from a little i have different ways even from a little i have a big paranoia about throwing up that's a big paranoia about throwing up that's a big paranoia about throwing up that's actually one of my phobias and as a kid actually one of my phobias and as a kid actually one of my phobias and as a kid and i haven't thrown up knock on wood in and i haven't thrown up knock on wood in and i haven't thrown up knock on wood in my adult life like maybe once and my adult life like maybe once and my adult life like maybe once and because i use that same because i use that same because i use that same like i'm okay i'm okay i'm okay i'm okay like i'm okay i'm okay i'm okay i'm okay like i'm okay i'm okay i'm okay i'm okay and i just it goes out the other way if and i just it goes out the other way if and i just it goes out the other way if anything okay anything okay anything okay as you all get to know this but you know as you all get to know this but you know as you all get to know this but you know like you for me so i've used that and like you for me so i've used that and like you for me so i've used that and i've seen it work for myself on a i've seen it work for myself on a i've seen it work for myself on a physical physiological level my body physical physiological level my body physical physiological level my body wants to do something and i can shift it
16:00wants to do something and i can shift it wants to do something and i can shift it into something else into something else into something else because of the power of that intention because of the power of that intention because of the power of that intention of our in our mind and i love that whim of our in our mind and i love that whim of our in our mind and i love that whim was studied was studied was studied and proven and proven and proven you're the testament of that and there's you're the testament of that and there's you're the testament of that and there's so many other people in the world that so many other people in the world that so many other people in the world that are the testament to this and i also are the testament to this and i also are the testament to this and i also want to touch upon too i love that want to touch upon too i love that want to touch upon too i love that you talk about community because as much you talk about community because as much you talk about community because as much as our healing journeys are internal as our healing journeys are internal as our healing journeys are internal right ultimately we have to be the ones right ultimately we have to be the ones right ultimately we have to be the ones to say yes to say yes to say yes and i want to make this change i want to and i want to make this change i want to and i want to make this change i want to grow grow grow but but but do you feel and what i'm hearing from do you feel and what i'm hearing from do you feel and what i'm hearing from you is that you is that you is that it maybe holds steady and holds it maybe holds steady and holds it maybe holds steady and holds the sustainability through that the sustainability through that the sustainability through that community interaction do you want to community interaction do you want to community interaction do you want to talk about that real for a little bit talk about that real for a little bit talk about that real for a little bit i think community's really at the center i think community's really at the center i think community's really at the center of everything that i'm doing to be of everything that i'm doing to be of everything that i'm doing to be honest um it was i mean i spent a long honest um it was i mean i spent a long honest um it was i mean i spent a long time isolated as well so in that whole time isolated as well so in that whole time isolated as well so in that whole time that i was very unwell uh just on time that i was very unwell uh just on time that i was very unwell uh just on uh of my own choosing really because i uh of my own choosing really because i uh of my own choosing really because i was very ashamed of being sick and was very ashamed of being sick and was very ashamed of being sick and overweight and when you're sore you
17:00overweight and when you're sore you overweight and when you're sore you don't really want to be around people don't really want to be around people don't really want to be around people because you feel grumpy um but it was so because you feel grumpy um but it was so because you feel grumpy um but it was so transformative to be around like transformative to be around like transformative to be around like amazing other like-minded people and amazing other like-minded people and amazing other like-minded people and kind of find your tribe you know that kind of find your tribe you know that kind of find your tribe you know that sounds cliche but it's so true if you sounds cliche but it's so true if you sounds cliche but it's so true if you can find like-minded others can find like-minded others can find like-minded others uh to be around and yeah that's that can uh to be around and yeah that's that can uh to be around and yeah that's that can be as transformative as anything and be as transformative as anything and be as transformative as anything and especially in those moments where maybe especially in those moments where maybe especially in those moments where maybe you don't even necessarily believe in you don't even necessarily believe in you don't even necessarily believe in yourself but you can borrow belief from yourself but you can borrow belief from yourself but you can borrow belief from other people other people other people yeah that is huge for me and like that yeah that is huge for me and like that yeah that is huge for me and like that was a huge part of my business journey was a huge part of my business journey was a huge part of my business journey starting up causeway living like the starting up causeway living like the starting up causeway living like the health coaching company you know like i health coaching company you know like i health coaching company you know like i said before this piece of paper didn't said before this piece of paper didn't said before this piece of paper didn't really know what to do with it and it really know what to do with it and it really know what to do with it and it was guys that i'd met through the wim was guys that i'd met through the wim was guys that i'd met through the wim hof method um hof method um hof method um you know some of the other instructors you know some of the other instructors you know some of the other instructors and some other people associated with and some other people associated with and some other people associated with that that were like just put your that that were like just put your that that were like just put your qualification up online just tell your qualification up online just tell your qualification up online just tell your story and there's some value in that and story and there's some value in that and story and there's some value in that and even if i didn't necessarily believe in even if i didn't necessarily believe in even if i didn't necessarily believe in myself that much at that stage they myself that much at that stage they myself that much at that stage they definitely did and they that gave me a definitely did and they that gave me a definitely did and they that gave me a lot of inspiration because they were
18:00lot of inspiration because they were lot of inspiration because they were doing really well in that chosen field doing really well in that chosen field doing really well in that chosen field and if they believed in me and just were and if they believed in me and just were and if they believed in me and just were saying go for it then you know i was saying go for it then you know i was saying go for it then you know i was able to borrow that from them and i able to borrow that from them and i able to borrow that from them and i think that can be a huge part of think that can be a huge part of think that can be a huge part of community and community and community and it can inspire you to to do a lot more it can inspire you to to do a lot more it can inspire you to to do a lot more than you believe possible within than you believe possible within than you believe possible within yourself yourself yourself and then that's where that and then that's where that and then that's where that responsibility to pay it back almost responsibility to pay it back almost responsibility to pay it back almost comes i think that you know somebody's comes i think that you know somebody's comes i think that you know somebody's going to do that for me at some stage going to do that for me at some stage going to do that for me at some stage but then i've got i'm very grateful to but then i've got i'm very grateful to but then i've got i'm very grateful to have the opportunity to show have the opportunity to show have the opportunity to show a lot like dozens hundreds maybe a lot like dozens hundreds maybe a lot like dozens hundreds maybe thousands of people that uh thousands of people that uh thousands of people that uh that they can do more than they believe that they can do more than they believe that they can do more than they believe as well and as well and as well and people have said that to me as well people have said that to me as well people have said that to me as well especially in the the workshops that i especially in the the workshops that i especially in the the workshops that i do with the ice bath and you know they do with the ice bath and you know they do with the ice bath and you know they felt like unsure about coming into the felt like unsure about coming into the felt like unsure about coming into the day but day but day but the the the fact that i was so assured and confident fact that i was so assured and confident fact that i was so assured and confident in them and it was so matter of fact in them and it was so matter of fact in them and it was so matter of fact like okay you just do this and they went like okay you just do this and they went like okay you just do this and they went along with it and they were able to along with it and they were able to along with it and they were able to borrow that belief and see that it was borrow that belief and see that it was borrow that belief and see that it was completely possible and come through completely possible and come through completely possible and come through something scary with a huge sense of something scary with a huge sense of something scary with a huge sense of achievement so
19:00achievement so achievement so definitely like that's 100 of the center definitely like that's 100 of the center definitely like that's 100 of the center of everything that i'm doing uh health of everything that i'm doing uh health of everything that i'm doing uh health coaching wise is um you got to look coaching wise is um you got to look coaching wise is um you got to look after yourself but if you can find after yourself but if you can find after yourself but if you can find like-minded people to look after like-minded people to look after like-minded people to look after yourself with it's huge in terms of yourself with it's huge in terms of yourself with it's huge in terms of accountability and sticking with it and accountability and sticking with it and accountability and sticking with it and belief and belief and belief and yeah support to go on and do yeah support to go on and do yeah support to go on and do more than you necessarily ever believe more than you necessarily ever believe more than you necessarily ever believe possible possible possible i think that's a great i think that's a great i think that's a great part of it is that part of it is that part of it is that bro i love that you say burrowing belief bro i love that you say burrowing belief bro i love that you say burrowing belief from others and i love that you also say from others and i love that you also say from others and i love that you also say and it's also you feel this and it's also you feel this and it's also you feel this responsibility to share as well responsibility to share as well responsibility to share as well and i think this is where that beautiful and i think this is where that beautiful and i think this is where that beautiful synergy and magic can arise is synergy and magic can arise is synergy and magic can arise is you know not forgetting that we are all you know not forgetting that we are all you know not forgetting that we are all intricately connected to each other and intricately connected to each other and intricately connected to each other and that we become who we are through each that we become who we are through each that we become who we are through each other and that all of us have our own other and that all of us have our own other and that all of us have our own journeys and suffering and pain and joy journeys and suffering and pain and joy journeys and suffering and pain and joy and the happiness and the happiness and the happiness and when we can share that and recognize and when we can share that and recognize and when we can share that and recognize that we're not alone that we're not alone that we're not alone that we have that ability to
20:00that we have that ability to that we have that ability to to to to like really what i'm getting so much like really what i'm getting so much like really what i'm getting so much from this is just to continue to think from this is just to continue to think from this is just to continue to think way beyond our own minds you know it's way beyond our own minds you know it's way beyond our own minds you know it's like the thought came into my mind where like the thought came into my mind where like the thought came into my mind where as you're talking where it was like as you're talking where it was like as you're talking where it was like the sky's the limit and then i realized the sky's the limit and then i realized the sky's the limit and then i realized no our mind is the limit and moving past no our mind is the limit and moving past no our mind is the limit and moving past the mind and the preconceived notions of the mind and the preconceived notions of the mind and the preconceived notions of what we can and can't do then it becomes what we can and can't do then it becomes what we can and can't do then it becomes amazing and magical and you're a amazing and magical and you're a amazing and magical and you're a testament to that so that's beautiful testament to that so that's beautiful testament to that so that's beautiful and i'm honored for you to share that and i'm honored for you to share that and i'm honored for you to share that story and i'm really glad and happy that story and i'm really glad and happy that story and i'm really glad and happy that you've decided to share the story with you've decided to share the story with you've decided to share the story with more people because it really truly does more people because it really truly does more people because it really truly does help help help everybody else so i'm grateful for the everybody else so i'm grateful for the everybody else so i'm grateful for the opportunity thanks so much oh my gosh opportunity thanks so much oh my gosh opportunity thanks so much oh my gosh thank you scott and so now if people in thank you scott and so now if people in thank you scott and so now if people in the northern ireland if they're visiting the northern ireland if they're visiting the northern ireland if they're visiting in northern ireland if they live here in northern ireland if they live here in northern ireland if they live here where would they find you where would they find you where would they find you if folks visit causewayliving.com or if folks visit causewayliving.com or if folks visit causewayliving.com or basically any social media platform basically any social media platform basically any social media platform under causeway living so facebook under causeway living so facebook under causeway living so facebook instagram twitter just causeway living instagram twitter just causeway living instagram twitter just causeway living and you can find the like i mentioned i and you can find the like i mentioned i and you can find the like i mentioned i do workshops teaching the full wim hof
21:00do workshops teaching the full wim hof do workshops teaching the full wim hof method so that's breathing i've got an method so that's breathing i've got an method so that's breathing i've got an ice bath and doing that in studio spaces ice bath and doing that in studio spaces ice bath and doing that in studio spaces which is good fun which is good fun which is good fun and also do wim hof method workshops in and also do wim hof method workshops in and also do wim hof method workshops in the morn mountains as well which is the morn mountains as well which is the morn mountains as well which is great fun instead of the ice bath great fun instead of the ice bath great fun instead of the ice bath there's a nice freezing gold rock pool there's a nice freezing gold rock pool there's a nice freezing gold rock pool to jump into as well and uh yeah i also to jump into as well and uh yeah i also to jump into as well and uh yeah i also do a free event right here every sunday do a free event right here every sunday do a free event right here every sunday in bangor where we go for a 30 minute in bangor where we go for a 30 minute in bangor where we go for a 30 minute jog everyone at their own pace so just jog everyone at their own pace so just jog everyone at their own pace so just 15 minutes out and back or walk if folks 15 minutes out and back or walk if folks 15 minutes out and back or walk if folks want to and get into the sea and do a want to and get into the sea and do a want to and get into the sea and do a little bit of breathing with that as little bit of breathing with that as little bit of breathing with that as well so hope to see lots of folks local well so hope to see lots of folks local well so hope to see lots of folks local and abroad who are visiting to uh to and abroad who are visiting to uh to and abroad who are visiting to uh to come visit and thanks again really come visit and thanks again really come visit and thanks again really appreciate it you're welcome appreciate it you're welcome appreciate it you're welcome okay and now the fun part okay and now the fun part okay and now the fun part so scott's gonna show me some of the wim so scott's gonna show me some of the wim so scott's gonna show me some of the wim hof hof hof hof breathing methods hof breathing methods hof breathing methods and then and then we're going into the option we're going into the option we're going into the option it'll be good it'll be good it will be it'll be good it'll be good it will be it'll be good it'll be good it will be good mind over matter it will be fun and good mind over matter it will be fun and good mind over matter it will be fun and so i'm happy to do this for all of you so i'm happy to do this for all of you so i'm happy to do this for all of you i'm doing i'm not even doing this as we i'm doing i'm not even doing this as we i'm doing i'm not even doing this as we talk about community i'm not doing this
22:00talk about community i'm not doing this talk about community i'm not doing this for me for me for me i'm doing this for all of you watching i'm doing this for all of you watching i'm doing this for all of you watching this this this is what i'm telling myself is what i'm telling myself is what i'm telling myself okay so we're gonna go set up in another okay so we're gonna go set up in another okay so we're gonna go set up in another location do some breathing and then location do some breathing and then location do some breathing and then you're gonna see us go into the ocean you're gonna see us go into the ocean you're gonna see us go into the ocean thanks again thank you thanks again thank you thanks again thank you okay so the wim hof method breathing okay so the wim hof method breathing okay so the wim hof method breathing practice first we're going to warm up practice first we're going to warm up practice first we're going to warm up the breathing apparatus a little bit the breathing apparatus a little bit the breathing apparatus a little bit so so first of all i'm going to ask you to first of all i'm going to ask you to first of all i'm going to ask you to place your hands at the bottom of your place your hands at the bottom of your place your hands at the bottom of your rib cage rib cage rib cage for me at the side pretty good and we're for me at the side pretty good and we're for me at the side pretty good and we're going to take some nice little big deep going to take some nice little big deep going to take some nice little big deep breaths together to start with so in breaths together to start with so in breaths together to start with so in through the nose through the nose through the nose and back out through the mouth very good and again and let it go one more and what's happening i believe the and what's happening i believe the biggest health benefit biggest health benefit biggest health benefit if it comes to what it's all doing to if it comes to what it's all doing to if it comes to what it's all doing to the nervous system the nervous system the nervous system and it's like a two-way street the
23:00and it's like a two-way street the and it's like a two-way street the nervous system with the breath and nervous system with the breath and nervous system with the breath and what's going on with your state and what's going on with your state and what's going on with your state and whenever people are whenever people are whenever people are in the fight or flight or sympathetic in the fight or flight or sympathetic in the fight or flight or sympathetic nervous system breathing escalates and nervous system breathing escalates and nervous system breathing escalates and picks up picks up picks up um but it can work both ways so whenever um but it can work both ways so whenever um but it can work both ways so whenever we're doing those 30 to 40 breaths we're we're doing those 30 to 40 breaths we're we're doing those 30 to 40 breaths we're actually loading up a little bit of actually loading up a little bit of actually loading up a little bit of stress into the system and then by stress into the system and then by stress into the system and then by ending that you're making the switch ending that you're making the switch ending that you're making the switch over to parasympathetic or rest and over to parasympathetic or rest and over to parasympathetic or rest and digest so you're loading up a weight of digest so you're loading up a weight of digest so you're loading up a weight of stress and then pulling your body out of stress and then pulling your body out of stress and then pulling your body out of it it it that breath hold eventually then turns that breath hold eventually then turns that breath hold eventually then turns into a stress because you need the air into a stress because you need the air into a stress because you need the air again you make the switch back over to again you make the switch back over to again you make the switch back over to sympathetic nervous system and then the sympathetic nervous system and then the sympathetic nervous system and then the recovery breath big deep breath in for recovery breath big deep breath in for recovery breath big deep breath in for 10 to 15 seconds pulls you out again and 10 to 15 seconds pulls you out again and 10 to 15 seconds pulls you out again and it's a nice restful rest and digest it's a nice restful rest and digest it's a nice restful rest and digest parasympathetic state then you go parasympathetic state then you go parasympathetic state then you go straight back into the 30 to 40 breath straight back into the 30 to 40 breath straight back into the 30 to 40 breath so it's like weight training for the so it's like weight training for the so it's like weight training for the nervous system load up stress pull nervous system load up stress pull nervous system load up stress pull yourself out of it that turns into a yourself out of it that turns into a yourself out of it that turns into a stress you pull yourself out of it and stress you pull yourself out of it and stress you pull yourself out of it and then do it on repeat so that then do it on repeat so that then do it on repeat so that basically your your vagal tone basically your your vagal tone basically your your vagal tone strengthens in time through repeatedly
24:00strengthens in time through repeatedly strengthens in time through repeatedly pulling yourself out of a slightly pulling yourself out of a slightly pulling yourself out of a slightly escalated stress here escalated stress here escalated stress here and we'll be doing something similar and we'll be doing something similar and we'll be doing something similar with the cold as well with the cold as well with the cold as well [Music] um um [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music]