[Music] [Music] [Music] boom in the present boom in the present boom in the present moment so I actually Googled how to moment so I actually Googled how to moment so I actually Googled how to release store trauma and I was like wait release store trauma and I was like wait release store trauma and I was like wait that's all we're doing I can actually do that's all we're doing I can actually do that's all we're doing I can actually do it say why is this happening for me all righty So today we're going to do me all righty So today we're going to do me all righty So today we're going to do a little podcast with our friend Mike a little podcast with our friend Mike a little podcast with our friend Mike from plun SAA and what a better way to from plun SAA and what a better way to from plun SAA and what a better way to start a podcast if not with a cold start a podcast if not with a cold start a podcast if not with a cold Plunge in which Mike is an absolute Plunge in which Mike is an absolute
supportive but what's happening is is uh supportive but what's happening is is uh your veins are closing up inside your your veins are closing up inside your your veins are closing up inside your extremities so that's what's causing the extremities so that's what's causing the extremities so that's what's causing the pain so if you have poor circulation or pain so if you have poor circulation or pain so if you have poor circulation or inflammation or a little bit of inflammation or a little bit of inflammation or a little bit of arthritis maybe even in the hands or in arthritis maybe even in the hands or in arthritis maybe even in the hands or in the feet all that blood's being sucked the feet all that blood's being sucked the feet all that blood's being sucked out to go to the center of your body to out to go to the center of your body to out to go to the center of your body to protect your organs two minutes is up protect your organs two minutes is up protect your organs two minutes is up good job well let's go out here we talked job well let's go out here we talked job well let's go out here we talked
men that was almost me today men that was almost me today so A good rule of thumb with this is we so A good rule of thumb with this is we so A good rule of thumb with this is we stayed in for about 2 minutes so if you stayed in for about 2 minutes so if you stayed in for about 2 minutes so if you double that time that's about how long double that time that's about how long double that time that's about how long you want to naturally re warm for or you want to naturally re warm for or you want to naturally re warm for or until you feel that chill kind of just until you feel that chill kind of just until you feel that chill kind of just dissipate from the body all right so I'm dissipate from the body all right so I'm dissipate from the body all right so I'm just going to set my intention with the just going to set my intention with the just going to set my intention with the water really quick stpp in nice and slow water really quick stpp in nice and slow water really quick stpp in nice and slow nice and slow go down do you remember your first gold down do you remember your first gold down do you remember your first gold
can get get to a place where you're can get get to a place where you're taking nothing but a cold shower that' taking nothing but a cold shower that' taking nothing but a cold shower that' be a great start to you know integrating be a great start to you know integrating be a great start to you know integrating yourself into cold water therapy look like you weird at uh cozy 3 therapy look like you weird at uh cozy 3 therapy look like you weird at uh cozy 3 minutes minutes minutes here casual 3 minutes to start of the here casual 3 minutes to start of the here casual 3 minutes to start of the day all right Mike so how you feeling day all right Mike so how you feeling day all right Mike so how you feeling I'm feeling pretty refreshed it does I'm feeling pretty refreshed it does I'm feeling pretty refreshed it does actually increase the adrenaline in the actually increase the adrenaline in the actually increase the adrenaline in the body also increases your metabolism so body also increases your metabolism so body also increases your metabolism so
class which was like a somatic breath class which was like a somatic breath work experience and then I signed up for work experience and then I signed up for work experience and then I signed up for a Wim Hof fundamentals Workshop a Wim Hof fundamentals Workshop a Wim Hof fundamentals Workshop specifically for the breath work aspects specifically for the breath work aspects specifically for the breath work aspects of it I had no intention of getting in of it I had no intention of getting in of it I had no intention of getting in the cold nor did I have any thought that the cold nor did I have any thought that the cold nor did I have any thought that that would be what I needed and I went that would be what I needed and I went that would be what I needed and I went to the other two breath works first and to the other two breath works first and to the other two breath works first and and both great but I found that I was in and both great but I found that I was in and both great but I found that I was in my head a lot you know because with my head a lot you know because with my head a lot you know because with Kundalini breath work it's all about
there was probably you know 12 or 13 there was probably you know 12 or 13 other people in the group and other people in the group and other people in the group and everybody's getting prepped up for the everybody's getting prepped up for the everybody's getting prepped up for the ice bass and I'm like I'm out of here ice bass and I'm like I'm out of here ice bass and I'm like I'm out of here you know and uh and you know I was kind you know and uh and you know I was kind you know and uh and you know I was kind of encouraged and and probably looked of encouraged and and probably looked of encouraged and and probably looked down upon if I was to have left so I was down upon if I was to have left so I was down upon if I was to have left so I was like you know screw it I'll stay you like you know screw it I'll stay you like you know screw it I'll stay you know for the ice bath and uh and what know for the ice bath and uh and what know for the ice bath and uh and what happened when I got into the ice I kind happened when I got into the ice I kind happened when I got into the ice I kind of touched on it when I was in ice
so I was like all right there's really something to this so I kind of started something to this so I kind of started something to this so I kind of started to open it up into a bigger group of to open it up into a bigger group of to open it up into a bigger group of people outside of my friend group and I people outside of my friend group and I people outside of my friend group and I had random people coming over my house had random people coming over my house had random people coming over my house every Monday Friday to do breath work every Monday Friday to do breath work every Monday Friday to do breath work and ice bath for me and as that process and ice bath for me and as that process and ice bath for me and as that process continued to unfold I was like I need to continued to unfold I was like I need to continued to unfold I was like I need to get more educated on this and get get more educated on this and get get more educated on this and get certified through the Wim Hoff Academy certified through the Wim Hoff Academy certified through the Wim Hoff Academy because this is something I want to do because this is something I want to do
was probably the hardest part for me is was probably the hardest part for me is like losing that family aspect um on top like losing that family aspect um on top like losing that family aspect um on top of it you know I worked you know I was of it you know I worked you know I was of it you know I worked you know I was in that relationship for 15 years so you in that relationship for 15 years so you in that relationship for 15 years so you know it's like I worked a long time to know it's like I worked a long time to know it's like I worked a long time to create this life and then to have it all create this life and then to have it all create this life and then to have it all crumble uh under my feet just felt like crumble uh under my feet just felt like crumble uh under my feet just felt like really uh devastating you know and I was really uh devastating you know and I was really uh devastating you know and I was just like all right I don't know where just like all right I don't know where just like all right I don't know where to go from here but we got to move to go from here but we got to move to go from here but we got to move somewhere we got to go somewhere we got
allowing me to EXP Express and release allowing me to EXP Express and release these stored uh emotions that I was these stored uh emotions that I was these stored uh emotions that I was holding on to and carrying the holding on to and carrying the holding on to and carrying the resentment the shame the pain the resentment the shame the pain the resentment the shame the pain the anxiety the fear all of it so anybody anxiety the fear all of it so anybody anxiety the fear all of it so anybody going through a similar experience I going through a similar experience I going through a similar experience I would say I know you're feeling would say I know you're feeling would say I know you're feeling uncomfortable right uncomfortable right uncomfortable right now but let's make you a little bit more now but let's make you a little bit more now but let's make you a little bit more uncomfortable because through these uncomfortable because through these uncomfortable because through these really uncomfortable practices that
just found a lot of benefit and healing just found a lot of benefit and healing in these practices and I do believe that in these practices and I do believe that in these practices and I do believe that it was pushing myself in these really it was pushing myself in these really it was pushing myself in these really uncomfortable situations which allowed uncomfortable situations which allowed uncomfortable situations which allowed me to then bring up some of this other me to then bring up some of this other me to then bring up some of this other stuff anytime you're numbing you know stuff anytime you're numbing you know stuff anytime you're numbing you know the situation through uh drugs or the situation through uh drugs or the situation through uh drugs or alcohol that's not serving anything or alcohol that's not serving anything or alcohol that's not serving anything or anybody you know it's just it's just anybody you know it's just it's just anybody you know it's just it's just something to suppress the emotion and something to suppress the emotion and something to suppress the emotion and emotions are funny because emotions are
my training up in the parenes mountains my training up in the parenes mountains in Spain and we did this pyramid it was in Spain and we did this pyramid it was in Spain and we did this pyramid it was called they called it the pyramid what called they called it the pyramid what called they called it the pyramid what we did was we had a partner and you we did was we had a partner and you we did was we had a partner and you would if you were my partner you would would if you were my partner you would would if you were my partner you would get in the ice for a minute and I would get in the ice for a minute and I would get in the ice for a minute and I would stand outside the ice and then we'd stand outside the ice and then we'd stand outside the ice and then we'd flip-flop so I'd get in the ice and flip-flop so I'd get in the ice and flip-flop so I'd get in the ice and you'd stand out now cold freezing cold you'd stand out now cold freezing cold you'd stand out now cold freezing cold in the freezing cold weather and we do in the freezing cold weather and we do in the freezing cold weather and we do this back and forth so we go 1 minute in
had Winters but uh then the snow would had Winters but uh then the snow would melt and my grandfather lived in a place melt and my grandfather lived in a place melt and my grandfather lived in a place where snow didn't melt and I remember I where snow didn't melt and I remember I where snow didn't melt and I remember I was getting I got there and it was - was getting I got there and it was - was getting I got there and it was - 40 and I was like awesome the snow's not 40 and I was like awesome the snow's not 40 and I was like awesome the snow's not melting I'm ready to go outside I opened melting I'm ready to go outside I opened melting I'm ready to go outside I opened the the the door and that's how it felt and then I door and that's how it felt and then I door and that's how it felt and then I closed the door and I did not go play closed the door and I did not go play closed the door and I did not go play outside at all for like 3 days jeez were outside at all for like 3 days jeez were outside at all for like 3 days jeez were you ever in a place where you felt like
can affect uh the overall chill factor can affect uh the overall chill factor of of the experience but I think having of of the experience but I think having of of the experience but I think having gone through this process and this gone through this process and this gone through this process and this practice I don't think cold water like practice I don't think cold water like practice I don't think cold water like surfing bothers me as much now uh just surfing bothers me as much now uh just surfing bothers me as much now uh just because I have more of a confidence because I have more of a confidence because I have more of a confidence level I think so would you say that you level I think so would you say that you level I think so would you say that you you could have been in places where you you could have been in places where you you could have been in places where you could have had a spiritual experience could have had a spiritual experience could have had a spiritual experience but because it wasn't a control but because it wasn't a control but because it wasn't a control environment and you didn't know how to
could be meditating maybe that's the could be meditating maybe that's the thing you know and you're just sit with thing you know and you're just sit with thing you know and you're just sit with yourself we've talked about this moment yourself we've talked about this moment yourself we've talked about this moment how one transformational moment in your how one transformational moment in your how one transformational moment in your life brought you to then sharing this life brought you to then sharing this life brought you to then sharing this with the others and now you've turned it with the others and now you've turned it with the others and now you've turned it into a full-time business which is PL into a full-time business which is PL into a full-time business which is PL SAA I've been there it's an incredible SAA I've been there it's an incredible SAA I've been there it's an incredible spot and I didn't even realize that that spot and I didn't even realize that that spot and I didn't even realize that that it was owned by you until I met you it was owned by you until I met you it was owned by you until I met you there which was an incredible moment
when I got home I almost had to go when I got home I almost had to go through love withdrawals because it was through love withdrawals because it was through love withdrawals because it was so intense like the connection I built so intense like the connection I built so intense like the connection I built with these people in just a short period with these people in just a short period with these people in just a short period of time going through these really hard of time going through these really hard of time going through these really hard things uh was unlike anything I've ever things uh was unlike anything I've ever things uh was unlike anything I've ever experienced and I I have to kind of experienced and I I have to kind of experienced and I I have to kind of probably relate it to someone that's probably relate it to someone that's probably relate it to someone that's been in the Army and has been deployed been in the Army and has been deployed been in the Army and has been deployed or been in some sort of military service or been in some sort of military service or been in some sort of military service and has been deployed together and they
actually funny I think probably five or actually funny I think probably five or six relationships have started out of six relationships have started out of six relationships have started out of plans we've only been open for about a plans we've only been open for about a plans we've only been open for about a year and a half yeah and I think like year and a half yeah and I think like year and a half yeah and I think like there's been like five or six like you there's been like five or six like you there's been like five or six like you know relationships that have started out know relationships that have started out know relationships that have started out of there how many relationships ended of there how many relationships ended of there how many relationships ended there I don't know I I I don't have that there I don't know I I I don't have that there I don't know I I I don't have that metric I haven't heard of any any ending metric I haven't heard of any any ending metric I haven't heard of any any ending yet but um but yeah some have started so yet but um but yeah some have started so yet but um but yeah some have started so it's been pretty cool to witness this
signs and don't really see the health signs and don't really see the health concerns or the safety concerns and uh concerns or the safety concerns and uh concerns or the safety concerns and uh you know so I think there needs to be you know so I think there needs to be you know so I think there needs to be some sort of Regulation around this so I some sort of Regulation around this so I some sort of Regulation around this so I I am working towards building and I am working towards building and I am working towards building and developing educational content for other developing educational content for other developing educational content for other contrast therapy owners so they can contrast therapy owners so they can contrast therapy owners so they can either be certified or hold some sort of either be certified or hold some sort of either be certified or hold some sort of um accreditation that that shows that um accreditation that that shows that um accreditation that that shows that they have this training because they have this training because they have this training because ultimately this is a great practice but
would you tell him so my number one would you tell him so my number one advice for anybody watching this uh advice for anybody watching this uh advice for anybody watching this uh podcast would podcast would podcast would be we actually have a shirt that says it be we actually have a shirt that says it be we actually have a shirt that says it at Plana and the shirt says find comfort at Plana and the shirt says find comfort at Plana and the shirt says find comfort in the discomfort and so whatever in the discomfort and so whatever in the discomfort and so whatever uncomfortable situations that you're uncomfortable situations that you're uncomfortable situations that you're moving through in life right now uh just moving through in life right now uh just moving through in life right now uh just noticing if you can find comfort in that noticing if you can find comfort in that noticing if you can find comfort in that situation and really switching the situation and really switching the situation and really switching the perspective of instead of like like