Magic Monday
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Re: Polar plunge
Date: 2021-12-27 06:21 am (UTC)A) Controlled breathing of some type is an excellent preparation. Wim Hof method was created explicitly for this. I've used the fundamental exercise from Systema and JMG's rhythmic / fourfold breathing both to good effect.
B) Regular breathing when you are in the water is extremely helpful. If you are underwater and there is a sensation similar to when you close your throat during a breath hold then your will want to try to get it into circulation again.
C) Accept the fact that you are going to lose heat from your body. Don't fight it and don't tense up. Just accept what's going on. The secret is that relaxation combined with awareness can drastically improve your ability to thermoregulate. The exercise thus becomes both more effective and more comfortable this way; while the willingness to sacrifice means that it is negative energies that tend to come out most easily. Finally, if you are etherically sensitive, don't try to hang on to any of the negative energies being leeched away; instead make a conscious effort to let them go.
D) Rub yourself dry and use friction to warm up. Also, abstain from using any form of hot water. Ideally, electric space heaters would be out as well. Taxing your bodies ability to regulate its own heat appears to be the main trigger for the health benefits. Both the ancient Chinese and Romans considered it a bad (or at least useless) idea to follow a cold wash with a hot one.
As I understand it, the Orthodox use it as part of an annual rite of purification / cleansing. It isn't really treated like a normal discipline but rather a part of a specific rite. The breathing is probably the best preparation, but I imagine prayer could easily be added to it.
Good luck, have fun, become pure!
Re: Polar plunge
Date: 2021-12-27 04:58 pm (UTC)Re: Polar plunge
Date: 2021-12-27 05:28 pm (UTC)Re: Polar plunge
Date: 2021-12-27 09:22 pm (UTC)