Cold Water Immersion

Reduced stress levels

• Regularly taking cold showers imposes a small amount of stress on your body, which leads to a process called hardening.
• This means that your nervous system gradually gets used to handling moderate levels of stress.
• The hardening process helps you to keep calm the next time you find yourself in a stressful situation. 

Higher level of alertness 

• Cold showers wake your body up, inducing a much higher state of alertness. The cold also stimulates you to take deeper breaths, decreasing the level of CO2 throughout the body, helping you concentrate.
• More robust immune response. Scientific studies have found that taking a cold shower increases the number of white blood cells in your body. These blood cells protect your body against diseases. 
• Researchers believe that this process is related to an increased metabolic rate, which stimulates the immune response.

Increased willpower

It takes a strong mind to endure the cold for extended you are strengthening your will power, which benefits many aspects of (your) daily life.

Weight loss

• Research has shown that cold showers (and exposure to cold in general), in addition to increasing metabolic rate directly, stimulate the generation of brown fat cells. 
• Brown fat is a specific type of fat tissue that in turn generates energy by burning calories. 
• Cold showers, are an effective tool for people who are looking to decrease their body fat.

Embrace the Chill

• The Science of Breathwork and Ice baths
• Inspired Life Breathwork and Cold Immersion events will help you discover how breathwork and ice baths can be your secret weapons for a healthier, more resilient life. 
• Drawing from the current science of stress and the concept of hormesis we embrace and explore how these practices can boost your immune system, improve mental clarity, and help you manage stress effectively.

The Chill Factor

• More Than Just a Cold Experience
• We've all heard the saying, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". 
• When you consider applying this to your wellness routine you enter the world of breathwork and ice baths.
• Enter a realm where the chill is not just a sensation, but a pathway to enhanced well-being.

The Science of Stress

A Double-Edged Sword

• Stress is a complex phenomenon and a human condition.
• On one hand, it primes our bodies for action, enhancing focus and physical performance.
• On the other, chronic stress can be a silent killer, leading to a host of health issues from heart disease to digestive problems.
• The key lies in managing stress effectively, and that's where the concept of hormesis comes in.

Hormesis

The Goldilocks Principle

• Hormesis is the biological principle where a beneficial effect results from exposure to low doses of an agent that is otherwise dangerous when given at higher doses. 
• In simpler terms, a little bit of stress can actually be good for you, as long as it's the right kind and in the right amount. 
• Breathwork and ices baths are perfect examples of hormetic practices as they stress the body just enough to trigger a cascade of positive physiological responses.

Breathwork

The Oxygen High

• Breathwork techniques involve controlled hyperventilation followed by a breath retention.
• This practice can increase your alertness, improve mood, and even boost your immune system. 
• It's like hitting the reset button on your stress levels, giving you a fresh perspective and a renewed sense of control.

When you combine breathwork with ice baths, you have a potent cocktail for stress management.

• The controlled breathing helps prepare your body for the shock of the cold, making the experience more tolerable, and for some meditative and enjoyable. 
• This combination not only amplifies the individual benefits of each practice, but also trains your body and mind to handle stress more efficiently.
• The sense of calm that washes over post ice bath is a feeling that you will never forget and wonder why you perhaps did not try it earlier.
• Inspired Life Studio has a calendar of Breathwork and Ice bath events and Workshops every month.
• These events vary from 2 hours, to 4 hour and half day events.

In these workshops you will safely learn and experience:

• How Breathwork and Cold Exposure will enhance your life.
• The Science behind cold water immersion
• How to harness the power of your Breath
• Cold Water as a therapeutic technique
• Techniques of breathing efficiently and effectively
• You will learn to conquer the fear around cold immersion
• Become a Master of Managing your Stress
• Increase your energy levels
• Improve your Mental Health and outlook
• Optimize and Elevate your physiological state