Into the Depths (The Science and Soul of the Wim Hof Method)

New York Times bestseller Wim Hof takes readers past their fears, inhibitions, and challenges to live with more harmony—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—than ever before.

People often start practicing breathwork or cold plunges because they’ve heard about the health benefits…but many continue because they experience something much deeper. In Into the Depths, Wim Hof shows us how these practices have a profound impact on every area of our lives—physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual.

The Wim Hof Method brings together breath work, cold exposure, and mindset into an accessible practice anyone can do. An increasing amount of research points to its significant benefits. One of its greatest gifts is increasing our interoception, or, our ability to sense what is happening in our bodies and make wise decisions accordingly. Interoception allows us to influence our autonomic nervous system, “bringing us back into the flow nature intended for us,” writes Wim. Chapters explore working with stress, anxiety, and depression, increasing mental focus, enhancing performance, breaking past fear, connecting with nature, honing our intuition, and more. Each chapter features a spotlight on science and includes a practice to help us not just think about these topics but to embody them, and to begin to live with more freedom and confidence.

Wim writes, “We all have a higher knowing that leads us back to ourselves. It's right here, right now, ready and waiting for us to rediscover our immense potential. Nothing could be more beautiful, or more important than to go into the depths of who we are!”