Human standing next to metal tub at a park in Boulder, Colorado, after plunge.
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First time in an ice bath. Lasted 7m, 13s.
With #hypermobility, hydrotherapy is my friend. This time, there was more to it than just diaphragmatic breaths in a burning cold stillness. What a journey. A bit of a mental odyssey, really.
Walk with me.
Minute 1: managing shock, self soothing
Minute 2-3: challenging beliefs
Minute 4: dissolution of linear thought, polarity
Minute 5: i am the water, it is me
Minute 6: alive as pure golden energy
Minute 7: breakthru thought: fuck I’m cold
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