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Wim Hof is to breathing science as tic-tac-toe is to Go. It's for stupid westerners. Go to the source: http://www.yogebooks.com/english/atkinson/1903sciencebre

• chrischattin 4y ago
  Taking quite the liberty with the term “science” eh? But then again, I’m a “stupid westerner”. The scientific method isn’t a western creation or anything like that…
• credit_guy 4y ago
  Or maybe not. The whole claim that yoga breathing can help cure all things is about as solid as the claim that rhodiola rosea is a miracle plant. Or chamomile. Lots of people will swear by it, but the scientific evidence is zero.
• spaetzleesser 4y ago
  And tic tac toe is way easier to learn for beginners. I have done yoga in a serious manner for almost 20 years but I have never seen a clear path for learning pranayama. This may be a problem with the way yoga is taught in the West but I think Win Hof deserves credit for developing and publicizing an easy to learn and effective approach to breathing techniques.
• dang 4y ago
  Please don't take HN threads into flamewar. You can make your substantive points without any of that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
• dementiapatien 4y ago
  Your wisdom and compassion shines through.