How often do you take cold bath in winter ?

I bath with hot water even in summers!
Kinda nuts, but I just like lukewarm water baths with added goodness like bath salts and those soapy liquids. :D

It's good for ReLaXiNg :!: :?: :lol:

Also, I'm speaking about bathing at night after the day breaks and not early morning morning baths, for those I take quick showers which still mostly has lukewarm water or normal temp water!

This friend of mine takes cold water baths for she says it helps for her skin, and I was like wtf.. :o
Didn't asked her why & how though!

It's unadvisable to have cold baths in winter, unless you live in a tropical area. Cold showers should be avoided too. It's better to do this in warm months.

Don't do cold shower in winter. But it doesn't have to be hot either if you don't like that. I can't do hot water, I have to do it just warm. Don't do it too hot or too cold just for some kind of dumb challenge. You should be finding the temperature that is comfortable for you.

I believe that these things also depend on your own body and elemental makeup. I feel like some people who are high in fire and have really good circulation, may constantly feel warm regardless of the time of year. Or people who are experiencing kundalini activity also may feel uncomfortably hot during some stages. For those cases, cold showers could atleast be a neutral thing, aka not cause damage. Most people need warmth from some kind of outside source during the cold months, me included. So skipping on my nice warm shower in the morning would make me feel cold and shitty all day. Probably some people need this more than others, depending on their own bodies.

In extreme weather
Twice a week is enough
And keep your personal hygiene physically and spiritually...

sonnenkraft wrote:

in November until now i took 3 times cold shower ,as weather is getting much colder i hope i continue doing this,
it might be painful for the first time but If you make cold bath a daily practice you will benefit a lot
Cold showers are an exercise of willpower as written in the article
Full Article
https://highexistence.com/5-life-changing-benefits-cold-showers/External ↗

it might be old information for some , but i will post it as an Refresher,and for those who don't know :)

If it is willpower you want to develop. Hold a yoga pose for an extended period of time without moving, in these times i personally find it necessary.
Iron Will.
Also you dont want to send your body in a shock by extreme cold showers.
If you live in cold weather already running would be enough too.
But i think it was not just cold showers but holding a yoga pose or meditative state under a cold shower?.
Horse stance under a shower, not facing the shower though xD
Also what i did several times was standing a reciting a mantra in a cold shower, standing still.
Works very well. :)

For the people that said cold showers isnt helpful for willpower. This part of the satanic void meditation post.

"2. Add uncomfortable and/or awkward positions. Make sure these are taken from a Yoga or Tai Chi book, so that they are physically beneficial. This is a discipline that is taught in many Martial Arts schools where one learns to ignore pain, while retaining intense focus. This strengthens the mind for physical combat and drastically increases your sense of self-confidence. This will also increase your resistance to pain.
Many martial arts masters meditate under cold waterfalls, in snow or other painful conditions. One's physical health must be built up here, for obvious reasons. A cold shower can be substituted. As with anything new, be sure to start out gradual.
These techniques, when mastered, will give one total control over one's mind and emotions. If one faces death, one will not freeze up or panic with fear and the odds of one's survival will greatly increase."

source: https://templeofzeus.org/Zevist_Void_Meditation.php

HESTEKIND wrote:

For the people that said cold showers isnt helpful for willpower. This part of the satanic void meditation post.

"2. Add uncomfortable and/or awkward positions. Make sure these are taken from a Yoga or Tai Chi book, so that they are physically beneficial. This is a discipline that is taught in many Martial Arts schools where one learns to ignore pain, while retaining intense focus. This strengthens the mind for physical combat and drastically increases your sense of self-confidence. This will also increase your resistance to pain.
Many martial arts masters meditate under cold waterfalls, in snow or other painful conditions. One's physical health must be built up here, for obvious reasons. A cold shower can be substituted. As with anything new, be sure to start out gradual.
These techniques, when mastered, will give one total control over one's mind and emotions. If one faces death, one will not freeze up or panic with fear and the odds of one's survival will greatly increase."

source: https://templeofzeus.org/Zevist_Void_Meditation.php

Please be aware some information on the website is outdated and some things can be and have been subject to change when more knowledge and clarifications are attained. You can improve your mental aptitude and discipline without needing to place yourself in painful positions/situations or forcing yourself into extreme discomfort. In fact it may even be much harder to do this when you put yourself in these situations.

It's like a spelling bee where the teacher pressures the student severely to hurry up or get it right and in turn the student ends up fumbling more than they would have and only ends up making mistakes because there's such a force against them. You can probably build up to such things but in my opinion it seems unnecessary to go to any extremes. Void meditation and attaining this kind of discipline can be mastered in hundreds of other ways that don't bring any kind of 'harm' to you.

Ghost in the Machine wrote:

HESTEKIND wrote:

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Please be aware some information on the website is outdated and some things can be and have been subject to change when more knowledge and clarifications are attained. You can improve your mental aptitude and discipline without needing to place yourself in painful positions/situations or forcing yourself into extreme discomfort. In fact it may even be much harder to do this when you put yourself in these situations.

It's like a spelling bee where the teacher pressures the student severely to hurry up or get it right and in turn the student ends up fumbling more than they would have and only ends up making mistakes because there's such a force against them. You can probably build up to such things but in my opinion it seems unnecessary to go to any extremes. Void meditation and attaining this kind of discipline can be mastered in hundreds of other ways that don't bring any kind of 'harm' to you.

I dont see your point. You aren't harming urself by taking cold shower, unless you are sick or close to be. But are there methods that can be more effective for attaining an iron will, or intense focus?

HESTEKIND wrote:

For the people that said cold showers isnt helpful for willpower. This part of the satanic void meditation post.

"2. Add uncomfortable and/or awkward positions. Make sure these are taken from a Yoga or Tai Chi book, so that they are physically beneficial. This is a discipline that is taught in many Martial Arts schools where one learns to ignore pain, while retaining intense focus. This strengthens the mind for physical combat and drastically increases your sense of self-confidence. This will also increase your resistance to pain.
Many martial arts masters meditate under cold waterfalls, in snow or other painful conditions. One's physical health must be built up here, for obvious reasons. A cold shower can be substituted. As with anything new, be sure to start out gradual.
These techniques, when mastered, will give one total control over one's mind and emotions. If one faces death, one will not freeze up or panic with fear and the odds of one's survival will greatly increase."

source: https://templeofzeus.org/Zevist_Void_Meditation.php

Again, there is a time and a place for everything, but not now. Before giving advice about anything, since you still don't get there by simple intuition, be sure to study. In this case, study TCM and Ayurveda, and you'll understand why taking a cold baths/showers in winter in a non-tropical country is going to do A LOT MORE HARM than it does any good. Just like drinking alcoholics: the damage you do to yourself is extensive, permanent or semi-permanent depending on various factors (without years of meditation AFTER dropping the crap you ingest, not during) to the liver and the brain, the endocrine system and so on.

Those yogis have years of training on their behalf and didn't immediately start training with this meaningless stuff, as the body needs to be built up first. Secondarily, most so-called yogis (the modern ones) do counterproductive, if not outright harmful, activities too, like cutting their tongues, bathing after kundalini yoga, smashing their body into hard materials, and other stuff that, if doesn't kill you is going to severely damage you, making you weaker, not stronger at all.

Self-discipline isn't built by creating energy blockages and damaging yourself. It is built through positive reinforcement of several beneficial activities that you can include in your routine.

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