High Performance Health26 Jan 2021

Upgrade Your Brain, Boost Metabolism and Turbo Charge Your Energy with Cold Exposure & Breathwork with Leigh Ewin

Angela is with Leigh Ewin breath worker and passionate advocate for cold work. Leigh discusses the science behind cold training and shares great advice on how anyone can get started on the journey to reconnect body and mind. He also talks with Angela about the importance of breathwork in living a healthier and happier life explaining how faces are an amazing breathing infrastructure and if you learn how to make breathwork a part of your daily routine you can make a positive change to physical and mental pain, stress and anxiety influencing your outcomes every day. KEY TAKEAWAYS The contrast shower is great for drainage of the lymphatic system. Cold showers are something you need to build a tolerance for so begin with a warm shower and finish with it being cold as this builds brown fat. Brown fat is a fuel source for our body to use, it actively seeks out the white fat stores and breaks it down for energy. Time your recovery from the cold to measure your response and progress. If you are in a fasted state while cold it turbocharges your fat burn. In the cold being able to control your breath means you can control your response and the actions of your body and nervous system. It’s all about calming the breath and committing to entering the water. Wim Hof breathing as a daily practice can be done at the start of the day as it creates an alkaline state in the body. Calming the nervous system before sleep will mean that you will achieve good sleep. The quality of your sleep is affected by how you are breathing as you go into the sleep cycle. Once you understand the principles of breath work you can experiment with it. BEST MOMENTS ‘You need to surrender to the process’ ‘Building brown fat prepares you for cold exposure in nature and for wild swimming’ ‘Understanding CO2 is a game-changer’ VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ Transform your sleep DNA optimization High Performance website Leigh Ewin website ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance. After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind: To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life. Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn High Performance Health FB Group

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