HYDROTHERAPY - Overcoming a life changing illness through wild swimming | Friction Collective 

I love this video and the sundscape is wonderful it sets me at ease wish I had something like that to meditate to ❤

Exactly what happened with me too!

Well said.

NATIVE MEDICINE

If you are in a busy place but can't reallt connect with anyone you will feel lonely for sure. But in the wilde it is only you and nature, so very peacefull. In the city you will feel lonely while never being completely alone. In the wild you are alone but not lonely

so true

The most important words of the video!

I can relate.........😐💔

@@m.s.6061 me too 😰

Excellent!

This is my fear.

Hi. How do you keep yourself warm in the water when it gets cold? I’d like to try, but it’s so cold

@@huesophie299 I swimm in the lake all the winter 🥳 one way, is to start at the end of the summer and to go everyday 😏your body will follow the changing temperature 😌breathe slowly 😇you can also watch (many) Wim Hoff video about a certain way to breathe 😃 it will help you 👍

@@huesophie299 wet suits keep you warm if the cold is too much in winter

@@huesophie299 Try to jump in if you can , so that you are fully submerged in one instant - then when you rise to the top, breathe deeply for at least 25 deep breaths. Relax your body and surrender to it, let go of any tension and keep breathing. As you progress, you will take less and less time to warm up:)

Never give up! Trust in the Lord Jesus, He will carry you. He cured me from cancer! Praying for you.

We love you Shannon.

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Please try breathing, intermittent fasting , fresh juicing, meditation, 5 min saunas and cold water swimming. Keep fighting. You can do this. If you have questions, I will gladly answer them. Keep fighting.

Especially cold showers (After the warm wash end with cold shower)

Yep. Tornadoes, botulism, earthquakes, aflatoxins, being trampled by an elephant, lightning strikes, forest fires from lightning strikes, floods, droughts, ice ages, Solar flares, dust storms, hurricanes, quicksand, viruses, malaria, leptospirosis, Gerardia, being gored by a bull, and so many other answers just waiting in nature.

@@nathanclark2780 just pure optimism right here👆

@@TheRomantics48 that’s what he reflects in himself

LillyD well said 🙏🌏💞🌌🌟

@@nathanclark2780 😂😂😂 You're a glass half empty kind of guy aren't you? 😂

What is water temperature?

How do you warm yourself after? I’m planning a three day hike, to a mountain lake, to be with myself, and to fast. (In BC too)

@@billpetersen298 I’m a BC Wild swimmer too. I find that my “inner furnace” kicks on after a few minutes in cold water and I heat up quite rapidly. Make sure you’ve got cozy sweaters and hat when you get out to lock in the heat. Good luck!

... I swim anywhere BUT the ocean - cause crocs, n sharks, n jellyfish.

@@tuathadesidhe1530 come to Vancouver BC, no crocs, no sharks, no jellyfish.. Come enjoy our oceans

Take me to your land or to a place where I can have easily access to such types of river/lakes or water falls.plz

@@tuathadesidhe1530 it’s the stuff you CAN’T see in freshwater that really scary!

@@Theolddaysaregone plz take me alongwith you.i want the same environment.i am just fed of the materialistic world.

Carnivore diet will help Look up dr berry on RU-vid

I’ll look that up. Thank you!

Schüsslersalze helps!!!!

Don’t you get muscle spasm from the cold water? I am wanting to swim outside too, I have sore and inflamed muscles but am worried about the cold.

@@jasmijnvs1096 take Schüsslersalze !! Magnesium, Calcium, look in a book about Schüsslersalze...IT helps!!!

True

How ? Want info pls

@@brentstafford6289 WIM HOF look it up

I take my showers hot, like really hot. Cold showers = catching a cold for me. I had constant colds when I took cold showers.

@@kap849 do it in The sea and never stop swiming or moving your body. After a minute or two you wont feel The cold. Then go home and take your Hot shower. I do it and Every time its like medicine

You took the words right out of my mouth:)

far from people?

...do it...we should do it, if we feel the urge....❤️🌹

I gave away my belongings about three years ago and got an RV, for this exact reason Nature is healing. Being in it solves so many things for me all at once. I was raised on the panhandle on the gulf coast, and I have always swam in the gulf of Mexico all of my life and this is the exact reason why. Nature IS therapy💛

Its all about balance, just spending more time in nature will help with anxiety. We still need to take care of our responsibilities and anxiety can be a great teacher.

Never a truer word spoken. Here in Sydney, we're blessed with an abundance of beautiful places to escape. Today I was a bit blue for some reason, so I removed my shoes, stepped out the front door and did a 3km barefoot bushwalk, returning home with a renewed gratitude for my life. Just organised an early swim with a mate at a beautiful river beach on the Hawkesbury River just north of Sydney for Thu morning. Can't wait - it's wonderful that we can share energy and motivational spirit like this! Cheers - Dave

So so true. So many people cant see the forest or the trees. Its all just there for the taking. Bless from nz.

I agree, nature is so rich

@@deldridg made me smile 😊

True,,, having a time under waterfall can destroy all my worries

Thank you Peter

It's also BS and ableist... And it leads healthy functioning people the false idea that disabled or chronic disease patients are 'just not doing enough', or haven't tried the newest pseudoscience method, diet, exercise program to cure themselves. Most diseases, syndromes, disorders do Not have cures... They can only be managed was various medical interventions, physical therapy and medication and that is a lifelong palliative journey. If you care about the disabled , elderly or the chronic illness community please learn about how the 2016 CDC m m e policy guidelines have been destroying the lives , healths, human rights and KILLING these patients without any major protest because these patients are literally losing their lives at home in bed completely powerless to fight back.

Know exactly what you mean. Love em.changed my life. Lost so much weight as well round belly. I always about 1 minute of planks after toweling off.try to convert family and friends but very few want to listen.

@@maakeklein4073 Am curious as to how long you stand under the cold water. I have been thinking of this for a while, but I have always been chicken about cold water.

@@maakeklein4073 Thanks, I thought about it last night but chickened out. Winter is not the best season for starting this. Blood pressure is on the lower side and the other 2 are fine. Will try the decrease method. Cheers from an Aussie

@@Ariannaishun hey neighbour. I just cane back from invigorating swim in Wellington harbour. Its about 9 degrees here so its pretty cold.beautiful feeling afterwards tho. You never said which part of oz you are. Anyway work up to it.just try warm showers for sart and go slowly from there.itll be worth it in long run.say goodbye to colds and flus and all kinds of nasties. Addictions depression. All out the door. Bless from nz.

My style is cold to colder then to coldest for 1 Minute then back to warm then lather then repeat the cold water 2x. And it's great. This is good for the kidneys..

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Part fish

Spot on my friend 💙💜

I am so glad that you are still here, Eric, and that the water is part of your restoration. The earth is so generous and abundant and the healing is available. I love the water, too, and find that my time in the river nearby always returns me to my center. May you continue to find yours, too.

Get a hot tub Eric!(cheap 2nd hand rubber one!)Spend the whole winter nights an summer,starring up at the universe!It puts everything into perspective!We all leave the planet at some time!No need to rush it!YouWILL see,some amazing things!!👍

I’m still trying. At times making some progress but have fallen down, what seems like, even more and the last one and a half year it’s started to become too much. Every one around me have now been with their partner for many years, have several children and high educations with blossoming careers and achieving and reaching more and more of their dreams and goals. I started breaking down mentally and physically 12-15 years ago. Today I am nobody. I have nothing to be proud of. No capacity, no money, no education, no family, no friends (even though I am cheerful my friends are busy living life and we have nothing in common anymore - I’m the disabled, lonely, single, broke one), no love life for years, and youth is gone now. I seriously have been contemplating to end it all again. I am soon 40 and my brain break down from slightest mental exercise/challenge and my body as well. I can’t even afford to go to a hairdresser, the dentist or buy a commute travelling card, a car is out of the question, and I’m stuck in a tiny rental apartment with all the neighbor’s screaming children and concrete walls/tiny yard outside my two windows. I try but I can’t find any energy or strength to do much more than just try to get better but break down. Being lonely and severely ill for years while seeing high achievers all around me just moving forward for years ... I’m the “tragic” loner in my neighbourhood. :/ I have no identity anymore, I don’t know who I am, who I want to be, where I want to go. I have to many dreams going all different directions and all of my dreams are too high. I can’t even control my temper anymore during the worst weeks. I have been isolated for many years being disabled and too ill, while most of the rest of the world started making a huge fuzz about feeling depressed and freedom deprived after only weeks into the pandemic started (can’t go to the Alps or their summer houses on the French Riviera or to their retreats around their world, and how dare society make them need to care for their own children during daytime ...). Try my life or someone else’s that has been ill, lonely, outside society for over ten years or even a whole life I think.

Yes I’m stuck in deep depression. Even went back eight years and tried antidepressants for several months but only get extreme headaches and head lightnings/flashes. I do deep breath, I do the cold showers, I try meditation as much as I can, I try to go into good feelings but wake up from extreme stress dreams and nightmares and get stuck in a mode just trying to change my vibe. I’m stuck and exhausted. Most days my day is a struggle to think good thoughts and lift myself up to brush my teeth and hopefully get a shower. This routine takes approximately 5-6 hours.

Don’t worry mate at least you have no addiction problems.... You think your life is bad . I don’t even know where to begin..... All I can say is don’t give up and seek Jesus Christ Lord and saviour

Water carries memories when you are fully engulfed in water especially cold water all your senses at the moment. You have to focus to keep your breath calm and to start swimming. I always try to go for a swim on every journey, even if it is just 5-10 minutes. I can always recall these in so much detail even 20 years later. There is nothing better to connect with the land in a deep way. Every time is unique.

@@Utoko Energy goes where attention flows❤

@@vikingdogmanship intent is everything.

Now westerners are learning what India have in its books from more than 6000 years in Ayurved . In Ayurved it is written that bathing in cold water makes your immune system stronger and maintain the body and mind balance and it makes you look younger that's why in rural india people bath in cold water in winter also. Thank God i born in India . Most ancient medical science is Ayurved .

@@renurani9009 most definitely my friend it has done me wonders!!

I hope you are still doing it.Once you have literally broken the ice,you should continue. Bless from nz.

I’ve been doing the cold showers for 3 months now. Would love to get into this but there doesn’t seem to be anywhere local to go. I’m tempted to try the local reservoir but I don’t think technically you’re allowed. Plus there’s warning signs about green algae. Frustrating as it’s only 10 minutes on the bike to get there.

Have you ever tried float tanks? Sensory deprivation?

Hi, do you wear a wet suit

We existed prior to language. We existed outside of judgement.

Do you happen to have blood type B? Check out the blood type diet... avoid chicken

wow thats honest that really made me think thank you for sharing

Thank you 🙏🏼

I won’t be watching this 🤣😂

Beautifully shot!

This really spoke to me!!

I 100% agree with you. Swimming always makes me feel calm, it reminds me of meditation in many ways.

I swim in winter on the sea with my loved waterdog. We are free, happy, connected with all nature!

Yeah earthing. Do you know of Dr Laura Koniver sth Carolina teaches this. She has a book

DJI Thanks a lot guys, all made possible by your Mavic Pro!

@@FrictionCollective swim well take 20 minute dips it grounds you, and resets your body, especially the walk home I take, I have cllimbed hills mountains in the snow in shorts no t shirt for an hour each way in the snow, I swam in glacial lakes high altitude lakes every day i hiked whch was 24 days out of 6 weeks august to October, i got caught a few times in blizzards but I just camped up I had food propane gas, I hiked Thursday to the Bl;ack mountains, the weather conditions became worse beast from the east -11 then lasty night _17 UNSURE WITH WIND CHILLL, -30 ALMOST MY Tent broke in the wind badly, soI had the body of the tent on my blowing -17 -25 at my, I had a safety bag and 45 season lots of clothes for sleeping no cloths for hiking , I love cold expose in those moments, but the lack of sleep for 17 18 hours hit me on the blizzards on the way down I had to go to a farm house for help, controlled breathing was ok, but my face was frost bitand fingers as the wind blew the tent away and a lot of my clothes in the iar at 50 mph all I want to do is go to bed now wrap up, but I will take a dps tomorrow for 20 minutes especially when water 2 to 4 C when is rains heavily it gets to 8C worst of ass I forgot my gas for my stove, so I could not eat boil food, that is why I must have become hypodermic 15 hours of a broken tent then a -11 blizzard. or - 24 wind chill fast smashing in my face I needed help,,, other wise I will take my cold showers,,, (best when it is clear dry and cold) same with rivers, days of rain sucks but better than nothing and you ground and gain connection in land water cold showers does not no that, but either resets the body

and never been sick for 4 years even after last night no colds flu viruses etc and helps my mental health

I forgot as I freedive I broke up with GF and freedived a lake recently this year, the feeling was nice it was peaceful but in a secontd reaction I thought about my dad and how he would be devastated , and I released the belt coughed up on the shore then warmed up in my tent

@@ianwoodzy638 Jeez Ian! No point killing yourself over a woman! Keep moving forward!

It’s so good to hear you enjoyed it, thanks for taking the time to leave us a comment. We hope to bring you more very soon

Hey bigbird, which country are you from?

@@treesforlifeong1639 New Zealand

Are the showers helping, Linda?

@@annehedonia156 yes, I think so! Slow but sure.

@@lindalock5065 Maybe soaking in a cold tub would be more equivalent to wild swimming. I may try that, I don't know. When I was a kid, after my father took the cover off the pool, and _before_ it had warmed up, I would have to get in and scrub the edge of the liner all the way around, lol. It was awful. So the thought of getting in freezing cold water at my age really doesn't appeal to me, lol.

@@annehedonia156 hmmm! Doesn’t really appeal to me either at my age (58)! Maybe when the weather gets warmer! X

It's also very ableist... As a chronic disease advocate the idea that most legitimate chronic incurable pain disease patients are going to get in some cold water and somehow they're going to be cured is ridiculous... I'm still waiting for more people to talk about the fact that in 2016 the CDC came out with mme policy guidelines that have been KILLING , destroying the lives and health of and violating the human rights of disabled elderly and chronic illness patients for now 5 years unchecked

@@LDuke-pc7kq hi L Duke, which country? I'm in Canada.. Please give more info.. We are one global community when it comes to advocacy. I'm a patient advocate and mentor.. We have to watch over each other

Kaygee79 Thanks so much for your comment, it’s awesome to hear how much you enjoyed the film!

@@FrictionCollective What a beautiful film! A band I know is looking for footage like this to include in a film for a song about the beauty of Nature. Do you have any out takes that they might include please? Superb.

@@JackTodhunter Yes we do. Ask them to get in touch through our web site.

@@FrictionCollective Excellent. Thank you so much!