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The concept of using cold water for healing dates back to ancient Egyptian and Roman civilizations it is mentioned by the Ancient Greeks, practiced by Spartan warrior and embraced by Mongolian Monks.
he Navy Seal use it, Olympians swear by it, Athletes love it, Harry Styles and Lady Gaga use it post-performance and we know the Scandi and Finnish countries embrace it as part of their every-day health and social culture.
Now it’s the turn of us every day folk to enjoy the benefits of ice baths at home.
We are now seeing 5,000 years of ancestral wisdom coupled with cutting edge science, apps, breathing gurus, workshops and DIY videos to support our love of home ice immersion.
The rise of the domestic ice bath, is here and not going away anytime soon. Cold Water Immersion (CWI) is a health therapy open to all. You can keep your ice bath simple of you can spend £1000’s for an all singing and dancing ice bath set up.
My home ice bath journey started with a £50 inflatable tub filled with water from the hose! I jumped in and away I went. I thought that was it – how very wrong I was!
I reached out on social media and asked you to show me your ice baths and tell me why you loved them. Back came the messages from afficionados, gurus, newbies, converts, obsessives, enthusiasts and of course proper old school Skandi’s that having been jumping into frozen lakes from a very early age.
A common theme among the home icy dippers was that it was part of your daily routine, it kept you sane and you loved it! And when you don’t do it, you miss it. It is your daily dopamine hit that that lasts well after the ice bath is over. Your natural high that balances out your day.
