“Seekers who are free within become finders. It's quite impossible to find anything meaningful when you are caught up in the stress of daily life, which can be all-consuming. Once you are able to detach from that stress, a new reality can enter your consciousness.” – Wim Hof

In the library of ATD, I found a book entitled The Wim Hof Method - Activate Your Potential, Transcend Your Limits and started applying the prescribed breathing techniques and cold showers (brrrr...) in my daily life myself.

What really appeals to me about this book is that it provides concrete physical exercises with which we can find well-being and inspiration within ourselves. So, in principle, we don't need external things like religion, drugs or technology for that and I find that a hopeful message, especially in the current climate. With this, anyone with a little dedication and discipline (because the exercises are preferably done in the morning before breakfast) can become a better person, and it offers artists in particular an opportunity to creatively get more out of themselves.

Ward ten Voorde
Instructor Practical Education film and video