On stage for 800 people - Wim Hof Workshop in London at the Roundhouse.
This Wim Hof Experience at the London roundhouse this last Saturday was special to me. When I hit rock bottom 7 years ago (2012), I couldn't imagine in my wildest dreams what would lead me to where I am now.
Pain forced me to truly started looking inwards. It changed everything for me. I felt captured in my own body due to a herniated disk in my lower back at age 23. I needed to finally give up a career in professional football, was unable to move properly, in chronic pain and left with no solutions by regular healthcare.
I had to rediscover how to get up again myself. Take my life back into my own hands. I had no idea how, but was determined to make it happen.
I had always been fascinated by the power of the mind, believing that we can do more than we think we can. At that time music entered my life, a guitar found a home in my arms serving as a tool to keep on rediscovering who i was, connecting me back to my joy, my soul's expression.
Survival kicked in, considering flying to 'the east', to find myself a master of mind over matter or meet any other medicine man or woman that would teach me natural ways to heal from within. In one way or another, I had to find someone that could help me.
The moment my mindset shifted into that belief, that I could actually take over from within, a powerful journey of self discovery, self empowerment, opening up to new ways of being and an ever deepening love and appreciation for the true nature that resides within me grew. I would soon realise that what i was looking for was right there in front of me.
I will always be grateful to to Michael, for bringing his father Wim @iceman_hof - then seen as a crazy daredevil not widely accepted for his beliefs - into my life. His view on the power of the breath and cold adaptation, boosted my wellbeing. Along with my love for making music, it lifted my spirit back up, relieved the pain and soon after I was living life fully again. That 1,5 year of suffering and working hard to apply my newly acquired awareness of the power of my own mind to influence my body became the foundation for my life's purpose to share this knowledge with the world. The heart opening and soul connecting power of both music, our innate natural gifts and that of nature have been my biggest inspiration to live by and share since then.
This Saturday while playing on stage it was as if a film of my inner journey played in my mind. Circling back from the moment i laid on the ground, unable to lift my leg and the new mindset that hit like lightning to take over from within, to the realisation I was sharing both my passions of music and nature's teachings on stage in front of 800 people..
Life is a mystery, both beautiful and challenging at time. Never give up. Believe in yourself. In each other. In Love. In nature.