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I have to admit, I have been dragging my feet on the cold shower myself. Born

in the Midwest one would think the cold wouldn't bother me. But I have to say

that anything below 65 is Arctic in my book. The one thing I have always not

liked being is cold. I have tried starting out with tepid showers and

gradually turn them cold.....BURRRRR!!!! How can you learn to be at one with

the cold when it is something that has always been looked upon as being close

to torture? (slight exaggeration) Maybe it is just a case of conditioning for

me. Mind over matter perhaps? Be assured though, I will dig deep and find

that part of me that will enjoy a cold dance in the rain room. Very deep!! ;O)

Blessings to all. And a safe and wonderful Fourth of July.

 

 

Love and Light,

Chrissi

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Please excuse my ignorance, but I am completely confused about all of this

recent talk about cold showers. Would someone please offer an explanation.

Everyone seems to be taking it so seriously that I felt I had to ask. I have

been in the habit of shaving in a hot shower for many years as it really

opens up the pores and relaxes the skin. So I suppose that if there are

benefits to cold showers, I will have to learn to shave at the sink in front

of a mirror before showering.

 

Thanks for the feedback,

Mark in Tampa

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I had decided to stop being a wimp and take the plunge into a cold shower

this morning. So all fired up with enthusiasm I jumped in - to discover I

have an unusual problem. No matter how long the water is left to run here

it really doesn't get cold ! I live in New Orleans with steaming weather

and a water table that is very close to the surface - the only way to get

cold water here in the summer is to put ice in it. So I guess I'll just

have to wait until at least november before I can partake in the joys of

cold showers !!!

 

Love and blessings to all and happy fourth -

 

Sat Nam

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I had to jump in, if you'll excuse the pun. Being used to the water

temperatures here in Scotland, the open air showers at Solstice Camp in NM

were a joy indeed. I doubt if the water was much below 60 degF (16 degC) - a

real

wimps paradise in fact!

;-)

 

Sat Nam!

Gordon

 

 

 

Siobhan MacMahon <siobhanmac

 

> I had decided to stop being a wimp and take the plunge into a cold shower

> this morning. So all fired up with enthusiasm I jumped in - to discover I

> have an unusual problem. No matter how long the water is left to run here

> it really doesn't get cold ! I live in New Orleans with steaming weather

> and a water table that is very close to the surface - the only way to get

> cold water here in the summer is to put ice in it. So I guess I'll just

> have to wait until at least november before I can partake in the joys of

> cold showers !!!

>

> Love and blessings to all and happy fourth -

>

> Sat Nam

> Avtar

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Hello all, I do a lot of jumping myself. I am still trying to adjust

to cold showers after being used to warm ones for a long time. I

consider myself a wimp when it comes to the cold ones! I keep at it

though. sat nam suki

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I grew up in Ireland, where people used to heat only the part of the

house they were currently occupying. I've many memories of racing to the

bathroom on freezing nights, shivering with cold. Later I lived in the

Pacifiic Northwest and swam in an icy river, when I could force myelf to

bear it. The ocean there is incredibly cold too, as Peggy Sue says.

Living in the swamps down here in New Orleans has turned me into a wimp

!!! I'll just have to un-wimp myself when the winter turns up - or what

passes for it in this neck of the woods! Gururattan's bowl of freezing

water sounds like something worth trying...

 

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May I share my best experience in cold water? It was around 1976-7 during

spring break from college. The

men went fishing in the boundary waters. The women and children went to a cabin

in N. Carolina. We were

2nd cabin from the top of the mountain. The only running water was a steel pipe

laid on the ground in a

stream that led back inside the cabin. We used a wood burning stove for heat

and cooking, and we used an

outhouse.

 

One morning, the 8th-grade daughter of my friend and I went on an adventure

walking nearly to the mountain

top. An 8-foot steel fence stopped us with a sign that said, 'Bear Sanctuary.'

So we headed back another

way. That's when we saw it.

 

There was a widening in the stream. We stepped up close and saw two tiered

pools with good sized rocks all

around. The water was very clear and flowed from the top pool to the bottom

pool, and just kept on

downstream. We looked at each other and stepped in. Shocking rocking cold!

But what a thrill. We looked

at the deeper pool, took off our clothes and stepped in. The clear water

revealed rocks under the surface

just right for sitting upon. So we sat in cold mountain water right up to our

necks. Instantly we gasped,

air filled our lungs to capacity. We were so loud with laughter. I hope Mary

still remembers.

 

We made a pact never to tell anyone about our secret swimming place. But of

course it was too good of a

secret. We decided to share it with everyone because that was the kind of

journey we were on. Later that

day all 5 adult women and 4 children went to the double pools and we all had a

blast.

 

I can see now how sharing only magnified the joy of the twin pools that Mary and

I discovered long ago. I

still remember the invigorating cold. It was a good thing.

 

Every time I turn on SOLID cold water in my shower, I remember the double pools

and laugh out loud.

Laughing gets us through a lot!

 

Nancy Lou Milakovic McGann

 

 

 

 

Siobhan MacMahon wrote: I grew up in Ireland, where people used to heat only

the part of the house they

were currently occupying. I've many memories of racing to the bathroom on

freezing nights, shivering with

cold.

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Dear Mark,

 

Maybe someone who has one of the original letters on cold showers can send

it to the list again.

 

You can also turn on the cold water after the hot. I almost never put cold

water on my face. I learned from Paul Newman. He washes his face only with

cold or ice water to prevent wrinkles. Heh, if it is good for Paul. It is

good for me. Always end with cold. It closes the pores and prevents

illness too.

 

Sat nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur

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