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> That aspect is called ASANA and what Wim Hof claims as his discovery is called pranayama which is a fully developed science of breath control practices by Sadhus and monks for centuries.

I'm curious why you called it a "science". It would be very interesting to see yoga developed with a scientific approach.

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> I'm curious why you called it a "science". It would be very interesting to see yoga developed with a scientific approach.

Yoga is all about living in harmony. Some parts of it like Asanas, and Pranayama can be measured as it impacts the physical body. I have no problem with Wim taking a part of it and popularizing it but in not admitting to its sources he is preventing from others making further discoveries of the list of techniques available. What he is teaching is just one of paranayama technique from a list of many.

I do not doubt his achievements and commitment to excellence.

It is "a science" insofar as it draws relations between observed phenomenon. Do not confuse this with "the scientific method" which is a particular technique of drawing these relations that has a particular history in the Western world.

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