Hello 1 January!
How did you begin your first morning of 2023? I went on a forest walk and filled my cup of nature and zen with 4 minutes of cold bathing in 0.8 Celsius. Magical!
It’s been a few months since my latest cold exposure but after 5-10 sec of initial trembling when going in, a complete, pure sense of calmness took over. In the blink of an eye, or a power switch movement, nothing but physical and inner zen. My first encounter with cold bathing was before the pandemic, early 2020