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Serb-zero: the 'iceman' seeking solace in extreme cold
Vladimir Stevanovic has practiced cold exposure for 15 years to achieve mental clarity and inner peace, gaining thousands of social media followers with his extreme routines.
- Vladimir Stevanovic, 41-year-old Serbian cold-exposure practitioner, has spent 15 years hiking icy slopes, meditating in deep snow and plunging into frozen lakes at a frozen lake below Besna Kobila.
- Seeking health benefits and mental clarity, Vladimir Stevanovic says his initial inspiration came from Tibetan monks and his family and friends were unsurprised by his adventurous practice.
- Walking for hours through thick snow, Stevanovic wears boots, shorts and a backpack, meditates in deep snow, floats in icy water for 15 minutes, and endured −10C for seven hours.
- In recent years, cold-exposure therapy has gained global popularity despite no clear scientific consensus, while doctors warn extreme cold can trigger pre-existing health conditions.
- His frigid exploits have earned him thousands of Instagram followers as `Serbia's Iceman`, alongside Wim Hof, Dutch cold-exposure advocate, while Stevanovic warns novices not to dive straight in.
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Serb-zero: the 'iceman' seeking solace in extreme cold
Walking for hours through thick snow on a windswept Serbian peak, wearing only boots, shorts and a backpack, might sound like the start of a harrowing survival story -- but for Vladimir Stevanovic, that was just a relaxing stroll.
A Serbian archaeologist has made meditation in an icy environment a daily practice. He explains his approach, at the crossroads of the physical challenge and the search for inner balance. Walking for hours in shorts on snowy peaks or simmering in a frozen lake is, for most people, an inconceivable feat. [...] The article The Serbian iceman, a quest for peace in the extreme cold appeared first on Le Singulier.
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