Full Moon swim. Barefoot Sue 2023-09-29 | A friend texted to say she just went in the lake under the full moon and that inspired me to do the same.
Cold Plunge Antics Barefoot Sue 2023-07-02 | Sitting in ice water is sometimes boring so I amuse myself by jumping up and down, spinning around, dunking my head under water, hanging my legs over the side, and eating ice! #coldplunge #coldbath #icewater #wimhofmethhod #dopamine #coldhabituation #barefootsue
Barefoot at Minus 11C Barefoot Sue 2023-03-19 | It’s all about getting out of your comfort zone and becoming more cold habituated. This hormetic practice challenges the sensory receptors in the feet to communicate with the brain via neural pathways. Barefooting in the snow is a perfect exercise for the brain
Descending Mount Snežka at Wim Hof Winter Expedition in Poland 2016 Barefoot Sue 2023-02-10 | After climbing for a couple of hours in minimal clothes it went to minus 20 C as we got to the Karkonosze biosphere reserve at the top of the mountain, and we were met with 70-80 kms winds! It was the discipline of my breath, willpower, and our primal skills as a group that got me to the top. As Wim taught us, the cold is merciless yet righteous. We were encouraged not to video or take pics on the way up, as we would immediately lose focus and get cold. I tried it and that's what happened so I only have footage of this journey down with my buddy Diana. Because of this experience I became a Wim Hof Method Level 2 Certified Instructor and I love it!
Silence in Ice. I slip into the water, calm my breath, and sit still immersed in nature. #icebath Barefoot Sue 2023-01-26 | ...
Axe lady.🪓It’s -7C & wet so I’m wearing boots. Took 8 mins to open the ice hole & then I got in. ❄️ Barefoot Sue 2023-01-26 | ...
Sliding on Ice in my Bathing Suit Barefoot Sue 2023-01-16 | I planned to go for an ice plunge in the lake but when I stepped into the water, I discovered it was clear ice! It was so thin that you can see the sandy bottom of the lake. A once in a lifetime experience!
Shovelling Snow in my Barefeet! Barefoot Sue 2022-12-18 | Short skirts are not just for summer! The Human body knows how to adapt but we have to give it the opportunity. #coldhabituated #barefoot #barefootsue #barefootinsnow #barefootlife #youtubeshorts #canadianwinter
Meet a Natural Biohacker Barefoot Sue 2022-12-01 | Why Go Natural? Barefoot Sue is launching her Rewilding Series of online workshops and she's excited to share this with you. The first course is aptly called: Barefoot NO-Boot Camp!Humans are designed with the ability to adapt. Whether it’s adapting to a changing environment physically or mentally, it’s our greatest survival skill. For adaptation to work efficiently we must use it or lose it. Rewilding ecologically is the idea that by stepping back and letting nature find its own way to restore, it's very effective and we have seen incredible results in ecosystems that now require passive management. Why not apply the same theory to our life and benefit by the beautiful, functionally brilliant design of our brain and body?By rewilding to our body, we can experience natural healing benefits and more passively manage it to free up more time for creativity, community, and a better life. Combining an approach to life that includes barefooting, forest bathing, cold habituation, meditation, walking, and time in nature, we can simplify an important part of our wellness focus, improve alignment, strengthen our nervous system, boost our immune system, reduce inflammation, and so much more. If you don't know where to start, I've developed the first step: Barefoot NO-Boot Camp to get you started. 50% Off until December 31, 2022. Enroll here: www.barefootsue.comSuscribe and Boop that Like Button!
Barefoot Workshop at Mariposa Folk Festial July 2019 Barefoot Sue 2021-02-12 | My passion in life is to guide people back to nature for wellness, happiness, connection, and for the enjoyment it brings. Here I am at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia doing a stage event with a group.
Finding Peace in Ice Barefoot Sue 2021-02-10 | For 45 days I’ve been doing an ice Plunging Lake Coochiching every single day as part of my isolation Biohacks. On this day I am particularly calm. There is no wind on the lake and it’s very still. When we expose our body two freezing cold water, it impacts the part of the brain that manages survival and in turn helps our brain to manage huge stressors like dealing with an ongoing pandemic. The best part of our brain is that it can learn to adapt and rewire itself but sometimes we have to give it a little help. I learned how to do a proper ice Immersion through the Wim Hof Method. Be sure to follow safety guidelines and get the proper training before you do this.
Ice Plunge in Lake Couchiching with Barefoot Sue. Barefoot Sue 2020-12-20 | It’s become almost a daily practice while in isolation. Keeps me mentally and physically healthy. When I feel deep cold it helps me to understand my limits as a human being. I am always amazed. Fortunately, I have a bubbler to keep the hole open throughout the winter months. #icegoddess #barefootsue #coldplunge #icewater #mentalhealth #isolationhack #wimhofmethod
4-7-8 Breathing to Co-Create Barefoot Sue 2020-03-25 | Cocreate with Mother Earth. Use the the breath to calm your mind and relieve some of the anxiety during this difficult time. This method is excellent if your having trouble sleeping.
Laying on Ice in the Rain Barefoot Sue 2020-03-21 | Get outside even if it’s raining. Play with Mother Earth. She loves you!
Ice Water Plunge with my Duck Barefoot Sue 2020-03-21 | The lake is always calling me. I am blessed to have it at my front door so every day I can look out at it and watch it’s view shift with the seasons. I have a duck decoy in the water that often looks real especially when it turns to look at me as I’m about to get into the freezing cold water. Check this out.
Cocreate with Nature Tree Hugging Barefoot Sue 2020-03-21 | We are social beings and so are trees! As we go through this time of social distancing and non-contact, we can at least rest in peace knowing that there is no distancing required in the forest. Go outside and find a tree. It doesn’t matter what size it is, just go up to it and touch it. You can listen to it and sense it’s energy. And then go ahead and hug it.
Minus 8C Wim Hof Method Plunge Barefoot Sue 2020-03-21 | When we expose ourselves to freezing cold water, our Reptilian brain takes over command and sets several things in motion. The cells in our arms and legs vasodilate and all the warm blood is sent to our core body to protect the main organs, as we can't live without them. Our prefrontal cortex shuts down when the body is under threat and several his allows me to sit in the water, in the absolute present moment and in command of the sympathetic nervous system. (Fight or flight).
Ice plunge and Head Dunk Barefoot Sue 2020-03-21 | After recording a video about the Mammalian Dive Reflex, I decided to get in the icy lake in my shorts and tee shirt. This helps to release norepinephrine which suppresses the immune system and forces it to adapt. I want a strong immune system right now to be able to fight this virus. Cocreate with Mother Earth!
Cocreate with NatMother Earth for Covid19 Stress Barefoot Sue 2020-03-20 | Do you know as mammals we can access something called the Mammalian Dive Reflex to calm our heart rate and slow it down temporarily? In this Cocreate video, I’m sharing an idea about how we can reconnect with Mother Earth in order to help us get through these difficult times as a result of potential COVID-19 and social distancing. It's a form of cold water therapy that you can do in your home. You don't have to be on the lake...like I am in the video!
Falling Into an Ice Plunge Barefoot Sue 2020-03-03 | It’s tricky to tell how strong the ice is until my body weight shows me!
Night Ice Water Plunge WHM Style Barefoot Sue 2020-03-03 | We’ve been practicing breathwork, mindset, and cold water immersion together for a year now. I’m honoured and incredibly happy to have a friend like Janelle who is always ready to engage in the practice with me. So grateful.
Ice Plunge and Head Dunk Wim Hof Style Barefoot Sue 2020-02-12 | Take command of your health. Cold plunges work your cardiovascular system, it ignites your reptilian brain to move into action to keep you alive, it reduces inflammation, and it provides the opportunity to face your fear and do it anyway. Add breathwork and mindset and you are now have some command over your health.
Mink Iceplunge Barefoot Sue 2019-12-05 | An local mink does an ice plunge in the lake ‘Wim Hof’ style!
Wim Hof Method Snow Extremity Training Barefoot Sue 2019-12-04 | I’m amazed at the sensations I experience when brushing off the snow on my car with my bare hands while standing in my bare feet. Only in the last couple of years, since learning the Wim Hof method, have I been wearing shorts and a sleeveless top out in the snow. By exposing our bare skin to changes in temperature we give our body and our brain the opportunity to experience the sensations and then learn how to adapt to changes in our environment. If you’re frustrated with being cold all the time the best way to overcome this is to expose yourself to the cold. To learn about Wim Hof Method and Sue's workshops go to https://www.wimhofmethod.com/instructors/sueregankenney
Camino Rain “Brollies” Barefoot Sue 2019-10-20 | While walking the Camino, especially in Galicia, you want to be ready to keep your feet dry it case it rains or there is a potentially nasty downpour! I’m a barefooter and that’s the best way to walk in the rain, but when I wore shoes/boots I did this with 2 grocery bags. Please consider reusing bags someone wants to throw away.
Cool Cubes for an Ice Bath Barefoot Sue 2019-09-14 | In this video you will learn how to make ‘cool cubes’ for your Wim Hof Method cold therapy ice bath. I was frustrated that the store bought ice or my own ice made with regular ice cube trays only make small cubes. Hence they melt really fast from our body heat, especially when it’s hot out. My student Jane came up with a great idea. One day she arrived for a plunge with a bag of giant cubes made from muffin tins. Because they were bigger cubes they lasted a lot longer and look really cool in the plunge bath. Another student Deb had just finished her first WHM Fundamentals course with me and when we talked about making ‘cool cubes’ she suggested I get the silicone muffin molds as it would be easier to get the ice out. excellent idea. I immediately bought three Silicone trays and discovered that the volume of liquid needed to fill the muffin cup is actually more than needed for any of my metal muffin tins. See how easy it is to make ‘cool cubes’! You can buy the silicone molds here: https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/master-chef-silicone-muffin-pan-12-cup-0422849p.htmlKeep being cool.Barefoot Suewww.sueregankenney.com
Barefoot Sue Freediver Barefoot Sue 2019-09-09 | As a Wim Hof Method practioner and Instructor, I'm always exploring ways to command my breath, knowing if I do that, I can command my brain and ulitmately my body. This is my third day of free diving lessons. Learning static and dynamic apnea with ONE breath creates a perfect environment to become completely present while swimming in the marine world. At first I was tense and afraid of not being able to breath and that affected my technique. As you'll see in this video, my Raid Freediving Instructor, Sabrina Meyers, taught me step by step with a great deal of patience, to let go, move slowly and be relaxed. My duck dive improved over time and I was abel to descend straight down to the bottom of Casa Cenote. My longing to connect with Mother Earth in every way has taken me one more step into the 73% of water is on our planet.
An Ax, Some Ice and Two Ladies Barefoot Sue 2019-01-23 | This is hilarious! It was a perfect day on Lake Couchiching to do a cold water immersion plunge in a hole in the ice...the Wim Hof Method way. My friend Nancy does a brilliant job commentating the “axing” of the ice hole, while I swing the ax. ⛏❄️💦🔥 After I made the hole big enough we each took a turn getting in for a couple of minutes. Nancy is one of the Wim Hof Method students and she loves the freezing cold water, as I do. The cold is our warm friend. She will reflect back to you something about yourself you never imagined. We need to be out of the warmth to trigger the adaptation response and practice being in a controlled stressful environment to become happy, strong and healthy. https://www.wimhofmethod.com/instructors/suekenney
Ice Water Immersion - Wim Hof Method Barefoot Sue 2019-01-04 | Before I plunge into the ice cold water, I honour the Great Mother Earth with gratitude for all her wisdom, healing and love. For without her I could not live. After I've committed to receiving the guidance she provides in this freezing cold water, without any sense of fear or resistance, I step into her watery space under the ice of a frozen lake in Ontario, Canada with ease. Once immersed there is no thought, no worries, no movement, no fear, only absolute awareness. I am at peace. I am an ice-maiden. I’m now a certified level one Wim Hof Method Instructor and I believe in the power of nature to guide to be healthy, happy and strong. Command your breath and you command your mind and your body.I'm offering WHM Fundamentals Workshops and you are to learn the science behind this method as well as practical applications. https://www.wimhofmethod.com/instructors/suekenney
The Ice is Calling Barefoot Sue 2018-12-16 | Is it possible that the Great Mother Earth is calling to us from the ice? Inviting us to her world, even in the freezing cold, to offer her wisdom and healing. YES! Of course, she is using every method possible to encourage us to experience and feel her cold, not as a threat but as a way to access our own inner fire.For years now I've been barefooting in the snow but now as a Wim Hof Method Instructor, I'm outside in my shorts and a tank top, walking barefoot, doing ice baths and cold plunges. When I'm at my cottage I like to go down to the lake and meditate on the pre-Cambrian granite rock. This morning after doing my breathwork, stretching and then a cold shower, I still wanted to be outdoors in the cold. I can't get enough of her! I went down to the ice and heard her calling. At first it was a rumble and then there was loud crackling sounds that were seemingly reverberating from the pressure of my weight on the ice. As I recorded this experience it occurred to me that she is giving me a message to share with you. Step into the cold, allow yourself to be uncomfortable and soon you will be at peace. If you want to learn more about the numerous health benefits of the Wim Hof Method, check out my workshops. https://www.wimhofmethod.com/activities/whm-fundamentals-workshop-toronto-sue-regan-kenney
Wim Hof Method North Atlantic Plunge in Newfoundland Barefoot Sue 2018-12-06 | Cold water is your teacher. Certified Wim Hof Method Instructor Sue Kenney is with Steve Lewis at Topsail Beach, Newfoundland, on a cold water plunge in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s -4C and the ocean is between 2-4C. Moving water is always more of a challenge than still because it cools your body off quickly. Steve lasts over 30 seconds and Sue is in for 2 1/2 minutes.Exposing the body to extreme cold is a form of stress on the body and if you expose yourself to the cold in a controlled environment and be at peace, you can apply this to any part of our life. Besides, it is the best cardiovascular workout you can do!
Barefoot Walking on the Camino in Spain Barefoot Sue 2018-11-12 | For the last 8 years I've been living a barefoot lifestyle. Each year I walk the Camino in the Spring and again in the Fall and I try to do most of it barefoot. Walking on rock is much easier for me than it looks. Any natural surface is manageable. Large gravel, pavement and concrete are the hardest surfaces. I love being connected to Mother Earth, especially on the Camino as I feel as though I'm connected to all the pilgrims who walked before me. Especially those who walked barefoot.
CAMINO Peregrina Refused Access to Cathedral Barefoot Sue 2018-10-21 | After walking the Camino to Santiago barefoot, I was refused access into the Cathedral because I didn’t have any shoes on! When I asked them why they said that it was because it was the rules. I said that pilgrims of the past would’ve walked in and their bare feet, and they have lots of statues and paintings of saints and holy people in their bare feet how could they refuse me. But the security guard wouldn’t change his mind. Thankfully there was a woman there begging for money because she has cancer and can’t work. Her name was Vanessa and she offered me her shoes. Even though they didn’t fit we push the heel down and I stuck my foot inside the shoe to make it look like I was wearing shoes. I had promised my friend Ingrid that I would ‘hug the apostle’ for her to commemorate her anniversary walking into Santiago a year ago. Thank you Vanessa for not judging me because I was in my bare feet. And thank you for lending me your shoes and not being afraid of the health issues of sharing them.
Barefoot on the Camino Barefoot Sue 2018-10-09 | It’s been 8 years of Barefooting and to connect to the Great Mother Earth directly, is a blessing. The Camino is magical and unforgiving at the same time.
Sorrow Stone On the Camino Barefoot Sue 2018-10-06 | Each year I walk the Camino I make an offer to people back home to pick up a stone and put their intention into it and then send it back down on the Camino. Here is my offer. I walk the Camino for the world.
Cold Immersion Wim Hof Style Barefoot Sue 2018-04-30 | Sue Kenney is practising cold immersion in Lake Coochiching, about two hours north of Toronto. In December she did a winter expedition in Poland with Wim Hof and is now studying to be an instructor. She’s been living at barefoot lifestyle for about seven years now.
Playing in the Snow Barefoot Barefoot Sue 2018-04-14 | It’s snowbathing time! I challenge anyone who has snow right now to go outside but your bare feet Annette, face plant, make a snowball, sit in it and see how long it takes you to actually feel cold.It’s April 14 and nobody expected that we would have about 15 cm of snow fall overnight and today on Lake Couchiching. The temperature outside is -8 Celsius. So instead of complaining about it embrace it and go out and have some fun. Today I Went out and played in the snow. I sat down in it I put my bare feet under it and flipped it up like a child. I did a face plant in the snow and try to make a snowball but it didn’t work. And then I lay down on my back and looked up at the sky as I made a snow angel. Embrace with a great mother gives us. Be grateful for the snow that we have as it is water and we need to drink water to survive. Embrace the cold. It will wake your mind up it will open your eyes it will make you respond. All the sensory receptors in your body will be on alert. And when you come in door as you feel more alive and more connected with the entire world. Happy snow bathing?
March for Our Lives Barefoot Sue 2018-03-25 | Today I went for a long walk. I started my journey on deserted train tracks for about four 4 1/2 km. On my return, I walked beside the road. My intention for walking was to join the kids and people who are walking for the lives of the students who are no longer safe in their schools. One of the group of five activist on the front of Time magazine was barefoot. And when they asked Jacqlin why she said that it was because the hippies did it. The hippie stand for peace and love and I’m walking barefoot for that too.
Barefoot on the Lake Barefoot Sue 2018-03-13 | Today after I did my Wim Hof Method breathing practice and a short meditation, I walked over the ice on the lake in a tank top and yoga pants. And in my Barebottom Shoes. This is where we can feel the heat in my body by being exposed to the cold. I can embrace it and connect with it through our exposed body. It’s beautiful.
Barefoot Climb - Mayan Pyramid Barefoot Sue 2018-03-01 | Coba is a Mayan pyramid that is in Tulum, Mexico. Each step is made of stone and no two are the same size or height. My bare feet took in the energy of the ancient stones while Earthing and maintaining contact with the Great Mother Earth. A beautiful loving experience.
How to Wear Bare Feet Barefoot Sue 2018-02-01 | Book signing in the forest. Author Sue Kenney offered her books to the Great Mother Earth for her blessing. Each book was signed and numbered.
Deerskin Barebottom Shoes Barefoot Sue 2018-02-01 | Designer Sue Kenney is showing a fellow pilgrim how to tie her deerskin Barebottom shoes.
