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Every stinging synapse in my body screams this rush of endorphins, Prantl says that ice-
“Abort! Abort!” But with Prantl’s encourage- bathing also burns calories, tightens skin, and
ment, I wincingly wade hip-deep into the lake, fights inflammation. And let’s not forget bag-
gasping like a guppy…in between shuddering ging bragging rights when you splash your “I
squeals. double-dog-dare you” photos across social me-
“Now, when you breathe out the next time, dia.
just go down on your knees,” Prantl instructs. Ice-bathing may be the coolest—or at least,
As she lowers her hands like a conductor, I me- the coldest—offering on the Tschuggen Hotel
chanically follow suit. Group’s “Moving Mountains” wellness program,
Submerged up to my chest, I find myself al- which I’ve come to Switzerland to experience.
most enjoying the experience. It’s not exactly Created in 2021 by Dr. Götz Bechtolsheimer,
“lovely when you’re in,” but the more numb I
become physically, the more exhilarated I am Carmen Prantl, a volunteer with the
mentally. EisbadiArosa ice-bathing organization, coaches
By the time I exit one very long minute later, author Amy Laughinghouse through her frozen
I’m literally buzzing, with a throbbing current dip in Switzerland's Untersee lake. Courtesy
forcibly pulsing through my body. In addition to Tschuggen Hotel Group.

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