Tantric Master Breaks Ice Record In NYC

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Tantric Master Breaks Ice Record In NYC Man Who Calls Himself Tantric Master Breaks Record In NYC, Stands In Ice For 72 MinutesNEW YORK, Jan. 27, 20081 |

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(AP) A man who calls himself a tantric master broke his own world record by standing engulfed in ice for 72 minutes.Wim Hof, 48, stood on a Manhattan street in a clear container filled with ice for an hour and 12 minutes Saturday.Hof

said he survives by controlling his body temperature through tantric

meditation. Tantra is an Eastern tradition of ritual and meditation

said to bring followers closer to their chosen deities.Hof set

the world record for full body ice contact endurance in 2004, when he

immersed himself in ice for an hour and eight minutes.Hof's

feat kicked off BRAINWAVE, a five-month series of events in New York

exploring how art, music, and meditation affect the brain.(This version corrects Hof's old record to 68 minutes instead of 78 minutes.)Copyright

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