{"id":1324239,"date":"2022-02-21T17:12:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T22:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1324239"},"modified":"2022-02-21T22:22:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T03:22:52","slug":"aoc-dunks-her-face-in-bowl-of-ice-water-on-instagram-live-to-de-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-dunks-her-face-in-bowl-of-ice-water-on-instagram-live-to-de-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Dunks Her Face In Bowl Of Ice Water On Instagram Live To De-Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-dunks-her-face-in-bowl-of-ice-water-on-instagram-live-to-de-stress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1324239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2020\/12\/AOC-scaled-e1606921346613.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Far-left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)<\/a> on Monday twice dunked her face in a bowl of ice water on Instagram Live, hoping to de-stress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOk so no lie I have been very very stressed out lately and today I found myself staying in a stressful mental pattern that was just creating more stress for myself,\u201d reads text overlayed on a video AOC posted. \u201cI wanted to interrupt that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiley (AOC\u2019s boyfriend) and I read previously that dunking your face in a bowl of ice water can be a way of redirecting by forcing your body to do a kind of reset of your parasympathetic nervous system, so I\u2019m going to try it,\u201d it continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we filled this water bowl with ice and scooped it out right before dunking,\u201d the text says.<\/p>\n<p>After a countdown from five, AOC dunks her face in the cold water for a few seconds. Text overlapping the video reads, \u201cIt is very very cold\u2026and yes my kitchen is messy today deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Ocasio-Cortez has her face submerged, her boyfriend Riley is heard cheering her on, \u201cGood job, good job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gave me a brain freeze,\u201d more text on the video reads. \u201cBut I must say it worked! Turns out dunking your head into freezing cold ice water is a pretty good way to redirect. Hope this helps someone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the video continues, AOC dunks her face into the ice water for a second time.<\/p>\n<p>An article from The Washington Post published last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/wellness\/stress-relief-strategies-scientific-reduce\/2021\/09\/07\/f1cf2234-0c2a-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html\">describes<\/a> dunking your face in ice-cold water as \u201cone of the most effective stress resets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most effective stress resets involves submerging your face in ice-cold water while holding your breath,\u201d the Post said. \u201cThis activates the diving reflex,\u00a0which slows the heart rate and redirects blood away from the periphery of the body, toward the heart and other vital organs. These physiological changes have been shown to decrease anxiety. \u2026\u00a0If a bowl or a bucket with icy water is not at your disposal, you can press ice packs against your eyes, upper cheeks and temples while leaning over and holding your breath.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cStay like this as long as you can tolerate it. We typically recommend 15 to 30 seconds, although I\u2019ve observed the effect [take hold] much faster,\u201d said clinical psychologist Jenny Taitz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">The Post noted that \u201cSheri Van Dijk, a psychotherapist in Newmarket, Ontario, and the author of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/embed?asin=B007EAV3EQ&#038;preview=newtab&#038;linkCode=kpe&#038;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_BB5A1R5FT7BAR1J9Z43R&#038;tag=thewaspos09-20\">Calming the Emotional Storm<\/a>,\u2019 warns that people with low blood pressure, heart problems or eating disorders should get clearance from their doctor before attempting this strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Monday twice dunked her face in a bowl of ice water on Instagram Live, hoping to de-stress.\u201cOk so no lie I have been very &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1324239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1324239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1324239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}