Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke reveals how an ice bath helps her stop ‘crying like crazy and feeling very depressed’ three months after The Pogues frontman’s death

Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke shared on Instagram on Wednesday how an ice bath helped her stop ‘crying like crazy’ and feeling ‘very depressed’.

Her husband, the frontman of The Pogues, died in November at the age of 65 after a battle with viral encephalitis.

Victoria wrote: ‘People have been talking to me for years about how great ice baths are, especially when you do the @iceman_hof breathing.

“The other day in Tulsa I had a really rough day, crying like crazy and feeling really depressed.

“I happened to see that you could book an ice bath with @manifestation.dude Derek and I thought I might as well give it a try.”

She continued: ‘Before we got on the ice, we did some stretching and then about 20 minutes of Wim Hof ​​breathing and I started to feel more alive, more centered and calm.

‘I was scared to get into the ice bath, but I thought I could do it for 30 seconds! But amazingly, I lasted 3 minutes. And I felt so completely present and I wasn’t thinking about the past or the future, it was just completely zen!

“Many people have said that getting into our bodies is the antidote to nostalgia and wishing things were different. Like in The Power of Now by @eckharttolle, you discover that you feel completely different when you get out of your head!!!

‘I will definitely do this again and always come back to the breath. Really happy with this breakthrough! Thank you @manifestatie.dude and @iceman_hof! ‘

The post comes after she admitted she was a “blubbering mess” ahead of Valentine’s Day this year.

Victoria shared it with X, formerly known as Twitter an emotional tribute to the star who sings Victoria’s name and hums along to his own tune.

She wrote: “I feel like an absolute blubbering wreck today and it’s not even Valentine’s Day yet!”

In the 52-second clip, Shane sat on a green armchair with a crucifix around his neck and a black polo shirt.

Shane started the video with a question: “Who’s the best?” Before screaming Victoria’s name over and over again.

A smile appeared on his face as he continued to belt out his tunes, nodding along to his wholesome melody.

The clip ends with the rocker singing her name before declaring, “That’s what the streets sang in 1969.”

Since the musician’s death, Victoria has opened up to fans and shared exclusive insights into the couple’s relationship.

In January, the Irish journalist revealed that she had received messages from the late singer since his tragic death.

Victoria took to Instagram to share an emotional tribute, revealing she had received ‘nudges’ from her late husband after being unable to pick up a guitar since his death.

Victoria shared a photo of Shane with the instrument and wrote: ‘I haven’t played guitar since @shanemacgowanofficial died but last night while trying to watch TV I kept getting nudges from him to open his desk drawer.

“I kept trying to ignore the nudges and I tried to keep watching TV, but something wouldn’t let me and I had to get up and open the drawer.

“There was a pick in the drawer, so I picked it up and then I picked up the guitar and played a few chords.”

‘And it really felt like an energy came through that formed a tune!!!

‘Who knows what we on the other side are capable of? I do know that it felt really good to play the guitar!’

Just a fortnight earlier, on Christmas Day, she paid a heartfelt tribute to the singer on what would have been his 66th birthday.

The journalist took to Instagram to share a sweet photo of the couple and said the festive period had been much harder than she expected.

Victoria, who had been in a relationship with Shane since she was 16, captioned the post: “Today is really hard, much harder than I expected. I just can’t stop crying and I want to be with him so bad it physically hurts.

“I don’t know how people get through this, but I know they do and people feel joy even after losing their person.

“Shane always said that even though he was born on Christmas Day, he was much more focused on Jesus’ birthday and he felt that was the most important thing about Christmas, so I’m asking Jesus and the angels to help me today.”

Victoria also broke her silence on Wham!’s Last Christmas, beating The Pogues’ 1987 hit The Fairytale of New York to Christmas number one, despite a gathering of fans.

She took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote: ‘I love Wham!!! We loved George.