How to Lose Weight by Just Breathing: 3 Miracle Techniques Revealed

Proper breathing techniques can lead to weight loss.

Let’s explore a few correct breathing methods that can help in weight loss.

According to a recent report by MoneyToday, optimized breathing methods for each exercise can assist in achieving fitness goals such as fat breakdown and muscle toning. While breathing alone won’t make you lose weight, it can help manage your figure more effectively. Here are some breathing techniques that can enhance the effects of exercise.

Firstly, there’s the ‘diaphragmatic breathing’ technique where you take a deep breath into your abdomen and then exhale slowly. When you exercise, fat breaks down into carbon, which is expelled through respiration. Deep breathing into the lower abdomen, known as diaphragmatic breathing, can even aid in fat breakdown. It is known to burn twice as many calories.

If you want to check whether you’re doing diaphragmatic breathing correctly, place your hand on your stomach and focus on the movement of your abdomen. As you inhale and exhale, you should feel your stomach flatten and then inflate.

Another breathing technique, known as the ‘Vacuum’, also aids in weight loss. Think of the pose bodybuilders often adopt in fitness competitions for easy understanding. It involves making the stomach flat as if creating a vacuum, which makes the muscles more prominent.

Bernadette de Gasquet, a yoga instructor, and former doctor, developed an exercise called ‘Stomach Vacuum’

the core of which lies in the breathing technique, according to media reports. This is known to strengthen abdominal muscles and promote venous and lymphatic circulation. Exhale all the air in your lungs, then press your abdomen as close to your back and inhale while expanding only your chest area. Hold your breath for 10-15 seconds, then take a deep breath again and repeat. Try this five times every morning on an empty stomach, holding for 15 seconds each time.

Lastly, there’s the relatively familiar ‘Pilates breathing’ technique.

This is a type of thoracic breathing that uses the intercostal muscles to expand and contract the rib area.

Stand up straight and relax your shoulders. Place one hand on your ribs and inhale through your nose, filling the spaces between your ribs with air. You should feel your chest expanding. Proper practice of this technique can strengthen core muscles, according to media reports.

By. Hee Eun Kim