How Breathing & Posture Affect Body Fat – CHEK INSTITUTE

You probably know about the major reasons why we accumulate fat – diet, exercise, and sleep. But there are more subtle causes as well. For example, did you know that the way you breathe or your posture can affect your weight as well?

It’s true, and it all goes back to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.

As Jator Pierre. explains in our latest interview, poor posture or a faulty breathing pattern can create stress on your body and cause a dysregulation of the HPA axis.

And as Jator points out, both poor posture and faulty breathing are often signs of deeper mental-emotional challenges as well…

Visualize how the emotional weight of the world pushes down on your shoulders, or the stress you absorb inward in breathing 25,000 times a day and you’ll appreciate how poor posture and breathing can mess with your HPA and make a difference in the accumulation of body fat too.

Don’t believe me? Watch my latest conversation with Jator and you’ll also learn a very handy tip to show your clients how labored breathing from stress affects their

Watch my latest conversation with Jator and you’ll also learn a very handy tip to show your clients how labored breathing from stress affects their HPA axis.