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Siddharth Chatterjee, head of the united nations in china, is making waves on chinese social media because of his tough yoga and fitness exploits, including breathing exercises in sub-zero temperatures.
The un resident coordinator for china recently released a documentary on the efficacy of deep breathing exercises, which he said provide immunity from viruses like covid-19. Chatterjee’s four-and-a-half-minute video titled ‘breathing for good health’ starts with the recitation of ‘om’, sitting shirtless on a frozen lake bed in beijing, practising deep breathing workout followed by stomach churning and sheersh asan, the headstand exercise. The short video has gone viral on social media in china.
“breathing is the first thing we do when we come to the world and the last thing we do when we leave it,” he says as he sets to begin the exercise in the sub-zero temperature.
close to obesity
chatterjee, 60, says when he was appointed as the lead un diplomat in china in 2020, he was close to obesity with high cholesterol, hypertension, and pre-diabetic with a high heart rate.
With high-intensity breathing, fasting and cold exposure, he lost 25 kg while managing to attain normal blood pressure and other standard health parameters that helped him to achieve physical and mental equilibrium.
Chatterjee’s appointment to head 26 un offices in china made headlines as it came amid india-china tensions over the eastern ladakh standoff which still remains unresolved.
