Secrets of Losing Weight with Yoga Yoga means: the union of our individual consciousness and the universal consciousness. " Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind and soul" , says Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style. If you want to do yoga for helping you lose weight, you need to start from the very basics of the practice. Yoga help the body to cleanse, balance and rejuvenate our inner organs and their functions. It help in increasing metabolic and heart rates. When you clean your inner self, then you can focus in your outer self. Almost all yoga exercises help you strength you r core and stamina , increase flexibility and your metabolic rate. Yoga involves twisting the body, forward and backward bends, inversions and other poses that help opening up. Here are 6 exercises that will help you start: 1. S un ...