Secrets for Losing Weight with Yoga

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 your 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. Sun Salutation: Its a series of 12 poses that focus on various parts of body. It involves the whole body, and it help you stay active. Also is great for easing stress and anxiety. 

2. The Warrior Pose: The warrior poses work on your legs, thighs, back and arms. It helps in improving blood circulation.

You can take this further to warrior pose 2 wherein you bring your hands in front of the chest and straighten your stretched leg, pointing it outwards while your other leg is still at ninety degrees and your both arms are stretched out wide apart.

3. Triangular pose: This asana works on the sides of your body, arms and thighs. 

Start with a wide legged stance; turn your right foot out. Now stretch your arms out, wide open pushing the right side of your waistline over your right leg and slowly go down, facing downwards with a flat back. Keep your right palm on the ground (you can choose to keep it in front of your right foot or behind it) or on a block with your left arm stretched upwards. Repeat the other side.

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4. Upward Plank: This works extensively on your back, shoulders, arms, spine, wrists and fortifies muscles. It is also great for the respiratory system. It is great for the core strength of the body as it works on your legs, inner thigh muscles as wells as hips.

5. The boat pose: You lie down on your back and as the name suggests go in to a V shaped position resembling a boat. Try holding the position for 10 seconds to begin with and increase the bar with every passing day. You will feel your stomach muscles going for a toss but trust me, this will kill that stubborn belly fat.

6. The bridge pose: Lie down on your back with your hands stretched sideways now fold your knees, spread them out and raise your body up from your pelvis area. Take support from your hands and hold the position. This works wonders on your hips, thighs, stomach as well as back.

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*Yoga for WeightLoss was first published in SmartCooky

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