How to Lose Weight with Yoga
The power of yoga just can't be denied when someone decides to use it as
a powerful tool for losing weight. Such had been the phenomenal
popularity of yoga that leave alone our country , even the west is
thoroughly under its magical spell and influence, Leading Hollywood
stars like Jennifer Anniston and Madonna to name only a few have
admitted to the power of yoga. Yoga is not just another form of
exercise.
Perhaps there is no other exercise like the yoga which exercises not only the body but the inner soul and mind. Ensuring that one does a regular session if yoga in a week which means at least a half hour session every week minimum. Though yoga unlike aerobics do not burn out the calories very weekly, regularly doing it in the long run yields extremely good results.
Yoga is much more than just exercising. Many yoga experts claim that yoga can permanently cure many ailments like breathing problems, constipation etc if practiced and done properly and regularly. Yoga is also believed to be a great reliever of stress. Yoga has this unique property of sending a signal to the body to burn out calories rather than accumulating as body fat. We would next discuss some Asana or yoga poses for losing weight in our following section.
Ardha Chandrasana
The major problem with Indian women is accumulation of more fats in problematic body zones like the hips and the thighs. Doing Ardha Chandrasana religiously and regularly would ensure slimming down of thighs and hip areas; it also tucks the tummies and manages to reduce those unwanted stretch marks which a woman must have acquired during the passing years. However a sense of caution should be taken for those who are suffering from hypertension or an injury in the spine or may be suffering from disorder in the digestive system. This yoga must be avoided by such people.
Veerbhadrasana
The meaning of this asana in Sanskrit is the pose of a warrior. This asana is very effective for tightening the thigh, hip and tummy areas and is also instrumental in allowing to breathing in a much better manner by helping in opening up the chest. Regular doing of this yoga pose manages to midsection burn unwanted fat from the bodies.
Utkatasana
This asana makes the person to take a pose as if he or she is sitting on a chair. This pose puts lot of pressure on the problem areas in the body like the hips, thighs and makes the important body muscles very strong as well as tones up the body parts mentioned above.
Virksasana
As the name suggests the posing here resembles that of the shape of a tree hence the name is such. This yoga is also very effective for toning up the arms as well as the thigh muscles.
These are only a few yoga poses that have been discussed in this article. There are other yoga poses too with similar function. One important aspect of the yoga is that correct postures should be used as incorrect pictures might be extremely harmful for the health of the body. So proper guidance is required to learn the correct yoga poses to get the benefit of weight loss through yoga in the long run.
"How to Lose Weight with Yoga"
