Does Yoga help for Weightloss ?

I often get asked does yoga help for weightloss ? People should always try to  lose weight the healthy way. This means using both diet and exercise, as well as getting enough rest, staying hydrated, and reducing stress. Yoga for weight loss can not only shed unwanted pounds, but also help with balance, strength, flexibility, focus and more.

Yoga is a practice of the mind and body, it is important to work from the inside first, to get results on the outside. In Yoga, one builds the “practice” of being aware, open and mindful. Mindfulness is the ability to observe what is happening internally. It can shape and change the communication and relationship between the mind and body.

It also creates awareness that there is a relationship between the two. Eventually creating awareness to the relationship of food and eating. Your mind becomes open to the idea of change.

If you are thinking of changing your lifestyle beginning with a yoga practice a good place to also begin the transformation and change is the way you think of food. Start to really think about what you put into your body, which is the temple of your soul. Yoga does help with weightloss.

Welcoming new eating patterns, eating a clean green diet combined with the spiritual connection of yoga can help you transition into those changes. A 150-pound person will burn an average of 150 calories by doing 1 hour of regular yoga.

In a Hot yoga class generally done in a room approx 98-105 degrees you can burn up to 500 calories in one hour. I suggest a more physically challenging style such as a Vinyasa Flow class where there is more movement, your heart rate goes up increasing aerobic activity, and your body is challenged with muscle building movement.

With practicing yoga you will find …

1. Increased range of motion and flexibility, making the stabilizer muscles stronger. This can correct problems with posture that may accompany weight gain and will help someone lose weight the healthy way.

2. Compression and elongation of the internal organs such as the diaphragm which can improve digestion, elimination, metabolism and detox.

3.Yoga poses help lengthen, tone and strengthen muscles.

4. Physical types of yoga such as Vinyasa flow, Power yoga and ashtanga can increase the heart rate, providing a cardiovascular workout as well.

As you can see yoga does help for weight loss is very beneficial to the body and your overall health.

By Denise Pala yoga in Oakville, Ontario
http://www.denisepalaYoga.com

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