Yoga was known from the early centuries but its implication in weight loss has gain importance since recent years. Reducing weight by yoga is a healthy way but it is not the yoga only that helps in losing body fat. Yoga is a wholesome process comprises of Exercise, Diet, Breathing, Relaxation, and Meditation. Yoga with a healthy diet shows positive results on mind and body both.
Yoga does not help you to lose your weight immediately but when you do it regularly for a long time, you can see your body getting in shape. Yoga not only aid in weight loss it has several other benefits too.
Benefits of Yoga:
- Increasing flexibility
- Reducing weight
- Manages stress and anxiety
- Balancing metabolism
- Reducing cardiac health problems
- Improving respiratory system
- Helps to increase muscle tone
- Boosts energy level
There are much yoga poses defined for weight loss. The given below are the 8 best yoga poses for reducing weight.
8 Yoga poses for weight loss:
1. Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutations) – Surya namaskar is a circle of 11 steps that include various asanas in it. It boosts your flexibility, stamina, make your body fit in shape and your muscles strong. You can do it in the morning or in the evening. In starting you can do 2-3 times but day by day you can increase the rep of Surya Namaskara.
Steps of Surya Namaskar are:
- First, stand in a straight position while joint both hands in a namaste position.
- Then take your both hands above your head in a backward direction.
- Then, take your both hands to touch your feet in a downward direction
- After that, fold your left leg in a forward direction near your face and straighten your right leg in a backward direction.
- Then make your both legs straight in a backward direction and rest your body on your palms and feet.
- Lie on the floor and then pull your body backward with the help of your both hands.
- After that, hold the floor with your palms and feet and pull your body in an upward direction.
- Then, fold your right leg in a forward direction near your face and straighten your left leg in a backward direction.
- After this, hold both feet with both hands.
- Then repeat the second step.
- And end it with a namaskar position.
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2. Chaturangadandasana (Plank Pose) – Hold the floor with both palms, lift your body in an upward direction in a straight position. Try to hold it for 30-30 seconds in 3 sets. After some days, you can increase the time of sets. It helps to strengthen your arms and legs muscle and decrease your body weight.
3. Sarvangasana (Shoulder Stand) – Lie straight on the floor and then lift your lower body in an upward direction with the help of shoulders. Then hold this position for some time and release. It helps to boost metabolism and balancing thyroid levels, strengthen the abdominal muscles and legs, and improves the respiratory system.
4. Dhanurasana (Bow) – Lie on your belly. Try to bring your heels near to your buttocks with the help of your hands. Your hands should take hold of your ankles. Try to stay in the same position for a few seconds and then release it. It helps to reduce your thigh and belly fat. It strengthens the muscles of thighs, arms and makes your digestive system strong.
5. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose) – Lie on the floor in a straight position. Bend your knees and keep your feet on the floor. Lift your buttocks until the thighs are about parallel to the floor. It helps to reduce lower body weight, gives strength to your arms, and reduces back pain.
6. Trikonasana (Triangle Pose) – Stand in a straight position and then bend in a side direction and touch your left foot with your left hand. Your body makes a triangle shape. After this, you can do the same with the right side. This asana helps you burn more fats from the waist and reduce your side tires, improves balance and concentration, and makes your body fit and healthy.
7. Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Dog Pose) – Hold the floor with your palms and feet and pull your body in an upward direction. Hold it in the same position and make a mountain shape by your body. It helps to reduce your inner thigh, arms, and hamstring and make your lower body in shape.
8. Virabhadrasana (Warrior 2 Pose) – Stand in a straight position. Then fold your one leg as thigh parallel to the floor or at an angle of 90 degree and second leg straight in a backward direction and hold your arms straight as a warrior make a pose for the fight. This asana gives you a tighter quad, tone your belly, legs, and arms.
These 8 yoga poses not only helps you in weight loss but also make your body flexible. So, try these easy yoga poses and make your body fit, fine and healthy.
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