7 Ways Yoga Can Help You Lose Weight!
When you think of yoga do you think of sitting cross-legged in a yoga studio chanting ‘Om’ for 60 minutes? When you think of yoga, You think of sweating, intensity, breathing heavy, a toned-body and weight-loss! In other words is a workout. It is endurance for both the body and mind. Sweating is guaranteed; water is a necessity; and becoming stronger and leaner are natural results.
Yoga truly is a fantastic way to help your body and mind relax
and unite and is part of a holistic healthy lifestyle.
However, you don’t have to be a power yogi in
order to achieve the benefits of yoga. And most specifically the weight-loss
benefits of yoga. That’s right; yoga can help you to trim your waist line for a
variety of reasons in a variety of different styled yoga classes.
1. Natural Strength
Building.
You work your muscles in many postures especially in the balancing poses which helps create better metabolism with overall muscular strength.
2. Increase The Heart Rate
And Activate Internal Body Heat.
When you pick up the pace and move breathe to movement especially in the sun
salutation series, the cardio system is pumped up without straining the heart
and without beating up the knees and ankles.
3. Stimulates the Gastro Intestinal
Tract.
A GI tract that is weak leads to poor digestion and weight gain. A sluggish
liver will be an obstacle for your metabolism. On the other hand, a strong
liver helps you to digest foods better, leading to less wait time in the GI
tract. All types of back-bending postures in yoga exercise the entire abdominal
area in addition to flexing the spinal cord to create more overall flexibility
and proper alignment.
4. Flexing Colon Will Help
Unclog Waste.
This can be achieved with “Bandhahas.” Bandhas are inner ‘locks’ that hold energy
within certain areas of the body in addition to harmonizing one’s vital energy.
Bandhas also help tone abs too.
5. Alleviating
“Comfort Food” Binging.
Savasana is how most, if not all, yoga classes end. It looks easy but it’s a
challenging posture of rest where you learn to relax every muscle in your body,
aligning your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. When done
correctly, it opens up energy channels in the body to cure ailments and relieve
the tension that invites ‘balanced food’ binging.
6. Activates The Thyroid
Gland.
Certain postures, like shoulder stand, activate the thyroid gland, which plays
an important role in maintaining a healthy weight because it regulates the
metabolism.
7. Detoxification.
Twisting postures help to remove unwanted toxins from the body. Toxins and
pesticides are held onto in fatty tissues to help dilute their toxicity. By
removing those toxins from the body, the body no longer has a need for the fat
cells that were previously used as a buffer.
If you have not yet tried yoga, I encourage you to look-up
classes in your area, surf the web for videos or even sign up for virtual yoga classes!
