yoga for weight loss
Yoga for Weight Loss
Yoga provides for a series of poses that can help with weight loss. In the following article we will focus on the specific techniques of yoga used for weight loss and explain the steps to do the same.
- Stand straight with your feet joined together and the raised part of the soles pressing into the ground (these are high energy points). Fold your hands in front of your chest.
- Raise your joined palms straight above your head and at the same time bend your back backwards.
- Exhale and bend your waist to bring your hands to the sides and your palms touching the ground. Do not bend your knees. Try to touch your forehead to your knees.
- Begin to rise slowly while touching your fingertips to the ground and starting to straighten your back a little.
- Without coming up extend your left foot to the back (in a lunge) and support yourself with your fingertips.
- Now, take the right foot at the back to join the left foot and extend your palms to the ground. Keep the soles of the feet flat against the ground. Bend your head and leave the head hanging (see above picture)
- Come into a slanting plank position with the entire weight on the arms and the toes.
- Now, touch your chest, knees, and chin to the ground but keep your butt in the air.
- Come into a semi plank position with your weight resting on bent elbows and toes.
- Next, bring your entire body downwards of the chest to touch the ground. Support yourself with palms flat on the ground.
- Lift yourself up by placing your weight on the arms and lifting the hip and the thighs off the ground. Lift your chin into the air and look up.
- Repeat step number 6
- Repeat the lunge position, except this time alternate the leg that was at the back to the front.
- Raise yourself and repeat step number 3
- Raise your hands in a salutation above the head and raise the head to the sky.
- End with joined palms in front of the chest.
- Stand with your feet together and arms at the sides.
- Inhale and extend your arms above your head in a straight line. Keep the fingertips extended up.
- Exhale and come forward to touch the palms flat against the ground. Try to keep the knees straight without bending.
- Then inhale and exhale and take the left leg back in a lunge on the toes. Let the right leg be bent at the knees in a 90 degree angle such that it does not extend beyond the toes.
- Inhale and raise arms upwards and look forward.
- Maintain this position for 5 seconds then come back to the original position and repeat. Alternate the legs.
- Ashtanga yoga is a form of yoga for weigh loss that has shown tremendous results.
- Bikram yoga is another way in which you can make this happen. The benefits of Bikram yoga are several and worth looking into.