Tuesday, March 25, 2008

How To Lose Weight with YOGA

How will yoga help in losing weight? FAQ


Yoga is not just postures, breathing exercises or meditation, yoga is a complete lifestyle in itself. Yoga is very vast and can be incorporated in all aspects of life. The principles of yoga teach you to live life happily and free of stress. These principles or lets say these golden rules can be applied in any situation or at any stage in our life. Out of these golden rules few are which will help us reduce weight over a period of time and help us achieve not a fatless body but a toxin free body, to get free from toxins in the body is more important than just focusing on the fats. Fat in our body is a result of an unhealthy lifestyle which consist of good & bad habits, good and bad desires etc. Often we target the wrong things in life and get disappointed when we don’t get the expected result. We are expecting our body to lose weight and lose fat without changing what is actually causing the excess fat to increase in the body .

Listed below are some of the disciplines which should be followed in yoga in order to achieve weight loss :-

Ø Asanas ( will help the body to become stronger, flexible and improve the functions of internal organs)
Ø Kriyas ( will help cleanse the body internally e.g. nose, stomach, Intestines and help detoxify)
Ø Pranayama ( increases the oxygen present in the blood, increases the lung capacity, slows down the breathing which helps prolonging our life. Makes our breathing longer deeper to help us accumulate more oxygen in few breaths rather than several small breaths, calms down the mind, increases creativity etc)
Ø Dharana, dhyana (dharana is good for concentration and dhyana is good to helping the mind defocus, stabilize, and getting rid of the unwanted thoughts in the mind, resulting in clear thinking less cravings or temptations)
Ø Satvic ahaar ( will help give the body the right nutrition, also detoxify. It will also help the body not to accumulate excess weight )

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