| Yoga is a Sanskrit word that means "to join and unite," | | | | posture. Some have blocks and straps to assist you |
| traces its roots from ancient India and is still practiced | | | | for difficult poses. |
| not just by Indians but by people all throughout the | | | | For beginners, you can practice yoga for 20-30 |
| world. Yoga in India is practiced for spiritual reasons, to | | | | minutes with a 10 minutes breathing or calming |
| achieve spiritual peace. Yoga also involves breathing | | | | exercise where you just have to lie down and just |
| exercises and meditation and is used to relieve stress | | | | relax. So, how does yoga make you loose weight? |
| which in turn calms the mind and the soul. | | | | Yoga requires that you hold each pose for quite a |
| Outside India, yoga is used as an exercise through | | | | few period of time. Holding a certain posture for some |
| different asanas or commonly known as poses. In | | | | time strengthens your muscles. In the long run of |
| Western countries, yoga and weight loss is closely | | | | continuous practice, yoga can tone your muscles. With |
| associated with each other. People do yoga exercises | | | | deep breathing, your blood flows well in your arteries. |
| to loose weight without straining themselves unlike | | | | Some poses requires you to carry your own body |
| other weight loss exercises. Aside from weight loss, | | | | weight thus giving you lifting exercise. |
| yoga can improve your posture, flexibility, strengthens | | | | Actually, there is no concrete scientific explanation on |
| your body and makes you feel calm. Different groups | | | | how yoga exercise helps you loose weight. But the |
| of people practice yoga like pregnant women and | | | | popularity of how to lose weight with yoga lies in its |
| now even kids. Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna are | | | | practitioners. Experts and fitness trainers found |
| just two of the many dedicated Yoga practitioners. | | | | significant fall in their clients' weight after months of |
| This article will show how yoga and weight loss are | | | | training. |
| directly interrelated and losing weight with yoga is truly | | | | There are many Western versions of Yoga such as |
| effective. | | | | Power Yoga and Bikhra Yoga. Power yoga is a |
| Before starting any yoga exercise, you must wear | | | | combination of yoga exercises with aerobics exercise. |
| proper clothing and have the basic supplies. You must | | | | The goal is to have a cardiovascular and muscle |
| remove all jewelries when practicing yoga. Wear | | | | toning routines in one. Bikhra Yoga is commonly called |
| something comfortable, not too tight nor too loose. No | | | | "hot Yoga" where you practice yoga in a heated |
| shoes or slippers. The most basic yoga supply that | | | | room. Practitioners will be sweating, thus relieving body |
| you have to get yourself is a yoga mat. A good yoga | | | | tensions, muscle aches and promotes sweating which |
| mat will prevent you from slipping when changing | | | | in turn expels toxins out of our body. |