5 Yoga Asana for Weight Loss

5000 years ago yoga was started in indus-saraswati civilization. Yoga was mentioned in rig veda(collection of text which consists of rituals, mantras and song) . This is undoubtedly one of the biggest creations in human history.

Yoga provides answers to the majority of the disease and human issues.

There is a solution to any physical or mental issue which the human body might face.

It was developed by rishis and brahmans who recorded their training in Upanishads. This was then developed and turnout to be what we know as yoga.

The 5 principles of yoga are :

Asana(Proper Exercise)

Pranayama(Proper breathing)

Savasana(Proper relaxation)

Proper diet and nutrition

Positive thinking and meditation

Is yoga worth for weight loss ?

This is a debatable topic that is doing alone good for weight loss or not. But like exercise yoga combined with proper food and lifestyle provide you with the desired result. Daily practice of yoga does provide you with a sense of relief, makes you feel stress free and makes you desire for healthy food rather than bad food.

Thus overall it does provide you with the result that you desire but condition applied that you practice it on a daily basis.

There are many examples of people who not only lose weight by practicing yoga daily but also got relief from the majority of health issues and increase their lifespan.

Some common benefits of Yoga are :

• Increases flexibility
• Increases respiration
• Improves immunity
• Stress management
• Improves metabolism
• Weight reduction
• Works on core muscle.

To know about benefits of yoga in details read this article : 17 Insane Benefits of Yoga (Backed by science)

Yoga asanas for weight loss: 

Adho mukha svanasana - Downward dog pose : With the daily practice of this asana your arms, thighs , hamstring and thigh get stretched and thus increase your strength along with that your abdomen muscle get the proper massage. This asana ensures proper blood circulation and concentration and proves to be an excellent asana to be included and definitely part of my list of asanas for weight loss.

Tadasana - Mountain Pose : Tadasana is very effective for your knee, thighs, legs, back , arm and shoulder.

Practice of this asana stretches your lower body and creates tension on your lower body thus accelerating your weight loss process.

Halasana - Plow Pose 

This asana works on your calves, tighs, abdomen, lower back and organs like the kidney.

This asana is a bit difficult but continuous practice of this asana provides the necessary workout for your stomach and definately accelerates your weight loss journey as this asana directly works on your belly fat. This is definitely for me a go to and part of my list of asana for weight loss.

Surya Namaskara - sun salutation 

This is one of the ultimate asana. This asana works on almost every part of your body and boosts your core muscles. This asana works on your arms, legs, works on your abdomen, muscle works on your digestive system, balances your metabolism and provides freshness to your body both mentally and physically.

Doing 10 to 12 surya namaskar daily will burn lots of calories and will boost your weight loss journey.

Trikonasana - Triangle pose 

 Trikonasana improves your digestion and reduces your fat near the waist and belly region. This asana helps to build muscle near your thighs and strengthen your hamstring muscle and reduce or prevent hamstring injuries. Burns fat near belly region especially side belly fat,

This asana is definitely recommended for those suffering from belly fat issues and so I included this asana in my list of asana for weight loss.

Other habits along with asana which will boost you weight loss journey are :

1. Intermediate fasting  : In simple terms maintain 16 hours fast from your dinner to your next meal in the morning or afternoon and basically skip your breakfast.

This is a very effective way to burn calories and boost your intermediate fasting journey.

As with intermediate fasting proper detoxification takes place , calories burned at the same time you are not putting more calories into your body so you are saving lots of calories. It also increases your metabolism and immunity.

2. Drinking water empty stomach(3 glass) : Drinking water empty stomach not only boosts your immunity but also burns your calories especially calories near your belly region and also saves you from many diseases as it reduces inflammation in your body and also accelerates the detoxification process.

3. Walking empty stomach(morning walk) : Study show that doing an empty stomach accelerates the weight loss journey. As you walk empty stomach more calories get burned than normally as your body burns fat to satisfy your energy requirement. Also walking or doing exercise empty stomach make your body desire for good food rather than bad one.

4. Eat fresh and healthy : Try avoiding outside food or atleast limit outside food and fried food go for fresh healthy food eat more fruits and vegetable and avoid or minimize the consumption of sugar as it is one of the biggest barricade in your weight loss journey instead go healthy sweetener like jaggery which not only satisfy your desire for sweetness but also comes with lots of benefits.

5. Avoid stress and anxiety( do meditation) : Stress and anxiety is the major cause of weight gain as due to stress and anxiety bad fat increases in your body especially near your belly region also proper digestion of food do not take place due to which you might suffer form constipation and other stomach issues and stress increases inflation in your body which may result in diseases like cardic attack, cancer and the list goes on. So practice meditation on regular basis which keep you calm in difficult situations.

Conclusion 

So weight loss is definitely easy with yoga if done properly.

20-30 minutes of daily yoga bundle with the above mentioned habits will definitely serve you with the desire result,

So all the best from my side hope you achieve your goal ofn weight loss.???????