Yoga for Weight Loss and Body Balance

I was recently asked by a friend whether yoga is a good way to lose weight, €“my answer was a resounding yes! While you will definitely want to incorporate cardiovascular exercise (such as dancing, jogging, cycling, or aerobics) to rev up your metabolism, a yoga practice can be a welcome addition to a weight loss routine, providing both physical and emotional balancing, strength, and joy.


The physical benefits of yoga are numerous:

•     * Many types of yoga, such as the vinyasa, power, and kundalini styles, are dynamic and flowing, bringing some cardiovascular exercise into the mix.

•     * All types of yoga help to build lean and long muscles, especially in places you might not have thought to work out, building a more balanced body as you lose weight and helping to burn calories, even when at rest

•     * The  flexibility yoga brings to the body is amazing-an added benefit  when engaged in strength training or aerobic exercise that can tighten the muscles, leading to injury.

•     * Many yoga poses-such as twists, back bends, and shoulder stands can balance the endocrine system, especially the thyroid, which can definitely aid in weight loss. Certain kundalini kriyas, or exercises are intended solely for weight loss

•     * A steady yoga practice can also stimulate and balance the digestive and elimination systems, allowing for optimum assimilation of nutrients, elimination of wastes, and reduction of water weight and bloating.

•     * Yoga puts a lot of focus on breathing correctly, which can release many toxins from the body, allowing all of our systems to function optimally.

Mentally and emotionally, yoga is a great match for someone trying to change patterns and habits.  When losing weight it is just as important to pay attention to the emotional body as to the physical. Much obesity and weight gain comes from being out of touch with the body and overwhelmed with emotions and stress, which allows us to make bad choices in what we eat, how much we exercise, the amount of sleep we get, €“how we take care of ourselves in general.

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Devoting yourself to a practice like yoga, which is all about awareness of the body and the breathe lets us get in touch with ourselves, what we want, how we feel, and ultimately why and how we eat. And as with all exercise, yoga can help balance the bodies neurotransmitters-such as serotonin, dopamine, and nor epinephrine low levels of which have been proven to increase hunger and cravings for sugars and simple carbohydrates as well as cause depression.

Yoga can also bring much spiritual joy to your life, letting you feed and take care of yourself in a way that has nothing to do with a dependence on food. It allows us to feel lighter, freer and in touch with the world in a way that is less complicated than most things in this world.
When starting a yoga practice, I recommend taking classes, as a teacher can correct your postures in a way that can'€™t be done while watching videos. Like having a personal trainer when exercising, having a yoga teacher can make your learning curve that much less steep.

Having Support While Dieting, Will Help You Lose Weight

Dieting and trying to lose weight is hard enough, for most of us. It can be overwhelming at times and can cause one to lose focus. It makes it even easier to fail if you are going at it alone.

 Having a support team or even just one person can make a world of difference in your weight loss. Someone there that is willing to push you when you need it, really helps one stay focused on losing weight, getting healthy and living better.

 When dieting and trying to lose weight, we want the world to know when we've lost a pound or two. Yet, if you are going at it alone, who do you tell? There is no one there for you to tell and to help you along. Which can become frustrating and make one give up too easily.

  To where as if you have someone there supporting you, they celebrate in those little (yet big) triumphs with you. They are there to encourage you and cheer you along as you reach every weight loss goal you set.

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 I've tried in the past to go about it alone and not tell anyone that I was even trying to lose weight. That never worked. I bailed way too easily and never thought twice about it. This was an on going style for me for many years.

 Now, this time around, I have my husband and he's my biggest supporter. He encourages me and cheers me on as I set small weight loss goals and reach them one by one. He gets involved and encourages me to do more. He's also my walking partner, which is why I do not mind walking now.

 If you do not happen to have someone like this in your life that can support you completely while you are losing weight, do not fret. There are plenty of other ways to get the support you need.

 There are weight loss programs that you can join. Most do charge fees for this, but sometimes those fees are worth it if it gives you the support and motivation that you need. You could even try a gym or community center to find a group to join.

 All in all, going at losing weight alone is not an ideal thing to do. Having at least one person to support you and make you accountable for goals that you set, will in the long run help you loss more weight overall.

 Today starts the rest of your life to becoming a healthier, thinner, better person. Trust me, if I can finally lose weight, you can too!! So get out there and find that person or persons that will give you the support that you need to reach your weight loss goals!!