Yoga consists of physical, mental, and spiritual practices. The origins of yoga go back to ancient Indian times. For years people have been practising yoga poses in their daily lives to attain balance and harmony between their minds and bodies.
Weight loss, in a traditional sense, means the intake of energy (food) is less than the expenditure of energy.
Not in the traditional sense, but yoga practice can help you lose weight, maintain fitness, and help with stress management. With professional and trained yoga experts, Fitlov can help you in this journey of health and well-being.
Yoga improves mindfulness
While practising yoga poses, you have to be mindful about your breathing, which requires to be mentally present. Mental presence makes you more alert of your body, of your surrounding, and of your movements. Once it becomes a habit, the mental presence can rightly make you aware of when you are hungry, and you will consume food only then instead of eating when it is the time to eat.
The awareness will also reduce unnecessary consumption hence, reducing overeating, and helping in weight loss.
Intense yoga burns calories
Though yoga is not a conventional aerobic exercise, some intense types of yoga can be more physically demanding.
Some of the methods through which yoga is made more active include hot yoga. It is yoga poses practised in a hot room between the temperature of 95-100 degrees.
Hot yoga increases flexibility and a lot of sweating, which speeds up the calorie-burning process.
Vinyasa is another type of yoga that consists of different poses, making it more demanding in terms of mental and physical coordination. In vinyasa, you have to move from one pose to another seamlessly using your breath. The continuous movement also results in shedding calories.
Practice yoga poses frequently
In order to see results, it is better to do yoga at least 3-4 times per week. Intense yoga poses, mixed with cardiovascular exercises such as brisk walking, cycling, jogging, can produce faster results.
However, it is not only yoga or other exercises that will help you achieve your fitness goals; diet plays an important role. Since yoga is not a traditional way to lose weight, it is more important to be mindful of the food you are eating. It is advisable not to eat processed, sugary foods and drinks as they will increase your energy intakes. Instead, try to incorporate organic foods in small portions to satisfy your hunger without compromising fitness.
Conclusion
Yoga plays an important role in creating balance and harmony between mind and body. The increased mental presence will make you more aware of your body and its needs. Yoga also helps to adopt a healthy lifestyle, which means you will be making more conscious and informed choices about your food, daily activities, healthy/unhealthy habits, and fitness.
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