Whether one do yoga or slimming or whatever, it boils down to a healthy lifestyle. To lose weight, it is about equation:Anonymous wrote:Hi all,
I'm thinking o taking up yoga as a means to lose weight and also to help me focus on my concentration. Does ashtanga or hatha yoga helps to lose weight??
Anybody with experience care to share abt it?
Hi may I know what meal replacement you are taking? where can i get them?lifestylelink wrote:Whether one do yoga or slimming or whatever, it boils down to a healthy lifestyle. To lose weight, it is about equation:Anonymous wrote:Hi all,
I'm thinking o taking up yoga as a means to lose weight and also to help me focus on my concentration. Does ashtanga or hatha yoga helps to lose weight??
Anybody with experience care to share abt it?
Calories intakes vs. Calories expense.
Whatever you do, slimming or yoga, it is about reducing calories intake or increase calories expense to achieve a weight lost effect. Of course, there are also many product in the market that helps to achieve that. I myself lost 8kg through meal replacement (lower calories intakes), no exercise. But incorporating exercise into the weight management program will help tone up the muscle better.
hi thks for the advice... I'm interested in vinyasa classes too. Used to be a dancer so I prefer a rather challenging class but cos I suffered from back problem, I'm not sure whether I'm suitable. Nevertheless, I will still try the beginner's classes. Thanks^^Anonymous wrote:Yes, it definitely does, but it also depends on your diet thereafter. No need for drastic changes in diet, just the need to watch what you eat and also to eat in moderation.
I have been practicing yoga daily for 2 months (at least 1.5 hours a day, sometimes a total of 2.5 hours with a break in between) and there is a noticeable difference in my body. Toned all over, no more tummy, muscles in my arms (used to be flabby) and lost 2 inches off my waist.
Go for vinyasa classes. This style of yoga is continuous and flowing, involving sun salutations and challenging postures in between. You will learn to connect your breath to each movement that you make and this in turn creates heat within the body. If you're new to yoga, do take a few lessons of beginner classes (both hatha and ashtanga) to familiarise yourself with the sun salutations and other basic postures so that you will find it less distracting when you're practicing vinyasa style. otherwise, you'd have to spend a lot of time looking around to see what everyone else is doing and you may lose your momentum.
Along with weight loss and increase in concentration power (balancing postures are good for this aspect) are other mental benefits like increased happiness, a more forgiving and positive attitude towards all things.
Have fun
That's nice to hear, I have always been interested in all forms of dance from young and I have done modern dance, jazz and lindy hop. I take it that you have a flexible body? I took up yoga because I was intrigued by the 'mystery' of yoga and also because I was looking for an alternative to cure my asthma (something that came about 2 years ago due to a hectic and stressful work life) and anosmia (total loss of sense of smell as a result of asthma). I practiced very hard as I could feel the benefits of yoga within the first week. Just within 1.5 months of regular practice, my asthma was cured and I could smell again. Pranayama and the practice of the asanas really worked for me. I no longer have to use inhalers like ventolin and becotide, 3 times daily and no longer have to take pills to control my asthma. There are some things in life that you have to experience to believe it.Anonymous wrote:hi thks for the advice... I'm interested in vinyasa classes too. Used to be a dancer so I prefer a rather challenging class but because I suffered from back problem, I'm not sure whether I'm suitable. Nevertheless, I will still try the beginner's classes. Thanks^^
PS: where did you take your yoga class?
You need to try specific yoga poses to lose weight. Yoga really lets you burn fat you certainly need to try yoga poses by going through the best yoga postures so that you can lose weight within 12 weeks.
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