Yoga For Weight Loss

Today, carrying excess weight is becoming the norm rather than the exception.

Lifestyles are increasingly sedentary, people’s diet is becoming increasingly processed of food containing excess calories, additives and preservatives.

Children prefer television over playing with their friends, which is perhaps a direct reflection on parents who prefer television over socializing or even making time for their children.

This only scratches the surface of the social move towards a sedentary and unhealthy society which is making more and more people fat.

Yoga is a discipline designed to make the body strong and flexible and enhance the overall health of the digestive system as well as the hormonal and circulatory systems.

It also assists us in controlling mental stress and achieving peace and clarity of mind.

Yoga also has strong spiritual benefits which will see you becoming more content with yourself and more comfortable with who you are, all aspects which will lead to emotional stability.

This mental component is often neglected in a physical approach to weight loss, but it is critical and should not be overlooked.

Yoga is based on deep and controlled breathing which is a method for enhancing our oxygen intake.

This allows oxygen to travel to the fat cells in our body and assist in their processing.

Yoga considers all the aspects that contribute to obesity - not just the physical but also the mental and spiritual well-being.

Regular yoga is not only relaxing, but it does bring the body back towards its ideal weight and at the same time enhance strength, flexibility and stamina.

Yoga nuts tend to end up slim, agile and efficient in everything they do and furthermore, it is suitable for people of all ages.

It can also be used to resist the temptation of snacking between meals.

As well as suppressing impulses such as that we think of as hunger between meals.

Overall, yoga is not just a way of losing weight but one of restoring natural balance to our bodies.