Can yoga help you lose weight?

Hello all! New article and today we will see if the practice of this sport can lead us to lose weight. We hear a little bit of everything about it, the time has come to unravel the truth of the times.

We will see how it is done, where it comes from and what it can do for you. I'm sure you will discover things that will interest you????

So I finished my introduction (yes it's very short compared to usual I admit) but I told you everything. For the rest it happens just below.

What is Yoga?

This sport comes from India, it has been practiced for thousands of years and today it is very established with us. Basically it is not primarily intended to make you lose weight. But we will see later that it is also possible to make a very good ally when trying to lose weight.

Going back to its origins, this serves to help you achieve better fulfillment in your life. This is to be as much in his body as in his head. For some, this will allow you to better understand their work. But also to reduce your stress and all the problems you may face in this modern world.

In addition, for experts, they can even acquire great wisdom, acquire less vulgar language, and become more tolerant with the people around them.

How does it work?

Now, now that we have seen together the benefits that it can bring, we will now see the two ways to practice it.

First, you should know that there is not just one way to practice this sport. The first is the "western" way, it will rather focus on the sporting aspect of the thing. Being able to play sports in a gentle way. Without the need to sweat 3 liters of water or to be out of breath as if you had run 10 kilometers.

The second way is much more spiritual, much closer to basic practice. It is also much deeper, going to tap into your inner background. For my part I practice a variant of yoga, meditation. This allows me to chase the dark ideas in my head and therefore to start the day off on the right foot. At first I admit that I didn't understand the interest so much. But little by little it becomes more and more clear and the more you practice, the better it is effective for your well-being.

Another effect, yoga if you are overweight or morbidly obese. Indeed, he will tend to have a better image of you, to make you aware that you have to accept yourself. This can be important in front of people's eyes so as not to drop the case and achieve your goal.

It will also help you sleep better, and yes if you are less stressed you will be less thoughtful. Your sleep will therefore be deeper and more restorative. Finally, it has been proven that people who sleep poorly are more likely to be overweight.

Okay now, before we talk about weight loss yoga, "let's see how classic yoga is practiced. You must first do things in order. So you have to start with the aspect that reflects your personality at first glance: physical practice.

Via the different postures that you will perform, you will be able to release all the tensions in your body. This will relieve and make more flexible the spine, in particular, or even to different muscles of the body.

Next comes breath control, which is very important in yoga as well as in meditation. The more precise your breath, the more you will be able to drive out negative thoughts in your brain. I know, said like that it sounds like weird techniques that come out of nowhere but I can assure you that it works.

If you want to try nothing simpler, there are just a few tips and tricks to know. Already, it should preferably be done in the morning. Why in the morning? Simply because it is a good way to integrate it into a "Morning routine". And also because you will tend to be more concentrated than in the evening when coming home from work, exhausted by the day worked.

So sit comfortably on the floor or on your bed with your back straight. It is best to sit in the lotus or half-lotus position, but if you lack flexibility, just cut yourself out. Then put your hands, palms up on your knees and close your eyes.

Finally, try to imagine a sun in your field of vision, a river or a meadow, something calm. You have to watch your breathing, keep it regular and focus on it. In order to get into your bubble even better, put relaxing music on your mobile phone (you can find lots of it on Youtube). It is also necessary to wear earphones or headphones this is important. For the duration, no need to practice an hour, especially at the beginning, it would be useless. It is better to do 10 minutes from Monday to Friday than 4 hours all at once and then nothing.

Well, I think you are now able to better understand this sport in its own right even if we haven't really seen the sporting part here. Besides, we will see that right away!

·         Yoga-slim

·         The lotus position

·         Sports yoga

Many people practice yoga because it is a sport where they take pleasure. If you like this too you have no reason to stop for a sport that will burn more calories. You just have to adapt it so that it can have a real impact on you. On the other hand if you are not practicing and you say to yourself simply "I am going to do yoga because it requires no effort", basic it already starts very badly.

We do not play a sport for the type of effort that there will be or not to provide but for our well-being, our pleasure. If you go to your class every night without any desire, even if it does not require Herculean efforts, you will quickly stop!

Then get the idea out of your head that yoga is "gentle". It is possible indeed but it can also be more dynamic by practicing certain positions. Thus, the transition between movements, where again the speed of execution will be very different from classical yoga. Much faster and sportier, and on top of that, you will have to maintain a long and deep breath throughout the exercise.

The practice of this sports yoga has many benefits including a big boost of energy, more tone. Also build muscles, improve breathing, gain better self-awareness. And finally better ability to concentrate, better manage stress, promote letting go. We can also add the fact that it can lower blood pressure, the risk of cancer or hypertension.

For the physical aspect, it will allow you to sculpt your figure. It's quite simple, compared to "gentle" yoga you will be more mobile and therefore burn a lot more calories. There is even a practice that is done in overheated rooms to eliminate bad toxins.

On the other hand, as I have already said in my previous articles, losing water will not make you lose weight. Or even in a specific place of the body, get this myth out of your head. It's like those who think they can lose weight thanks to the sauna or hammam because they sweat. Certainly you will have lost weight but you will regain it a few hours later, when you have restored your body to level. So do not be fooled by this or by companies that wish to sell you their sweat shorts or other useless object.

I close this parenthesis and I return to the subject that interests us. Then, you will be able to tone yourself thanks to yoga as we have just seen. But in my opinion, it will still be necessary to have another physical activity in parallel. Maybe a little more cardio-centric to optimize it all.

At home or with a coach

Some people wonder if they should go it alone or if the help of a coach would be better. For this question it is quite complicated to answer because each person is different. When one is more of a self-taught type, the second will be much less so and will need to be guided. For me the big advantage that makes me say that it would be good for you to have one is as follows. He will be able to teach you the different yoga postures. Also, it will give you advice for the cardio side that I was talking about just above.

Be careful however to choose THE right coach. If you take a person who has no knowledge of yoga, either he will make you perform the movements randomly or dangerously. Or else, he will completely skip this part and devote himself to something else entirely. We agree that this is not the goal.

From the moment you have the right coach, so I repeat, the one who is ideal will be the one who will combine the 2 desired skills. Namely knowledge in yoga and sports practice. When all this is settled, the big advantage is going to be motivation. Indeed, if you are alone at home, you will often tend to drop the case. To be carried over to the next day, which will eventually become forever.

When he is in front of you, you will not be able to back down, even if you do not feel like it or if you are tired. In hard knocks too it can be a shoulder you can count on. If you experience stagnation during your weight loss process, he will be there to give you reassurance and best advice. This last advantage is huge and not negligible, especially if you are the type to give up easily.

To conclude

Finally, remember as always that the basis of everything is food. Either way, if you become a yoga addict and expert, you will go without realizing that your diet will change naturally and without getting frustrated as it will have become normal for you to have a healthy physique and body.

Yoga is not going to make you lose weight directly, but it is through all the mental and indirect aspect that it will ultimately work.

I know a few people who practice yoga and I know that none of them is going to eat at Mcdo. I don't mean that you have to banish all the pleasures of life, but simply that these people find their pleasure elsewhere than in food. They have a completely different relationship to it than most people do. For example, an average man will tend to get "big food" after a workout to "reward". But we are not animals to which we give a bone to thank them for being wise!

So I hope you have read the whole article and if you are reading these lines I say bravo because you are understanding things that others will take years to assimilate or may not understand -be even ever...

On these last words, it only remains for me to wish you all a great day, see you next time and until then, be well.

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