Does Yoga Help in Losing Weight?

**sheilabest10** · 07-23-2009 11:47 AM

Doing yoga regularly offers many benefits, including making you feel better about your body as you become stronger and more flexible, toning your muscles, reducing stress,, and improving your mental and physical well-being. But will it help you lose weight?
Answer: Practicing any type of yoga will build strength, but some types may not raise your heart rate enough to make them the only form of exercise you need to include in your weight loss regime. It depends on the type of yoga you select and how frequently you practice it.

In order to lose weight, you must eat healthily and burn calories by doing exercise that raises your heart rate on a regular basis. Some types of yoga, such as lyenegar, in which yoga poses are held for several minutes with a resting period between each pose, will build muscles and improve your posture, but will not give you the cardiovascular workout you need to lose weight. If you plan to make yoga your primary form of exercise, you must do a vigorous 90-minute yoga class at least three times a week. Many people also choose to combine yoga with running, walking or other aerobic exercise in order to reach their weight loss goals.

YogaGirl

**Meditation** · 07-23-2009 11:53 AM

Also Changing your diet, reducing animal fat, as well as doing yoga and general exercise is a great addition to your health and well being.

**sheilabest10** · 07-24-2009 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Meditation

Also Changing your diet, reducing animal fat, as well as doing yoga and general exercise is a great addition to your health and well being.

Yes I do agree! Not only will these help in losing weight, but we can also benefit in having healthy body through avoding cigarettes and too much caffeine.

YogaGirl

**ashmin** · 03-20-2010 06:47 PM

in today's world there is very large percentage of people who are disturbed because of there over

weight and all they are thinking that only diet is responsible for that. but they don't know that

as well as diet our way of living also effect our fitness. if you will only control your daily

diet then you can not be fit. you will also need to do some exercise for that. and i think yoga

is the best option for that. yoga retrat is the way by which

we can help our body internally and externally to work systematically. yoga is has been used for

so many years ago and still it is so effective.

**Marina_J** · 05-01-2010 10:50 PM

Losing weight with yoga means focusing on yoga postures that help raise the metabolism and helps to burn calories and reduce stress at the same time, as yoga is a relaxing way of exercising. Yoga does burn less calories than other sports such as jogging or swimming, unless you practice ashtanga or power yoga. However, yoga should be practiced within a certain frame of mind.

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