Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Yoga and Weight Loss

This is the time of the year when everybody has made their new years resolutions and are ready to make some changes in their lives. For most people, weight loss is always at the top of the list.
Like any other form of exercise, you can lose weight doing yoga, but you have to eat right and be dilegent.
What yoga does is balance your energy centers in your subtle body and realigns your skeletal body which in-turn allows your body to function at an optimal level. When the body is functioning properly you will have more energy and crave foods that promote healthier and better eating choices. Your organs will function properly and do what they are suppose to do, helping with things like metabolism and digestion. The deep breathing that is practiced while doing yoga reduces stress which reduces the amount of cortisol in your body(high cortisols levels have been linked to weight gain). The spiritual element of the yoga practice give you a better attitude and different ways of looking at life. Attitude is everything. You are what you think about. By changing the mind, we change the body. By changing the body, we change the mind.

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  1. In the western world, the most basic and most practiced yoga is Hatha yoga. The Hatha yoga originates from the Asian country India for more than two thousand years back. Yoga helps to purify mind as well as soul, its fills a wisdom of calmness and helps maintaining strength and litheness in the human body. Hatha is derived from two words HA meaning the sun and THA refers to the moon. The Hatha yoga defines how opposite things can effort as one in human life due to the duality and flexibility of our minds and body. Hatha yoga helps to discover the dualities of meditation and workouts. Hathayoga

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