Monday, April 16, 2007

Yoga to lose weight



Yoga is flashing in western generation currently...it is a trend to practice Yoga in routine life. It is reaching every corner of the society which is originally a rich tradition from India.I would like to fill my blog with some knowledge about Yoga and loosing weight.Yoga even can be practiced by anyone to maintain the health.

Know if you are Obese:
Find out your BMI (Body Mass Index)
BMI more than 25 is Usually said to be overweight
and BMI 30 or more is considered as Obese.

People often think Yoga is just doing some Asanas(posture) But Yoga is a combination of Yama,Niyamas,Asanas, Pranayama, and Meditation along with some cleansing techniques in general. One can definitely loose some weight with a proper Yoga,Ayurveda and Ayurvedic & yogic diet practices.

How to practice Yoga:
Follow a life style with non-violence, truthfullness, having ethical conducts,non-clinging,cleanliness,contentment,self study, divinity,non-stealing.

Surya Namaskar (Sun salutations):

Surya namaskar is a great exercise to start with in management of obesity. Surya namaskar is a set of 12 asanas each having a Mantra with the name of God Surya. One should perform 24 surya namaskars daily with a speed of 4 rounds/min with appropriate breathing techniques meant for each posture. One can start with 5 surya namaskars per day and increase the number slowly...
Benefits: This improves the circulation to the internal organs with sufficient amount of blood and Oxygen to all the organs, tones up all the muscles,improves the breathing and function of lungs.Mantras will have soothing effect on mind and soul.

Asanas: Asanas help to reduce the fat accumulated in different parts of the body particularly around abdomen, hips and other areas.Asanas build strength in muscles and improve the functioning of all the organs like heart, lungs,kidneys etc.
People with over weight will have vitiated Kapha dosha. Hence they should limit forward bends since they increase kapha. One can start with postures like
Virabhadrasana, Parsvakonasana,Parivritta Parsvakonasana, Hasta Padangushtasana, Parsvottanasana, Sarvangasana, Sirsasana, salabhasana,siddhasana, Dhanurasana, Navasana

Pranayama:Kapalabhati and Bhastrika are good Pranayamas for people suffering from obesity which increases the lung capacity, help buring fats and balances the physical and mental functions.

Meditation: Loosing weight is not only burning calories with exercise and diet. You should also have a strong will power to practice a regularity in doing so. Meditation is one such technique to gain a strong will power which maintains your descision to give up junk food stuffs, and to follow a regular healthy diet and to reach your goal.Meditation changes you from inside out towards a healthy life style.
Perform meditation at the end and you can feel the difference now. You feel relaxed yourself from stress.


Yoga should be learned under the guidance of a good Yoga teacher.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Useful tips...thanks for sharing

-Latha

Lakshmi said...

Hi Dr.Naina, Very useful info indeed. I agree with you that Yoga should be learnt under good yoga teacher. Will look for one in Singapore.

Jyothi said...

Hi, can u please suggest me some asanas to put on some weight.

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