Weight loss with yoga

Paschimottanasana, Forward Bending

How to perform Paschimottanasana

Sit in Dandasana with your legs straight in front of you. Inhale and stretch your arms straight upwards. With exhalation you bend forwards. Grab your toes and place your upper body on your legs.
Keep normal breathing.
Sit up with inhalation

Benefits of Paschimottanasana

This yoga posture is a very good exercise for reducing belly fat and extra weight from the hips.
It gives a strengthening stretch and flexibility to your leg muscles and hamstrings and you can feel its work in the muscles from your toes until your neck.

Paschimottanasana is recommended especially for women after delivery as it helps to regain strength and slim shape. Also women currently experiencing menopause, are advised to perform this yoga posture.
Liver, kidneys, pancreas and ovaries are some of the organs that benefit from you doing this posture. It has a beneficial effect on digestion and appetite.
Additionally this posture regulates blood pressure

Focus Points

Your knees should be straight and while bending forward also try to keep your back straight.
Even if you cannot bend fully until you can place your upper body on your legs, you can concentrate with each breath to go more to the front and more down. Bend further and further.
Take care not to turn your soles towards each other as it will reduce the work of the posture.

Tips and Help

If you cannot reach your toes, grab your legs wherever you can reach them and bend forward as much as is possible for you.

When to Avoid Paschimottanasana

Avoid performing this yoga posture if you suffer from back injuries or diarrhea.
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Naukasana, Boat Pose

How to perform Naukasana

Lie flat on the floor with your arms by your side. With exhalation you lift both of your legs straight in the air and at the same time lift your upper body from the ground with your arms stretched out towards your legs.
Hold the posture until you feel your muscles getting tired and slowly place your body back onto the floor.
Increase the length of holding the yoga posture with each time you practice.

Benefits of Naukasana

The boat pose strengthens your belly muscles as well as your thigh muscles. Internally it is beneficial for kidneys, thyroid gland and prostate glands.
Naukasana improves digestion and is a good exercise for training your belly.

Tips and Help

You can either increase the length of holding or the frequency of repetition. If you want to lose weight with yoga poses, you can repeat Naukasana more frequently and it will burn extra fat from your belly and thighs.

When to Avoid Naukasana

Do not practice Naukasana if you have heavy asthma or if you suffer from diarrhea or headache. Women should not perform the boat pose during menstruation.