yoga techniques for weight loss

Within yoga's ability to create well-being lies its ability to reduce excess weight through burning calories, boosting metabolism, and encouraging a healthy lifestyle. Yoga is not a quick fix, but can be an excellent long-term holistic approach to losing excess weight and keeping it off. Not only that, but yoga creates many other positive changes; it improves self-esteem, increases mental focus, reduces stress, promotes flexibility, and increases strength and balance.

The causes of weight gain are many, and the best method to reducing excess weight with yoga requires an individualistic approach using a blend of appropriate techniques. The classic weight loss formula of reducing intake and increasing output is important, but it often does not address the deeper disharmonies or root of the cause, especially if weight gain has been a long-term issue. A general yoga practice will help lose excess weight, but a routine of yogic practices based upon and individual's specific disharmony will be more effective. Yoga poses, breathing exercises, and meditations can be used basis upon their ability to adjust and balance hormones, emotions, and/or metabolism.