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YOGA AND WEIGHT LOSS
By Ankita Goel Excess weight gain has become a phenomenon in today 's age, when lif esty les hav e become sedentary, and f ood more liberal with extra calories. Today our children pref er T.V. ov er their f riends and play, merely a ref lection of their parents who also somewhere pref er T.V. ov er socializing or ev en ov er spending time with their children (if they spend some time surely some running around will help burn some calories). These are only a f ew f actors, which hav e resulted in increasing amount of people with the problem of excess weight or obesity. Print v ersion

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Write Yoga Articles resulting in weight gain. To lose weight, it is important to do so, not just by doing diets, or exercise programs, which are too tedious, which may y ield results but which do not keep y ou that way. Sometimes af ter sudden loss of weight the skin sags making one f eel worse. The best approach is to lose weight gradually and f or good. Yoga of f ers a good solution to this problem. Yoga tones the body in a unif ormed manner, unlike any " weight loss program" which claims to decrease y our butts by this much inches and waist by this much, leading to side ef f ects. Yoga can be practiced at any age to keep the body supple. A plan to reduce weight naturally is: Yoga PrintHouse Cleansing techniques: Kunjal Kriya (stomach wash and lung cleansing) ResearchPapers Basti (colon cleansing Enemas) Enemas can be v ery ef f ectiv e in weight loss programs and also in prev ention / treatment of Cancers. Other Resources Yoga Asanas Laghu Shankha Prakshalan (digestive system cleansing technique) Baghi(tiger exercise) Yoga Asans (postures) Sun Salute (Practise 2 times and hold each pose f or 3 breaths), Tree pose, Angle pose, Triangle pose, Hero pose I and II, Locust pose, Cobra pose, Camel pose, Aeroplane pose, Wind releasing pose, Child pose (sitting), Spinal twists (sitting & dy namic poses), Cat pose
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If y ou wish to work on one body part more like the hips or abdomen or thighs or arms or legs or chest y ou can incorporate the asnas specif ic to y our requirement in the abov e plan. Yogic Asans to tighten the abdomen are: Abdominal lif t, Child pose, Cobra pose, Wind releasing pose, Yogic seal pose, Spinal twist, Ly ing on back pose - baat pose, Nav al Mov e Asana (ly ing on back). Yogic asans for arms and legs: Tree pose, Hero pose, Dog pose (f ace up), Dog pose (f ace down), Swinging lotus pose, Bridge pose (f ace up), Bridge pose (f ace down), Celebacy pose, Squat and rise pose. Yoga plan to tighten the chest: Triangle pose, Hero pose, Baat pose (ly ing on back), Cobra pose, Wind releasing pose, Dog pose (f ace upand down), Lumbar wheel pose, Spinal twist. Yoga Asans to tone up thighs and hips: Sun salute, Hero pose I + II, Triangle pose, Angle pose, Dog pose (f ace up), Dog pose (f ace down), Celebacy pose, Adv anced wind releasing pose, Butterf ly pose. Pranayama (breathing exercises) Yogic Breathing: Inhale. First blow y our abdomen, and then expand the chest. While exhaling, f irst relax the chest and then the abdomen. Practise like this f or 10 times. Meditation and Relaxation Focus y our attention on y our breathing, f eel its temperature and keep y our breathing, thoroughly equalised (i.e. inhale f or 3 sec and exhale f or 3 secs). Naturopathic treatment This can be done in conjunction with the abov e y ogic exercise plan. For the naturopathic treatment y ou will need to consult an experienced naturopath.

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Chromotherapy: ref ers to treatment of disease through sun-ray s, directly or indirectly such as sun-charged water, oil etc. (i) Green water: is neutral in nature and help to reduce excessiv e heat in the body.

Yellow\orange water - 25ml or cup of this should be taken (ii) twice af ter each major meal. It is benef icial f or cases in which improper digestion and f latulence is there. Hydro therapy: ref ers to the treatment of disease with water. (i) Cold shower: It should be taken af ter whole body dry f riction, and helps in dissolv ing and burning f at. It also helps in cases of cellulite.

Steam/sauna / Hot foot bath: They all help to reduce f at by (ii) remov ing toxins and morbid matter f rom the body. Helps to dissolv e f at. (iii) Enema: This is a method of cleaning the intestinal tract, to know more about it Click Here.

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Water intake: 8-12 glasses of water should be taken per day. Water should be taken at least hour bef ore meal .

Fasting: also helps in burning f at. Dicto-therapy: Carbohy drates is one of the major source of weight gain. Breakf ast may consist of f ood consisting of proteins and f at. Lunch should consist more of carbohy drates and dinner should hav e more of proteins. In addition increase of v itamins and minerals through v egetables and f ruit will help y ou f ill stomach and change quality of calories and reduce f at. Roughage taken in f orm of wheat/oat bran are highly benef icial to detoxif y digestiv e sy stem and help to reduce f at f rom body Related Pages Home Enema Kit Colon Cleansing Cleansing Yoga Mats For Asana Obesity Calculate Your BMI

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