Yoga Sequence for Weight Loss

The Yoga for Weight Loss are a sequence of steps that help you to shed excess weight and trim your abdomen. These exercises are simple enough for a person of any age to do. So obese persons who cannot stretch and strain themselves too much can start doing these exercises.

Stand erect on a mat and lift your arms above your head. Join your palms and stretch your arms upwards. You should feel the stretch from your palms up to your shoulders. Inhale, and as you exhale bend down from your hips and lower your arms to bring them down, up to the floor. You may cross your arms as you bend down.

Introduce a variation here by bending your knees as well, when you bend down forward. When you bend, you should engage the muscles of your abdomen. Repeat this movement between seven to ten times, before moving on to the next step.

Move your feet away from each other to place them at a distance of a shoulder and a half from each other. Point your toes away from each other. Ground your feet into the floor and lower your hips vertically down towards the floor. Join your palms at the level of your heart as you do this. This step is a standing squat and helps to stretch and nourish your inner thighs.

When you do this step, you need to be careful, not to extend your knees beyond your toes. Repeat this step for between five to seven times and gradually increase the number of times you do this over a few days.

Next you twist your hips to your right and bend down sideways to place both your palms near your right leg, to come into a runner lunge position. When you do this, you need to bend your right leg from the knee, and stretch your left leg behind you. Rest your chest over your thigh. This helps your spine to elongate. Lower your left knee to the floor and place your palms on your right thigh.

From this position you can turn your shoulders to your right, and place your left elbow on your right thigh. Join your palms at the level of your heart as you do this. Rest your elbow beyond your right thigh to increase the stretch to your hips. Repeat this step by interchanging the position of the legs.

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