Yoga poses to Burn Fat and Lose Weight

The Yoga poses to burn fat and lose weight are a sequence of easy to do poses which contribute to reducing your midriff and help you to develop a lean and mean physique, with a flat abdomen.

Before you proceed to do this sequence, have a word with your doctor and also learn to do this sequence under the guidance of a trained yoga therapist.

Start doing this sequence from a standing position, Breathe consciously and inhale deeply taking the air in to fill your lungs, hold your breath and then exhale slowly in a long exhalation. This rejuvenates your system to do the moves that follow.

Inhale through the nose, and raise your arms above your head and exhale through your mouth as you lower your arms. Repeat this move between five and ten times. This session of deep breathing, while you swing your arms, leaves you feeling refreshed.

Now move on to do spot walking. Start mimicking a walking sequence without moving from the spot. You just have to lift your legs from the knees and pretend that you are walking. Bend your arms from the elbows and move them in a semicircle by your sides, as you would do when you actually walk. Keep up with the conscious breathing too while you do this.

To add a variation here, lift your arms to the level of your shoulders and bend your arms from the elbows with your forearms vertical and upper arms horizontal to the floor, and continue marching while being rooted to the same spot. An essential element is to keep breathing as you do so.

From spot walking, you can proceed to spot jogging. Now you bring your knees up nice and high and increase the speed with which you move your legs as though you are running. Keep breathing consciously all this while. Hold your arms up as you do this. The breathing part helps to detox your system while keeping your lungs well supplied with oxygen.

Now move to do yoga jumping jacks, which are subtly different from, the normal jumping jacks. Here you co-ordinate your breathing with your jumping. Inhale deeply, and exhale as you jump up. Move your arms rhythmically with every jump as you spread your legs, and join your palms above your head.

Follow this up by standing with your legs a shoulder’s width apart and lift your arms to shoulder level, making them horizontal to the floor. Now bend from your hips and knees to get into the Chair pose. Bend your body from the hips and knees as if you are sitting on a chair and get up.

This seemingly simple sequence is quite tiring, as you also need to engage your abdominal muscles when you do it. Keep the consciously breathing going as you do this.

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Yoga Exercises to Burn Fat and Lose Weight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y--7dTfSyZg

Ashtanga Yoga: Get Fit, Burn Fat

http://www.calorie-counter.net/adipose-tissue/ashtanga-yoga-burn-fat.htm

Yoga Poses That Burn Fat

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/yoga-workout

Yoga Exercises to Burn Fat and Lose Weight

http://www.livestrong.com/article/126271-yoga-exercises-burn-fat-lose/