Yoga Stretches For Eliminating Waist And Belly Fat

Weight gain is one of the most common and widespread of problems in the modern world, with our fast paced, yet sedentary lifestyles. While our caloric intake through unhealthy diets has increased our physical activity has decreased only hastening and intensifying the problem. Weight gain is a serious concern whether mildly overweight, with excess fat on the belly and waist, or severely obese. In either scenario it is an indicator of poor fitness and can also increase the risk of numerous diseases that affect the heart and other organs. Apart from unhealthy diets and sedentary life there are other factors that contribute to weight gain, like stress.

Weight loss therefore requires a multi-faceted approach with changes in your lifestyle from diet to exercise and a disciplined routine. For this reason yoga is one of the best disciplines to use for weight loss. It is completely natural and can regulate every aspect of your life. Moreover, weight loss achieved purely through dieting can result in sagging or loose skin. Yoga exercise will help to tone your muscles and skin, preventing such a problem.

To make your yoga routine as effective as possible it is however important that you control your diet as well. Uncontrolled eating will nullify all your efforts at weight loss. Follow a yogic diet, with vegetarian foods, and eat in moderation. Avoid all junk and processed food items. In addition to following a healthy diet it is important that you follow a disciplined routine, which would off course imply regular meal timings, sleep timings, and exercise timings.

Here is a yoga plan that you can use to get rid of that belly fat:

Cleansing techniques are important to any weight loss or health program and your scenario is no different. Some of the cleansing techniques that you can incorporate into your yoga routine include:

• Stomach wash or lung cleansing (Kunjal Kriya)

• Colon cleansing (Basti)

• Technique to cleanse the digestive system (Laghu Shankha Prakshalan)

• Tiger exercise (Baghi)

• Postures (Yoga Asanas) – The poses that you can try out include the triangle pose, angle posture, tree posture, the hero poses, sun salute, camel pose, wind releasing posture, cobra pose, locust pose, cat pose and child pose.

Since you are particularly concerned with weight loss on the belly and waist you should focus more on certain poses that help tone and tighten the abdominal area. These include the abdominal lift, yogic seal posture, spinal twist, cobra pose, child pose, wind releasing pose, naval move, and the lying on back posture.