How to lose weight with yoga (Kapalbhati Asan)?

Various postures of yoga help in weight reduction.



The extra weight accumulated by the body can be got rid of with various postures of yoga. Pranayam (Breath Exercise) involves breathing exercises which help to rejuvenate the body. The deep breaths supply oxygen to the muscles so that they can work more efficiently and a person can take up various activities with great vigor and vitality.

Kapalbhati (Mind rejuvenation exercise) provides the brain with vital energy which makes the body active so that the body can take up lot of work and reduce weight by burning lot of energy in the body. Kapal means skull and bhati means rejuvenation or illumination.

Mind Rejuvenation Exercise

Mind rejuvenation exercise is the best of all the breath exercises of yoga, but simple exercises of yoga should be accompanied with it and one should always start with simple exercises before moving to other advanced postures of yoga in order to enjoy great health.



Simple postures like padmasana (lotus pose) and savasana (dead corpse pose) should be exercised as one can get a hold over the breathing methodologies. Once gained a command over them, one can enjoy great health and vitality.

Mind rejuvenation exercise posture can be performed by incorporating Lotus pose and then one can always take up the breathing exercises involved in Mind rejuvenation exercise. The inhalation exercises involved in Mind rejuvenation exercise help to provide comfort to the mind and the body. It keeps the body in a cool state of meditation which increases the concentration of the body. It provides the free movement to the stomach which helps in the reduction of the weight around the belly region. There is a violent movement of abdomen muscles which helps the diaphragm to be loosened when the air is inhaled.

The inhalation and exhalation should constitute half a second each and it should be practiced for three or four time instantly at a stretch. It should be performed 21 times. This completes one cycle of Mind rejuvenation exercise. Later on, with little mastery over the asana, one should devote more time to it. The duration of the exercise highly depends on one’s individual capacity and the zeal to carry out the asana. Normal breathing should be made a part of the postures and various cycles of Mind rejuvenation exercise.

The free movement of the stomach helps in the reduction of the weight around the belly region. The inhaled air is driven out with great push and the whole process is governed by the nervous system. The efficiency of the breathing exercise also increases with these asana which helps in better burning of cholesterol in the body thereby aids considerably in weight reduction.