Q. Will Doing Yoga Help Me Lose Weight?
In order to lose weight, you must eat right and burn calories by doing exercise that raises your heart rate on a regular basis. Some types of yoga, such as Iyengar in which yoga poses are held for several minutes with rest in between each pose, will build muscles and improve your posture. But they will not give you the cardiovascular workout you need to lose weight.
If you plan to make yoga your primary form of exercise, you must do a vigorous, 90-minute yoga class at least three times a week.
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What Kind of Yoga Will Help Me Lose Weight?
The type of yoga you need to do is called Vinyasa-style yoga. Vinyasa is a flowing style of yoga based on the performance of a series of poses called Sun Salutations. Vinyasa includes many popular, athletic, sweat-drenched yoga styles. For weight loss purposes, try:
Ashtanga Yoga is a very vigorous style of practice with a few distinct advantages for those who want to lose weight. Ashtanga practitioners are among the most dedicated of yogis, and beginners are often encouraged to sign up for a series of classes, which will help with motivation. Another advantage is that Ashtanga Yoga is ideal for the home practitioners, once you learn the poses.
Power Yoga is extremely popular, one of the reasons being that it provides a very vigorous cardiovascular workout.
Vinyasa Yoga done in a hot room ups the ante by guaranteeing you’ll sweat buckets.
Keep in mind that if you are just starting to do yoga or are quite out of shape, always choose a beginning level class.
Yoga Workouts at Home
Keep yourself exercising by doing yoga at home on the days you can’t make a class. Follow along with a video or audio recording if you are new to yoga. When you are ready to plan your own workouts, use these yoga sequencing ideas to help you come up with yoga sessions of varying length that suit your needs.