Can I Use Yoga For Weight Loss?

Yoga for weight loss, really? Losing weight is easy, in theory. All you have to do is to use more calories than爕ou take in... that's it. What's so hard about that? In actuality, the controlling of both pieces爋f this equation爄s hard. Your calorie intake爄s represented by your diet. My opinion is爐hat smart eating爂ets you more than half way to your weight loss goals, but this article is about whether or not yoga can assist you with the calorie burning side. Let's talk about calorie burning.
How Are Calories Burned?
Most people don't think of爑sing yoga for weight loss or calorie burning. When most people think about burning calories in a quick efficient way, they usually think of燼erobic activities such as the classes, running or cycling. These activities do the main thing necessary to blow through some爉ajor calories, which is elevate your heart rate. All of these activities燼re performed at a moderate level of intensity爋ver a longer period of time. This explains why running at a moderate pace for a long distance is aerobic, but sprinting isn't. People know yoga can be practiced over a long period of time, but when people consider using yoga for weight loss, they wonder爄f it qualifies as a moderate level of work?
Yoga Can Be Aerobic?
The short answer is absolutely! Unfortunately, there are only some styles of yoga that lend themselves to燼 high degree of calorie burning. Here's a short list:
?) Ashtanga (Power Yoga): As the nickname "Power Yoga" implies, this is a more hardcore, faster pace of yoga.
?) Iyengar: Major stamina is needed for this style, as poses are often held for an extended amount of爐ime.
?) Bikram (Hot Yoga): Sweat time! It's done in a room temperature of near 100 degrees!?br /> Yoga For Weight Loss? An Added Benefit
Research has also suggested an additional爎eason why yoga works well as a爌art of a weight loss program... a better link between mind and body. This research suggests that this better link allows yoga practitioners to understand better the feelings and reasons behind our eating choices, and what our bodies actual need versus desires. This allows practitioners to be more "mindful" in their eating. By being more mindful in your eating, it becomes much easier to eating only when you are actually hungry, versus based on desires.
Therefore it is clear from both research and my own personal experience爐hat you definitely can use yoga for weight loss. You just have to ensure you find an appropriate爌rogram to follow, if you're reaching for more than just the right mental attitude!

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