Yoga Can Help You Lose Weight - Too Good to Be True?

[d_c_m]

I found this article "3 Reasons Why Yoga Will Help You Lose Weight". I also copied it below underneath the cut.

Weight is a huge issue for me. Being stiff due to many surgeries and injuries is a big issue for me. I wonder if this would work. I might get her book.

Hmmm.......

Comments

[rhiannon76]

I think yoga helps immensely with strength, flexibility, breath, and mental/emotional balance-- all of which are good for you no matter what you weigh. Improving those things might also result in weight loss, but even if they don't, they're still beneficial and worth pursuing.

[d_c_m]

Thanks, friend. I think it is time for me to go deep into my body to exercise it and accept it.

Naw, that ain't hard!

[rhiannon76]

Nope, not at all! ;)

You know I share similar struggles to yours, so I think I get (broadly) where you're coming from. I'll just share that, regardless of weight/weight change, the times in my life where I've engaged in a regular yoga practices have been some of the times when I've felt most emotionally stable and most in tune with my body (not to mention gained new awarenesses of what's going on in my body and my mind.) To me, that is valuable at any size.

[d_c_m]

Yes! What you just wrote about being in tuned. I think I really need that. So this month I am starting a new exercise plan and will dance and do yoga way more.

We do, I think, share similar issues so it is good to help and share. :)

LOVE!

[squishymeister]

I have become a HUGE yoga fan! I feel calmer, have increased my flexibility, and can do some cool tricks :)

The yoga class I go to is WAAAAAY intense! High cardio, high strength, and 2 hours long. I go up to 3 times a week (that's a minimum of 6 hours a week of dripping sweat yogaing)

It hasn't helped me to lose a single pound. I love it- but it's not enough to lose weight.