Thursday, February 21, 2013

Carry out Hatha Yoga Poses to Lose Belly Fat

By Lucille Encenarial


There can be a lot of approaches to workout our body, it can be swimming, jogging and attending aerobics course. However, if you would love to get fast and long term effects to lose belly fat, join now at Hatha Yoga sessions. You will be stunned how this exercise can make you feel lighter. You can now say goodbye to bowel irregularity and remove your belly issues with the great help of Hatha Yoga stances. So what else do you wait for? Invigorate and revitalize your body systems while trimming down your belly fat! Here are three remarkable Hatha Yoga poses that you my surely love to try.

1. Draw Bridge Pose

Health benefits: Tones your abs, waist, hips and thighs, stretches your inner thighs and groin, stimulates your kidneys and loosens your hips.

Procedure: Make fists, lift your buttocks and place your fist underneath your buttocks with your thumbs up. Keep your elbows slightly bend, extend your legs. Inhale as you raise both legs at 45 degree angl, exhale and separate your legs, inhale and close them; breathe out as you lower your legs to the floor.

Inhale and raise your legs. Breathe out while spreading and inhale while closing exhale as you come down.

Repeat it a few more times and make it faster, your fist underneath protects your lower back, allowing you to use your abdominal muscles to lift and lower your legs. Feel the hamstring stretch as your legs come down towards your face. Feel the stretch in your inner thigh as you separate your legs. Inhale and up. Exhale open, inhale close and exhale down.

Remove your hands from under your buttocks and rest them on the floor, palms up, let your breath be natural, relax your abdominal muscles. Relax your pelvis, your hips and your muscles.

2. Lizard Pose

Health benefits: Tones your nerves and back muscles, stretches your abdominal muscles and organs. Opens your upper back and chest, loosens your shoulder joints and strengthens the diaphragm.

Procedure: Close your arms under your chest and take hold of your elbows. Keep your legs together with your toes pointed back.

Breathe in as you raise your torso, exhale as you stretch your body back and extend your chest towards the floor.

Inhale and lift back up, exhale as you move forward bringing your chest to the floor, inhale and come up, exhale as you come up back to position 1.

Inhale as you raise your hips; breathe out as you elongate your spine simultaneously bringing your chest down. You can breathe

gently; feel the stretch in your armpits. Inhale and come up, exhale and back to the starting position, lower your chest and relax your head to the floor.

3. Reaching Backbend Pose

Health benefits: Expands your lungs, loosens your shoulders, activates the lymph system, tones your abdominal organs for improving digestion, stretches your spine and tones the spinal nerves.

Procedure: Stand with your feet together, bring palms together in front of your chest.

Inhale as you lift your arms, shift your pelvis forward and arch back, open your hands.

Exhale and come up, contract your buttocks and lift your lower spine.

Breathe in stretch up and back , feel your spine lengthen

Breathe out as you straighten the spine.

Repeat and do it in your own rhythm.

As you inhale, feel the upper arm and middle spine arch back

As you breathe out and come up, contract your buttocks and lift your spine upward.

Hatha Yoga relaxing workout is for everyone, it is not competitive and you become much aware of your body's flexibility, strength, stamina and endurance. There are still many other Hatha Yoga poses that can help you become slimmer while getting extra advantages for your health.




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