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Eat Safflower Oil, Burn 4 lbs of Belly Fat

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | burn fat, weight loss |

Research shows consuming a small amount of safflower oil daily, without changing your diet, gets rid of 4 pounds of belly fat. Shrink your waistline effortlessly.

Can Yoga Help You Lose Weight? YES

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | burn calories |

Yoga can help you lose weight, especially if you do the poses that burn the most calories.

Which Yoga Poses Burn the Most Calories?

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | burn calories, burn fat, weight maintenance |

To create a yoga sequence for weight loss, the calories burned doing yoga should be as high as possible, depending on your ability. Use these three yoga poses.

Surya Namaskar Mantras in English and Hindi

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | surya namaskar |

Quickly view the Surya Namaskar mantras in English and Sanskrit. The step number, yoga poses, and English pronunciation are provided.

How to Do Surya Namaskar to Lose Weight

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | burn calories, surya namaskar, weight loss |

Learn how to lose weight without changing your diet by simply completing 12 rounds of Surya Namaskar per day, six days per week. (Of course, eating healthier food will improve your results.) Sun Salutation is suitable for yoga beginners, but some should avoid this series or consult their medical professional first.

Experienced Yoga Practitioner’s Gain Less Weight

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | weight loss, weight maintenance |

Yogis Gain Less Weight

Cardiovascular Benefits of 4 Rounds of Surya Namaskar

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | cardiovascular, surya namaskar |

After 4 rounds of Surya Namaskar, the participants achieved 80% of their age-predicted maximum heart rate (HRmax). This number is high enough to induce cardiovascular benefits.

Surya Namaskar Weight Loss

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | surya namaskar |

Surya Namaskar is a cardiovascular exercise, which is why Surya Namaskar weight loss works even though you perform slow controlled body movements. To complete one round, you cycle through the asanas leading with your right foot and then the left.

Hatha Yoga Poses for Weight Loss, Burn Over 2.5 Calories per Minute

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | burn calories, hatha yoga, weight maintenance |

Are you doing yoga for weight loss? These Hatha yoga poses burn more than 2.5 calories per minute,...

5 Amazing Health Benefits of Surya Namaskar

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | surya namaskar |

Surya Namaskar, or Sun Salutation, is an ideal exercise to keep yourself at an optimum level of fitness, according to researchers from the Department of Physiology at M.R. Medical College (MRMC) in India. The yoga poses of surya namaskar offer benefits both collectively and individually.

Yoga to Burn Calories: Surya Namaskar

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | surya namaskar, weight loss |

If you want to do Hatha yoga to burn calories and lose weight, you should start each yoga session with surya namaskar, aka sun salutation. This asana sequence burns more calories than other yoga asanas because it is a cardiovascular exercise. After the first round of Surya Namaskar, your heartbeat increases to…

Cardiovascular Benefits of Surya Namaskar, Sun Salutation

Posted by Victoria Weinblatt, MSEd, RYT-200, CMT | heart & lungs, surya namaskar |

You don’t have to do aerobics to significantly improve your cardiovascular health. You can achieve an average of 80 percent of HRmax while doing surya namaskar, sun salutation, which is high enough to offer cardiovascular benefits.