Losing weight is 90% what food we’re putting in our mouth. And 10% exercise/tone.
But YES yoga burns fat. A fast-paced, vigorous style of yoga, like Vinyasa or Ashtanga, will burn more fat and calories, for example, than a slow, meditative class. And Bikram (hot) yoga is ‘next level’ for burning fat.
Yoga does have a cardiovascular element. A vigorous athletic form of yoga can raise your heart rate for a good 20 minutes. Bikram is a 90 minute class. And yoga poses that focus on the core such as plank, chaturanga, and boat pose, can help tone the abdominal muscles underneath.
Just some of the other good aspects of yoga is it’s known to improve sleep, sex and depression. It’s an amazing holistic approach to health and is also thought to impact how we eat.
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