Weight Loss and Yoga

Hi, Know about Weight Loss,

Obesity is one of the major problems people are facing these days due to the sedentary life styles. What is weight gain? It is an increase in body weight; it can be due to an increase in muscle mass, or even due to excess fluids such as water. Obesity or overweight can generally be defined as more of the body fat than optimal healthy.

Why does the person gain weight
A person generally gains weight with the increase in food consumption or else by becoming alzy or physically in active.

Problems related to Obesity
Too much weight gained may have serious  health disorders on the individuals. Diseases like diabetes, heart problems, hypertension and many other diseases like osteoarthritis etc. are faced due to weight gain.

Yoga as the best aid to lose weight
Yogasanas like the forward bend, twisting and the backward bends helps to reduce the fat in the fat rich areas like the abdomen, hips etc. Regular practice helps to strengthen and build the muscles.

The Few names of asanas include
1. Trikonasana
2. Dhanurasana
3. Bhujangasana
4. Pavankuktasana
5. Mayurasana

Trust yoga to be fit
The yogic way of life is one of the best ways to be fit and fine with health. The practice of asanas is just not physical exercises, as generally understood they also benefit in various ways. No doubt the asanas nourish the entire body but also keep our mind fit and healthy.

A good health can be maintained by practicing a few asanas regularly. The beginners are advised to start with simple postures like Padmasana and Sukhasana then gradully move on the tree pose and then to crucial asanas and so on. The list is very small but the practitioner can have huge benefits with the regular practice of these asanas.

Being fit means experiencing happiness! The unfailed practice of any type of yoga whether its asanas pranayama, mudras or meditation one will be gifted with the optimum health and endurance. Yoga gives a feeling of strongness and well being.

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Pushan Mudra

Pushan Mudra is one of the most important mudra to keep the body nourished. This mudra is said to be dedicated to God Surya. In this mudra both our hands have different gestures with the formation of mudra with one hand signifies accepting or receiving and the gesture of other hand signifies to let go.

What exactly this means to our health

In simple language it is said that Pushan mudra helps in digesting the food intake and also in eliminating the wate too, by stimulating the brain of the practitioner.

Method of perform the Pushan mudra

For the right hand
The thumb, index finger and the middle finger are to be touched with the tips; the rign finger and small finger are extended.

For left hand
The thum, middle finger and ring finger ar touched at the tips; the index finger and the little finger are extended
With this we are done with the Pushan mudra. Both the hands should be coordinated.

Benefits of this mudra
1. It has a relaxing effect on solar plexus, as said it is dedicated to sun god the area of this is the stomach, liver and spleeen.
2. The mudra regulates energies in nervous system, as we know that the tips of our fingers have the end point of the nerves.
3. The performance of this mudra has an excellent effect on general sickness, like nausea flatulence etc.
4. It mobilizes the energies of elimination and detoxifies the body.
5. As we practice the mudra we also practice deep brathing, this in turn stimulates the functions of the brain.
6. In one line if this mudra had to be explained then it would be "Pushan mudra in an energy pump".
7. Pushan mudra is said to be practiced four to five times a day.
8. Mudras are hand gestures which benefit our health in several ways. Every mudra practiced has its own benefit on the practitioner.

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