Top 10 Yoga Asanas to reduce belly fat
In this modern age, lifestyle and food habits made people become obese. Belly fat is the problem facing in this fast-food age. Belly fat is the main reason for many other health disorders. Walking, exercises, aerobics and yoga asanas with good healthy food diets belly fat can be considerably reduced. Yoga Asanas practice is found to be effective to reduce belly fat in turn reduce the weight of the body.
Yoga is traditionally practised in India since ages. People are interested in practising Yoga Asanas in these modern ages because of its effectiveness in reducing the weight of the body.
Among Yoga Asanas, many asanas are found to be effective to burn unwanted fat in the abdominal region of the body and tone your body. They also provide many other health benefits. These Yoga Poses relieve from constipation, indigestion and bloating and also strengthens our body. some top 10 Yoga Asanas to reduce belly fat are explained with benefits here.
Yoga Asanas have to be practised after consulting a physician as it depends on the health conditions of the practising person.
Bujangasana or Cobra Pose
Lay down on your stomach.
Inhale and slowly push your body forward and raise your shoulders and head upward. Your front portion of the body should be balanced on palms.
Raise your head as much as possible to look upward and shoulders are stretched outward.
Your knees and ankles should be above the ground and back portion of the body should be balanced on toes.
Benefits of Bhujangasana
This pose helps to burn abdominal fat.
This pose gives a good stretch to from leg to the neck portion.
It strengthens the spine and legs and thighs.
It improves digestion and strengthens chest muscles.
Neck muscles are stretched and hence thyroid function is improved.
Hands and shoulder muscles are strengthened.
Ushtrasana or Camel Pose
Stand on heels and palms like animal posture.
Let the distance between legs and hands be one foot.
Slowly exhale and raise your hands up.
Then slowly bend backwards to hold your ankles with your hands.
Bend face towards back such that you can see back wall.
Be in this position for 10 counts.
Then inhaling slowly come back to the initial position.
Benefits of Ushtrasana
It helps to burn the unwanted fat accumulated in the abdominal part of the body.
This pose stretches chest muscles which makes breathing easy.
This pose benefits asthma patients.
It treats throat infection, cold allergy and headache.
It improves the health of eyes, ears, nose and throat.
Janushirasasana or One-legged forward bend pose
Benefits of Janushirasasana
Baddhakonasana or Butterfly pose
Benefits of Baddhakonasana
Naukasana or Boat pose
Lay down on your back with your feet together and hands at the sides of your body.
Inhale and exhale, slowly lift your upper body up to chest level and lift your feet upward by stretching your hands towards your feet.
Keep your finger and toes in a line and keep your neck straight.
Inhale and exhale and be in this position for a while.
Then exhale and come back to the original position and relax.
Benefits of Naukasana
This pose strengthens the back and abdominal muscles.
It also strengthens the leg and arm muscles.
The shoulder is stretched and strengthened.
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Pada Hastasana or hands to feet pose
Stand straight on the ground.
Slowly exhale and bend towards the ground and keep the palms on the ground in front of your feet.
Then come back to the initial position with exhaling.
Do this 5-8 times in the beginning and slowly increase the count.
Benefits of Pada Hastasana
This Asana helps to burn unwanted fat and hence easy to lose weight.
Stomach muscles are strengthened.
Burns stomach fat.
Helps in digestion and avoids gas formation in the stomach and constipation.
Strengthens legs and thighs and relieves from pain due to sciatica.
Improves your face glow.
Shashankasana or child's pose
Sit on the ground such that
Place your buttocks on the lower feet which stretched on the ground.
Bend and touch the forehead to the ground.
Your hands are stretched and placed on the ground.
Slowly inhale and exhale in this position.
Benefits of Shashankasana or Child's pose
It relaxed spinal nerves and relaxes mind and body.
It helps to burn unwanted fat from the abdominal part.
Strengthens toes, knee and waist.
The forward bending improves digestion and avoids constipation.
This pose gives a good stretch to the upper portion of the body.
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Pashchimothasana or Seated forward bend pose
Keep both legs and feet closely.
Slowly raise your hands up and bend towards leg with exhaling.
Try to hold your feet.
Slowly bend your head and touch your knee with your forehead.
Let the elbow be at the sides of the knee.
Be in this position for 10 seconds.
You can do this 3-4 times a day in the beginning.
Benefits of Paschimothasana
This pose helps to burn unwanted fat accumulated in stomach, waist and buttock part of the body and boy gets good shape.
This pose helps in supply of blood to spleen and kidney and hence improves their function.
As we bend in this asana, it lessens back pain and waist pain to a greater extent.
Nerves calm down and strengthened.
Improved blood supply to the abdomen removes many of the menstrual-related problems.
Ardhamathsyendrasana or Half spinal twist pose
Sit on the floor. Straighten your legs.
Fold your left leg and keep at the side of right buttock with inhaling.
Fold the right leg, keep the right feet on the floor such that right leg lies over the left leg.
Hold your right feet by left palm.
Turn toward the right and take your right hand towards back and hold the waist firmly.
Be in this position for about 5-8 seconds.
While doing this asana keep your head, neck and back straight.
Then slowly release the hands with exhaling. Straighten your legs one by one. Then continue the same for the right leg also.
Benefits of Ardhamathsyendrasana
As we twist the back when performing this yoga pose, it increases the flexibility of the backbone.
This treats back pain, waist pain and shoulder muscles are strengthened.
Blood circulation to adrenal glands, thyroid, ovaries and spleen is improved. It makes the glands to a secrete good amount of hormone needed for the body.
It especially benefits diabetic patients.
This pose removes unwanted fat in the waist and abdomen region of the body.
This pose keeps the backbone straight.
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Halasana or Plow Pose
Lay down on your back and place your hands at the sides of your body.
Slowly inhale and lift both legs upward 90-degree position and then exhaling slowly bend the legs towards your head.
Bend your legs such that toes would touch the ground.
Be in this position for 5 seconds and slowly inhale and exhale.
Then slowly come back to the initial position.
Loosen your body.
Benefits of Halasana or Plow Pose
This pose strengthens stomach and abdomen muscles. It burns unwanted fat accumulated in the stomach and abdominal part of the body.
This pose increases the blood supply to the thyroid gland and hence its function is improved which helps to control body weight.
It treats back pain, neck pain, waist pain and headache.
This pose increases the blood supply to the brain which relaxes our mind and body and keeps us active.
Blood supply to face is increased and hence improves the face glow.
The opinions expressed herein are authors personal opinions and do not represent any one's view in anyway, do not use this information to diagnose or treat your problem without consulting your physician. Remedies here mentioned are used for ages may not be clinically proven.
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