Yoga is a fun exercise. It relaxes your mind, builds your inner muscle, and also burns fat. Now for a person who has a big stomach like me, I am always curious if there is a certain yoga pose that is really good for burning those abdominal fat. Turns out I discovered some nice poses. Well here they are
The fat in the abdominal area functions differently than any other fat elsewhere in the body. Abdominal fat has greater blood supply as well as more receptors for cortisol, a stress hormone. Cortisol levels rise and fall throughout the day, but when you’re under constant stress, the amount of the hormone you produce remains elevated.
High stress will result in high cortisol levels, and high cortisol levels will encourage more fat to be deposited in the abdominal area.
Therefore: If stress levels are high, abdominal fat will increase
These exercises can help yoga people to get rid of that intra-abdominal fat and in the process reduce their risk for some chronic illnesses.
Pavan-Muktasan
Pavan-Muktasan pose
Time: 1/2 minutes each leg.
Method: Lie down on your back. Breath in. Then fold the left leg from the knees. Hold the fingers together and bring the folded leg to touch the stomach. Lift the head and touch the nose to the knee. The other leg remains straight. Hold the breath. Come to original position and leave the breath. Follow the same for the other leg.
This pose will remove gas from the abdomen and reduces abdominal fat. It will also increase the flexibility of the knees and hips.
Bhujangasan
Bhujangasan (cobra)
Time: 1/2 minutes.
Method: Lie on your stomach, forehead on the ground, hands under shoulders. Raise your upper body by the strength of the back muscles, head up. Don’t take help of the hands, they may remain on the ground or held on the back over the hips.
This pose will help in keeping the dorsal spine elastic and strong. Good for people with backache. Helps considerably in reducing abdominal fat.
Dhanurasan- the bow
the bow
Time: 1/2 minute
Method: Lie on your stomach. Bend knees, hold the ankles. Pull your hands and push with your legs, knees together, till the trunk forms an arch with only the stomach on the ground. Look up. After releasing the posture lie for a while in Shavasan.
This pose reduces abdominal fat. The compressing of the spinal column, pressing the nerves with the scapulae minimizes blood circulation while in the asana. But when the pose is released a greater supply of blood is endured to those very regions increasing spinal flexibility and definitely raising the vitality.
So those are some yoga poses you can do to reduce abdominal fat. I would say that it is less painful than sit ups, but of course sit ups work faster and better. Good luck!! NAMASTE!
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