How to Lose Weight With Bikram Yoga

You can use Bikram yoga to drop unwanted pounds. Just follow these steps.

Instructions

Lose Weight With Bikram Yoga

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Make it a cardiovascular workout. By holding each of the 26 Bikram poses for the entire count and putting forth maximum effort, your cardiovascular system is worked and strengthened.

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Be consistent. To lose weight with yoga, you need to practice regularly and as much as possible. Results begin with a weekly practice that includes three classes or more.

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Turn fat into muscle. Yoga helps you to develop both muscle tone and strength as you work through the various asanas or postures.

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Learn to love the heat! The 105 degree temperatures and 50 percent humidity can be your friends. Heat enables the muscles to better reorganize, increases heart rate for maximum cardiovascular benefits, detoxifies the body and thins the blood.

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Lose weight as a beginner to Bikram. It takes two classes for your body to begin to understand the various 26 poses and 10 classes for your body to start normalizing your weight.

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Know what Bikram teachers and students say. They believe that Bikram yoga is a complete cardiovascular, aerobic, strength, flexibility and fat-burning workout.

Practice Safely

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Proceed deeper when you are ready. Part of the fundamental belief system for Bikram yoga is the thought that students should move beyond their limits in a pose under the encouragement of the teacher.

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Beware of the heat. Heat lubricates your joints, making you believe that you are more flexible than you really are. Additionally, heat keeps the body from feeling pain so you may not become aware that you are injured until after you leave class.

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Use the mirrors with caution. Bikram studios use mirrored walls so students can see their progress and push further in a pose. Maintain an awareness of how your body feels inside so you know where to stop.

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Repeat poses with caution. The 26 Bikram poses are done twice during 90-minute classes. This aids in building confidence, but is also used as an opportunity to move further in a pose the second time around.

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Work to your own personal edge. Try to refrain from competing with others around you or attempting to simulate the abilities of others more flexible than you.

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Listen to your breath. Use the breath as a gauge for the body. If your breathing is quick, shallow or strained, you should stop doing a pose or rest before continuing.