The TRUTH about Yoga for Weight Loss

Hormones, cortisol and insulin resistance are also one reason why we store fat. Yoga is the best thing that happened to me. Fell in in love from the first time. I’m strong, flexible and I feel so good mentally. ❤

Uhhh, thanx for not answering the question. 🙄
From experience, yoga does shred fat. I hurt myself while Olympic lifting and had to take a month to recover. Doing 45 minutes to an hour a day for a month had me shredded more than i ever been. P90X yoga video is all thats really needed and all i ever practiced. Do the work, get out of your head, see results.

Well said. In my over 20 years of exercise and dieting, diet has the biggest impact on your ability to lose weight. From an exercise perspective, if your only form of exercise is yoga, it's possible, but it's not likely that you will lose weight. I enjoy the benefits of yoga have found strength training and diet to be far more effective for this purpose.

You are a gem! I love how you aproched this topic. Greetings from Germany

I have been practising yoga for 4 years now and I am in the best shape. I am also at my heaviest but the most toned I've ever been and I'm 54. Yoga has been my saving grace and has made me fall in love with my body.

This is too simplistic. Weight gain/weight loss has more to do with hormones and how when/what you eat affects them. It's not a simple matter of calories in, calories out.

As a classical yoga teacher, yoga should not be used for weight loss

It’s not about fat acceptance, but just a simple cold hard truth about the relation between the amount of adipose tissue in the body and cardiovascular disseases… Those who are forcing fat acceptance, are just some lazy ass insecure people who promote damaging propaganda…

I lost 40 pounds from doing yoga when I was 29 years old. In my 40s and ready to do it again to tone and look my best.

It never works for me 🥲 it’s too calm and slow for my energy levels and it just stresses me out. I can’t handle the chill vibes. Chill = stressful and frustrating for me. I wish I could make it work out… gotta find other options instead of giving up though

Had me at the open. Yoga's benefit is the slowing of the revolutions of the mind-stuff/chitta vritti/default-mode network. Subbed up, let's see whatcha got up here….

Are you single?

Hormonal imbalance also plays a role in fat loss or gain. I wish people would stop suggesting that calories in and out is all that matters. Cortisol, estrogen and thyroid hormones can play a roll in weight.

I lost 100 pounds during start of Covid. I have maintained a weight smaller than I ever was in high school (I’ll be 36 end of this month) via yoga. I do anywhere from 8-10 yoga classes a week. It can totally keep your body in shape and lose weight depending on calories.

To any Christians here ; Yoga is demonic n dangerous ; do some research before you reject the truth n end up sick n demonized ; in the name of Jesus, help them receive the healthy uncomfortable TRUTH

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I could listen to you all day, your voice is so calming and relaxing.

So, in short, no. 😆

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4:33 calm happiness is very infectious. ☺

I’ve not lost a ton of weight with yoga but I am skinner more in shape and I feel great everytime I do my yoga sometimes I do little poses thruout the day at work tree pose for a few minutes so I focused on staying upright instead of the stress it is changing my life. I am in healthcare and the stress is why I’m out of shape to start with. I’m 49 I wish I had done yoga in my 30’s. Also I have less pains and have taken zero heartburn medication which I had to take daily. It’s been amazing for my body and my mind.

No workout program, can out exercise a bad diet.

Yoga made me aware of my food intake. Doing some of the poses with a full stomach was near impossible. It then dominoed into good daily habits, like intermittent fasting. It gave me better posture, that would make me challenge myself. I attest my weightloss to yoga. But it's because I found a greater importance in doing daily yoga than actually taking good care of myself.

So well explained. I thought you were going into "how to lose weight", yet instead you steered correctly into activity and enjoyment. I hate going to the gym but am usually glad that i went. At seventy it takes more time for recovery. The gym also leaves my very tired and I often miss yoga classes because I'm sore and worn out. I do enjoy yoga. It is challenging but a real sense of accomplishment when your mind finds your body. It is quite the unique feeling. Your channel does provide me so much encouragement and enjoyment. Thank you.

If weight reduction is the goal lot of things comes into play, some will loose weight doing yoga. Some will by doing cardio, weight training, etc. Even a person can loss weight just by doing breathing exercises in certain way. As the weight loss is happening only by exhaling. So it's better to spend sometime with a good teacher and try a couple of things to understand the body and go for it to get better results.

I'd just like to add that diet is hugely important beyond calories. Even ignoring all effects of hormones, insulin resistance, and blood sugar spiking, your body will only burn fat when there's no glucose in your blood to burn. Conversely, if it has to get energy from fat or complex carbs, it has to break them down first. Which takes energy.

Also, stress and lack of sleep are often hugely important to fat retention and hormonal balance. To the point of making diet and exercise moot. A meditative practice like yoga can help with stress and sleep quality, and therefore fat loss.

I like yoga for sending oxygen to parts of my body that need it during practice. Also, yoga is good for lubricating lymph nodes, softening joints, and creating harmony between meat and bone. I don’t do it to lose weight. I lost my covid weight gain by learning to swim. Being in the water, able to cover some distance is a great feeling.

Your weight is from what you eat, you cannot "exercise" your mouth. When you start losing weight and exercising – you'll start looking better. Yoga can tighten things up – win win.

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It is lovely to watch your videos. It is clear that you actually care about yoga and its practice. Also, it is refreshing to see someone focusing on strength and flexibility over looks. I wish more people had that attitude.

Can you please make a video for the Psoas ?

I lost weight doing yoga stretches