Weight loss Tips: Slim Down with Yoga

Yoga is worldwide known as stress buster, but it's also one of the topmost effective workouts for fighting stubborn fat stores, specially the ones that crop up after age 40. The reason: Studies show that yoga lowers levels of the stress hormones and increases the insulin sensitivity--a signal to your body to burn food as fuel rather than the store it as fat. The following yoga workout for the weight loss will do just that while by firming up your arms, legs, butt, and abs. Start now to see the weight loss results in as little as 3 weeks.

1. MAIN MOVE: Crescent [Firms abs, hips, and thighs

Stand with the feet together, toes forward, and arms at sides. Inhale and also raise arms overhead, reaching fingertips toward ceiling. Exhale, and bend at forward from hips bringing your hands to floor (it's okay to bend knees). Inhale then and as you exhale step right leg back into a lunge (left knee bent about 90 degrees then knee over ankle after it right leg extended and on ball of foot). Inhale and raise arms at overhead; gaze forward. Hold it then return to standing and repeat, stepping left leg back.

2. MAIN MOVE: Willow [Firms sides of abs]

Stand with the feet together, arms at sides. Place sole of left foot on the inside of right thigh, knee bent to side. Touch palms just in front of chest for 2 breaths. On the third inhale extend arms up, fingertips toward it ceiling. Exhale then and on the inhale, bend torso to left. Inhale and be straighten. Repeat it to 3 to 5 times, pressing foot into thigh by switch sides.
3. MAIN MOVE: Rocking Boat [Firms abs and back]

Sit with the knees bent, feet on the floor, hands on the thighs. With torso straight and then head in line with body, lean back at about 45 degrees, raising feet so calves are then parallel to floor, toes pointed. On an inhale just extend arms and your legs, keeping legs also together. Exhale, and as you inhale, lower the torso and legs 3 to 4 inches so that body forms a wider V shape. Exhale and raise torso and your legs. Repeat it 3 to 5 times.
4. MAIN MOVE: Hover [Firms shoulders, arms, abs, and back]

Begin in that the push-up position on toes with arms straight, your hands below shoulders, and your body just in line from head to heels. On an exhale, lower chest that toward floor, bending elbows back, arms at close to body, abs tight. Hold just a few inches above floor.

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