Today is World Yoga Day. Are you wondering how that changes the quality of your life? Well, what do you really want from your life? Money, luxury and good looks usually figure in everyone's looks. You ask any average individual, they say they want to lose weight. And they are very particular about wanting a flat tummy. What is we could give you 10 totally effective yoga poses for a flat tummy.
DO YOU HAVE CHRONIC BACK PAIN? TRY THESE 12 YOGA POSES
Your beer belly or muffin top is not going to disappear if you sit and crib about it. But if you try some yoga poses for flat abs, you are sure to see an improvement in your waistline. And World Yoga Day, is the perfect excuse to start a new exercise regime. You might have tried the gym and also free-hand ab crunches. But yoga poses for a flat tummy are much more effective.
Most of the celebrities whose waistline we envy have lost weight by doing power yoga. Kareena Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty are the best examples of celebrities who have uses yoga asanas to get a flat stomach.
If you want a slim and trim figure like these celebrities, you must try out these yoga poses losing tummy fat. Make a fresh start on World Yoga Day.
To warm up yourself for the workout, you should do pranayama. This is a series of breathing exercises that can help your ab muscles get toned. Sit in the lotus position with your back straight and breathe from your belly.
You are still in the warm up phase. Stand straight in the Mountain pose to let all your energy flow back and forth from the ground.
Suryanamaskar or the sun salutation is a pose that helps you to exercise almost every part of your body. There are twelve different positions in the surya namaskar that includes many forward and backward stretches.
This yoga pose is called the standing forward bend. In this pose, you are supposed stand in the tadasana pose and then bend forward to touch your feet without jutting out your knees.
This is the seated forward bend. For this asana, you must sit straight with your legs stretched forward and then bend over to touch your feet. Keep your head bent downwards.
This is the boat pose in which your must be shaped like a boat. Keep your back straight as you sit with your legs stretched forward. Slowly lift your legs up until your body forms a boat like shape.
This is the wind relieving pose in which you release trapped gases from your stomach. Lie flat on your back and slowly fold your legs backwards. Fold your legs over your tummy and hold them with your arms.
This is called the bow pose when you must stretch out your body like a bow. Lie flat on your tummy; raise your legs backwards and your take your hands behind your ears. Now catch your toes with your hands. This puts immense pressure on your ab muscles.
This is the cobra pose which is done to lose weight from your tummy. Lie flat on your tummy; then raise yourself from your belly upwards like a cobra ready to strike. You can use your arms to support yourself.
This is the plank pose where you have to transform your body into a plank. You have to lie flat on your tummy and then slowly raise yourself on your arms and toes. This pose allows the extra fat on your body to hang and that will help you get a leaner tummy.