Yoga for Weight Loss

I'm starting to do yoga 3 days a week this upcoming week. Feel free to add me(:

I do water yoga twice a week, it's a great way to relax and stretch, which is just as important as strength and cardio in my opinion. I love it!

I'm starting moksha tomorrow, I'll add you
Have any of you done it? Any likes, dislikes?

I've just completed my 5th class of Hot Yoga! If you haven't heard of this, it's where you do the 25 poses in a 90 degree room for 90 mintues, talk about a real burn! You can add me too :flowerforyou:

I personally use yoga not for weight loss purpose, but to become more flexible and stronger. I actually did 40 minutes last night and even though I thought I wasn't doing anything special, today EVERY SINGLE MUSCLE in my body aches. But it's a good pain, so I don't mind.

I also find practicing yoga after a dynamic workout relaxing and calming. I love the feeling I get after running or aerobics, but combined with yoga afterwards it just feels great - I feel much stronger and motivated!

I will try and do it at least twice a week - I'm getting back to it after 2 month break!

I love yoga and do it almost daily! It really helps keep me motivated and focused on health.

Feel free to add me! I am a sucker for Ravi/Ana kundalini yoga DVDs...do a mixture of them at least twice a week! :bigsmile:

Love them!!!

I Love Yoga,
It's the only thing I actually like that I can get a sweat, get stretched really well, get relaxed, and feel really centered emotionally and mentally. Also, when I practice more regualrly (at least 3 times a week) I feel more naturally compeled to eat cleaner. My body doesn't like being bent and twisted when I've got a gut full of garbage. Feel free to add me, I recently joined a studio close to my home and go as often as my work schedule allows.

I absolutely love yoga. I never really did it to loose weight, more to increase my flexibility. I actually haven't done it in a good few months - the classes always seem to be at an awkward time for me. But that's no excuse. I need to get back to it. Looking back though - although I didn't do it to loose weight; the time when I was doing it frequently I was the slimmest and lightest I've been in years. May well be just coinsidence, but interesting. x

I do it because they don't let my kids in the room. :bigsmile: Sometimes even SuperMom needs a break.

I love yoga!! It is the only thing that allows me to release all that nasty tension I seem to accidentally accumulate when having stressful days. I have been doing yoga since my mom started me doing it with her when I was two! I went without it for a long time as a teen and in my 20s the most I did was once or twice a week at my gym, but then found myyogaonline.com and subscribed to that for over a year or more doing it every morning before my husband would leave for work so he could be watching my son Then I got injured and did nothing for several years (Big mistake) So, recently am trying gaiamtv.com because for the price I can squeeze it into my day. It doesn't replace a class, but it IS really great. I can highly recommend myyogaonline but deciding to give this a chance as there are other types of fitness classes there also. Kind of cool, but I digress...

I am going to try to do yoga at least 5 days a week, hopefully even short practices on other days. My issue at the moment is more training my family I need the time to DO it than actually wanting to. I'm working on it

Personally, I find yoga a decent stand-alone activity (especially for more vigorous practices) but also an excellent add-on to balance out any cardio and especially weight training that a person might do. The more I do weights without the yoga add on, the worse my flexibility gets (for whatever reason) so I really like to keep that yoga in there.

Plus, it really helps me stay ME. If that makes sense. I want one day to be able to practice with a teacher again, but for those who don't have the resources or the time, the home options ARE there outside of DVDs so don't discount it right away!

I just started hatha yoga with The Biggest Loser: Yoga for Weight Loss DVD. I have done it for a couple of weeks every other day. I offset it with the Cardio Max because I figure I need a "down" day, but honestly, I don't know how yoga can be a "down" anything. It has been hard for me....LOL I am getting better and I have noticed more flexibility and being able to somewhat relax.....feel free to add me :flowerforyou:

I just started doing Yoga. I've always weight lifted and done Martial Arts (among other sports), but I had no idea how inflexable I had become until I started. Adding Yoga & Pillades to my regimen a few days a week!

Excess weight is my problem and yoga helps me lose weight successfully. Yoga classes can be perfectly combined with any weight loss treatment methods.