We all wish to have flat stomach and hourglass figure that attracts everyone! Unfortunately we don’t, the stubborn belly fat won’t go away easily no matter what we do. You may have tried many things from healthy diet and spending many hours in gym to starving yourself to achieve flat stomach and saw the same thing on your body.
Belly fat not only looks unattractive, it also put you at higher risk of developing high blood pressure, fatty liver disease and diabetes.
Don’t worry, if something doesn’t work for you because we do have many alternatives to try. If you are fed up with healthy diet and spending long hours in gym to get flat stomach, let me suggest you to try yoga to get your wish come true.
Some yoga poses can give you flat stomach with just minutes of efforts daily along with healthy diet in your regular routine.
Yoga Poses To Lose Belly Fat
The following are some yoga poses that help you to beat belly fat and gives you perfect shape.
1. Bujangasana (Cobra Pose)
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Bujangasana or cobra pose helps to strengthen the abdominal muscles and easily reduces belly fat. It even helps to relieve stress and fatigue and improve blood circulation throughout the day.
How To Do
- Lie down on your stomach on the floor with your legs stretched out and place your palms under your shoulders fingers pointing downwards.
- Now keep your elbows close to your torso and chin on the floor, all your toes touching the floor.
- Raise your chest by slowly inhaling and bend backwards as much as possible without using your arm strength.
- Hold this position for few seconds and slowly lay flat, relax and take few breaths.
- Repeat this 5-10 times by taking 15 seconds of break every time.
2. Padahastasana (Standing Forward Bend)
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Padahastasana will help to burn stubborn belly fat easily as it involves all backside muscles in the body from head to heels.
It also help to calm your mind and body and fight against stress, anxiety, fatigue, mild depression and can easily relieve digestive problems like constipation and increases blood supply to brain.
How To Do
- First stand up straight by keeping your legs closer, so that their heels touch each other.
- Keep your hands either side of your body and slowly lift your hands straight over your head by inhaling.
- Slowly exhale and bend forward from the hips by keeping your legs straight.
- Touch the ground with your fingertips in line with your toes. If you cannot reach to floor just wrap your hands around the back of your legs.
- Bring your head as close to your knees and relax your neck muscles.
- Hold this position for 1 minute and come back to starting point.
- Do this 5-10 times by taking 15 seconds of break in between 2 repetitions.
3. Kumbhakasana (Plank Pose)
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Kumbhakasana is an effective pose to reduce belly fat and strengthens your buttocks, arms, shoulders, back and thighs.
How To Do
- Begin with your hands and knees on floor, where hands resting directly under shoulders and knees under hips.
- Extend your legs behind you by balance the weight on your toes and hands.
- Make sure you form a straight line while holding this position.
- Hold your abdominal muscles in and keep your palms and fingers straight.
- Hold this position for 10-15 seconds and come back to starting point slowly.
- Do 5 repetitions every day.
4. Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)
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Dhanurasana strengthen the muscles of your abdomen, thighs, groin, chest, ankles and back that results in losing belly fat easily.
It also helps to digestive issues like gastrointestinal problems and improve blood circulation throughout the body and functioning of liver, pancreas, small intestine and large intestine.
How To Do
- Lie down on the floor with your stomach by placing your chin on the floor and keep your legs straight.
- Slowly, raise your legs and bend your knees towards your abdomen and hold your ankles with your hands.
- Slowly, raise your chest off the floor and look straight ahead.
- Hold this position for 20 seconds and hold your breath. Make sure to balance your weight on your abdomen.
- Come back to starting point slowly and repeat it for 8-10 times.
5. Naukasana (Boat Pose)
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This pose is a complete workout for your body that reduces stubborn belly fat and strengthens the back, thighs and abdominal muscles.
How To Do
- Sit on the floor by bending your knees and feet on the floor. Keep your hands beside your hip and fingers pointing towards your feet.
- Now slowly press on your palms extend your spine and slowly pull yourself back by staying on your hips.
- Take deep breaths by holding this position that lifts your feet off the floor.
- Slowly straighten your legs so that your body forms V shape and stay in this position for 2-5 breaths.
- Bend your knees and hug them tight while exhaling.
- Now, elongate and touch your forehead to your knees and take few deep breaths.
- Raise your head while inhaling and cross your legs while exhaling.
- Repeat it for 5-6 times.
Note:
All these poses shown above are not suitable for pregnant women and for people who recently underwent surgeries involving, abdomen, spine and lungs.