Yoga for Weight Loss: 10 Asanas will help you Reduce your Excess Weight

Yoga not only helps you have inner peace, but it also helps you to lose weight in a healthy manner. It also soothes your mind and helps you achieve your dream to be fit and mentally strong.
Surya Namaskar
One round of Surya Namakar helps you burn around 13.90 calories for an average weighing individual. You can set targets for yourself, in the beginning, start slow and later you can increase the number of rounds of Surya Namaskar to 108. By the time, you do this number, you will find yourself lean.
Veerabhadrasana
The above pose help strengthen your arms, shoulders, back muscles, thighs, all in one go. This asana got its name, after Veerabhadra, a fierce warrior, who was an incarnation of Lord Shiva, Veera means warrior, vigorous, courageous and Bhadra means auspicious and good.
Dhanurasana
The above asana is also referred as bow pose, it helps induce stretch in the abdominal region, it also helps loosing the fat in the region and tones both arms as well as legs. As to how, well-strung bow is considered as an asset to the warrior similarly, a well-stretched body helps the individuals to keep themselves flexible with a good posture.
Konasana
The above asana helps the individuals to burn fat around their waistline. This is also referred as sideways bending pose. The benefits of the asana include, helps increase the flexibility of the spine. And it is very helpful to those individuals who suffer from constipation and sciatica.
Utkatasana
To sit in a chair is very easy, but to sit in an imaginary chair is definitely a challenging. This asana is also referred as Chair pose, by increasing the metabolic rate, it aids in weight loss. That’s not all, it also helps tone your thighs, knees and legs. This is both powerful and intense posture.
Setu Bandha Sarvangasan
This posture resembles the bridge, hence it also referred as bridge pose. The above posture is considered as an excellent for strengthening the back, it also helps in easing the pent up tension in those muscles. This posture is also helps melt stomach fat, while doing this asana one must stretch their stomach muscles.
Bhujangasana
This pose is also referred as Cobra pose, it helps reduce fat in the abdominal muscles as well as stomach region. If you do this asana on a regular basis, it will help you achieve flat tummy. If you wish to perform this asana, you must ensure you do it before 4 to 5 hours before your main meal, else you would feel uncomfortable lying on your stomach.
Trikonasana
The above asana helps improve digestion and reduces the fat deposited near the belly and around your waist. It also helps in stimulating as well as improving the blood circulation in the entire body. The lateral motion of this above asana, help you to burn more amount of fat around your waist.
Sarvangasana
The above asana is also referred as shoulder stand. When individuals perform this asana, they tend to receive multiple benefits. It helps increase strength and improves digestion. It also helps boost metabolism and helps balance the thyroid levels. The above asana also helps in strengthening the upper body, legs, abdominal muscles and improves sleep and respiratory system.
Yoganidra
Both sleep and weight are connected, if you have lesser amount of sleep, your body would accumulate more amount of fat, this would lead to increase in weight. The practice of Yoganidra will help you to have sufficient hours of sleep; this will help you keep your weight in check.