A Gentler Way To Lose Weight

You may have thought yoga was strictly for the mystics. Well, think again. Research in Washington shows that 45- to 55-year-olds who regularly practice it are better able to fight “middle-age spread,” while those already overweight are more likely to slim down.

Interestingly, few people practice yoga vigorously enough to burn many calories doing it. The study authors speculate that yoga instead makes you more “body aware” and perhaps teaches you discipline that you can apply in other areas of life.

The authors offer these yoga tips:

· Find an edge where you are challenged but not overwhelmed.
· Pay more attention to the internal experience than outer

performance.
· Try to become more aware of even your smallest movements.
· Note what you are saying to yourself as you practice – be sure

to appreciate your own efforts.

Courtesy: ‘RD Health’, Reader’s Digest, January 2006