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9 Yoga Asanas Poses to Help You Lose Weight Fast

Yoga Flow Poses for Weight Loss

1. Chaturanga Dandasana – Plank Pose
Chaturanga dandasana is the best way to strengthen your core. As simple as it looks, its benefits are immense.

It is only when you are in the pose that you start to feel its intensity on your abdominal muscles.

2. Virabhadrasana – Warrior Pose
Toning your thighs and shoulders, as well as improving your concentration has become more accessible and interesting with the Warrior II pose. The more you hold that pose, the better the results you gain. With just a few minutes of Virabhadrasana, you will get tighter quads.

3. Trikonasana – Triangle pose
The trikonasana helps to improve digestion as well as reduce the fat deposited in the belly & waist. It stimulates and improves blood circulation in the entire body. The lateral motion of this asana helps you burn more fat from the waist and build more muscles in the thighs and hamstrings.

Though this pose does not make your muscles shake as others do, it does give you the benefit that other asanas do. It also improves balance & concentration.

Trikonasana
4. Adho Mukha Svanasana – Downward Dog pose
Adho Mukha Svanasana tones your whole body with a little extra attention to specific muscles.

It helps to strengthen your arms, thighs, hamstring, and back. Holding this pose and concentrating on your breathing engages your muscles and tones them, as well as improves your concentration and blood circulation.

Adho Mukha Svanasana helps with weight loss
5. Sarvangasana – Shoulder Stand Pose
Sarvangasana comes with multiple benefits, from increasing your strength to improving digestion. But it is known for boosting metabolism and balancing thyroid levels.

Sarvangasana
Sarvangasana or the shoulder stand strengthens the upper body, abdominal muscles, and legs, improves the respiratory system, and improves sleep.

6. Sethu Bandha Sarvangasana – Bridge pose
Yet another asana with multiple benefits is the Sethu Bandha Sarvangasana or Bridge pose. It is excellent for the glutes, and thyroid as well as weight loss.

Sethu Bandha Sarvangasana
The Bridge pose improves muscle tone, and digestion regulates hormones and improves thyroid levels. It also strengthens your back muscles and reduces back pain.

7. Parivrtta Utkatasana – Twisted Chair pose
The Parivrtta Utkatasana is also called the Yoga’s version of the squat. But you must know that it is a little more intense and tones the abdominal muscles, and works the quads and glutes.

The asana also improves the lymph system and digestive systems. It is a great way to lose weight.

Parivrtta Utkatasana
8. Dhanurasana – Bow Pose
Are you looking for the best way to lose that belly fat? Dhanurasana helps massage the abdominal organs, improves digestion, and strengthens the thighs, chest, and back. It stretches your whole body, and strengthens and tones your muscles with improved blood circulation.

Dhanurasana helps one lose weight
9. Surya Namaskara – Sun Salutation Pose
The Surya Namaskara or Sun Salutation does more than warm up the muscles and get the blood flowing. It stretches and tones most of the major muscles, trims the waist, tones the arms, stimulates the digestive system, and balances the metabolism.