Yoga and Weight Loss

Its interesting, yoga is seeing a massive rise in popularity all around the world. Part of that, no doubt, has to do with spirituality and a search for some peace in this crazy world.

However, recent evidence points to weight loss as one of the primary reasons people are flocking to the age-old yoga methods.

So, does practicing yoga lead to a smaller waist line?

On our yoga and meditation site, we have found that many people write us about two main reasons they are turning to Yoga - health and weight loss. In other words, yes,
there is a real curiosity about any link between Yoga and weight loss.

Indeed, one would believe that healthier lifestyle and eating habits discussed in relation to practicing yoga would certainly be one link, but another trend is toward
more of the physical, intensive workout forms of yoga.

So - recent research seems to back the message of a link between yoga and weight loss - see this article for more.

One has to be careful to generalize based only on one study, but it certainly is interesting to know that one of the major reasons people today are finding yoga again is image rather than purely spirituality.

Jeff