<p>Yoga, often seen as a transcendental experience, is actually a very pragmatic way to get in shape.</p>
<p>You will be amazed at the changes in your body, mind, and yes, your spirit, once you start yoga.</p>
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<h2><strong>Lose Weight</strong></h2>
<p>Believe it or not, you can lose weight with yoga. This is simply because of the over-all benefits to your whole psyche, as well as your body.</p>
<p>With yoga, you have a self-paced workout regimen that starts by stretching out your muscles.</p>
<p>This is itself starts burning calories, as the muscle fibers experience an increase of circulation.</p>
<p>Any time your muscles work, they produce chemicals that enter the blood stream, increasing your energy level.</p>
<p>These chemicals will also make you sore, so drink plenty of water to cleanse your muscles and bloodstream.</p>
<p>This simple act of gentle stretching will awaken your metabolism, speeding it up if even slightly.</p>
<p>Quite often, you may notice a 2 or 3 pound weight loss because of this simple, introductory workout.</p>
<p>Some people say you are losing wager-weight, because it will come right back if you don’t work out any more.</p>
<p>But, the truth is, this is real weight loss that can be maintained with regular workouts.</p>
<h2><strong>Improved Mental State</strong></h2>
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<p>Since yoga is uniquely suited to matching the participant’s abilities, stature, and physical condition,</p>
<p>you are more likely to experience immediate success with your exercises.</p>
<p>This, alone, is enough to keep people going with an exercise routine, improving with every session.</p>
<p>But, quick success is only part of the improvement.</p>
<p>Your increased circulation, the release of endorphins from working out, and the success of ability-based workouts also improves your mental state.</p>
<p>You’ll find that you tend to be more positive in your outlook due to the positive things happening in your body.</p>
<p>Your state of mind is not just limited to improvements in your body.</p>
<p>Yoga is a whole-human approach, teaching you to find inner balance and peace as you balance your body.</p>
<p>Part of your workout involves focusing all of your mental acuity on certain muscle groups, visualizing them moving into the position you want them in.</p>
<p>You also are trained to focus on your breathing, actually feeling the air as it enters and leaves your body.</p>
<p>With these areas of focus, you begin to leave stress and problems from the outside world behind, if for only a little while.</p>
<p>If you ascribe to the mystic side of yoga, you’ll find that you enter alternate consciousness, in what some call a transcendental state.</p>
<h2><strong>Overall Benefits</strong></h2>
<p>The overall benefits of yoga are mulch-faceted, and they interlock to give you more of a sense of wholeness.</p>
<p>Your increased energy level will help you to lose weight, and your more balanced mental state will help you to have the confidence to make better decisions for your body.</p>
<p>The physical benefits of yoga will start to make the weight drop off, and your mental state will keep it off. It’s sort of the best of everything.</p>
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<p>Laura Green is a keen exerciser, after starting to lose weight almost a year ago, Laura has been practicing Yoga and exercising everyday.</p>
<p>She as been on all kinds of interesting courses such as detox weight loss retreats and fitness bootcamps.</p>

Losing Weight With Yoga
