Map your route to fitness through yoga

During a conversation with one of my colleagues, she said she wanted to confess something. After battling with some inhibitions, she finally told me that she was dissatisfied with the way she looked and could not accept her changing body. I laughed it off asking which league of girls is able to accept itself for their bodies. But her urgency seemed more than usual and she asked me for some help. With all these yoga selfies being tweeted and the pomp and show for the upcoming yoga day, I could think of nothing but yoga to mollify her anxiety. I told her about three basic yogic postures which work wonders for weight loss and body toning. So as June 21 is right here, tickling our health consciousness, I decided to dedicate a post to yoga for my readers and here are those three easy yet miraculous yoga postures which I advised to my colleague and now to you:

The half moon pose
ü  Helps tone your buttocks, upper and inner thighs and extra stretches on the sides of your tummy.
1.      Stand with your feet joined together.
2.      Raise your hands while clasping your palms. Take it above your head and stretch toward the ceiling.
3.      Exhale and bend sideways while you keep your hands straight and palms clasped. Do not bend forward. Feel the stretch from your fingertips and your thighs.
4.      Inhale and get back to your standing position. Repeat the same on the other side.

Warrior Pose
ü  As the name suggests, this pose strengthens your thighs, buttock and tummy, while helping you lose weight.
1.      Stand with your feet joined together and your hands by your side.
2.      Extend your right leg forward and keep your left leg extended backwards.
3.      Bend your right knee to get into the lunge position.
4.      Move your chest to face the bent right leg.
5.      Turn left foot sideways by 40⁰-60⁰ for support.
6.      Exhale and straighten your arms. Raise your body away from the bent knee.
7.      Stretch up your arms in the upward direction and curve your chest backwards to form an arch.
8.      Exhale and straighten your right knee. Push the right leg and come back to your original position. Use your hands for support and do not rush as it may lead to some injury. Repeat the same for the other leg.

Chair pose
ü  Tones the buttocks and strengthens muscles and thighs.
1.      Stand straight with your hands joined in Namaste.
2.      Raise your hands above your head and bend at the knee so that your thighs are parallel to the floor.
3.      Slightly bend your chest in the forward and breathe.
4.      Hold this position for as long as you can and then come back to the standing position.