Yoga – my new found love

 

I have been going to Yoga Class since July and I am loving it. The above taken from http://www.womenshealthmag.com/yoga.

 

Cubalah, it is easy. The only thing you need to know is how to breath correctly.

An update to my new beginning

It has been a while since I last update this blog. Sorry for that, I am just plain lazy. Having a FB account doesn’t help either.

 

Anyway, it has been 4 months since I signed up at Fitness First. So far I have lost about 5 kg.  Is that good progress?  Well, losing weight is a journey, I think I will take the time I needed. I have taken up yoga at FF and loving it. I have not been able to go to FF during this bulan puasa, so I do yoga at home. One of the poses that I practice is called Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) , very powerful yoga exercise that combines few poses. We’ll see later if I could lose more weight. My target is to be the range of 50s with 20% of fat mass. Currently, I am still way off. Frankly, it is so frustrating not being able to lose more after all the hard work. But I guess I have to bersabar.

 

Check up the benefits below:

Health Benefits of Surya Namaskar Poses

In addition to the general health benefits associated with performing Surya Namaskar, each of the yoga poses in the series provides specific health benefits:

• Pose 1 (and 12): Promotes balance, stimulates the respiratory system, exercises shoulder, back and neck muscles
• Pose 2 (and 11): Promotes balance, promotes digestion, exercises arms and shoulder muscles, tones the spine, promotes flexibility in back and hips
• Pose 3 (and 10): Promotes blood circulation, tones abdominal tracts, stretches back and leg muscles, stimulates spinal nerves, stimulates lymphatic system
• Pose 4 (and 9): Exercises spine, strengthens hand and wrist muscles
• Pose 5 (and 8): Stimulates blood circulation, strengthens the heart, strengthens wrist and arm muscles, relieves neck and shoulder tension
• Pose 6: Strengthens leg and arm muscles, increases flexibility in neck and shoulders, stretches arms, shoulder, neck and back muscles, exercises back muscles, releases tension in neck and shoulder
• Pose 7: Stimulates circulation to abdominal organs, tones digestive tract, stretches upper and lower body, promotes flexibility in the back, stimulates nerves in spine

Poses 8 through 12 are essentially repetitions of poses 5 through 1, respectively. The health benefits of each are similar to their corresponding poses.

Surya Namaskar is an exercise in itself, but it is also sometimes used as a warm up for other, more strenuous workouts. You can also perform Surya Namaskar at the end of other exercise routines as a way to relax and wind down. One of the best things about Surya Namaskar is how flexible and versatile a form of exercise it is for individuals at all fitness levels.