| To tone your body, you need to have a combination | | | | core off the mat in a triangle shape supported by |
| of a healthy diet, cardiac exercises, and strengthening | | | | arms and legs. |
| exercises. For many people this means a rigorous | | | | 3. The Warrior Pose Tones your Lower Body |
| regime of jogging and lifting, but that get monotonous | | | | The warrior pose is great strengthening pose for your |
| over time. But a solution may be closer than you think. | | | | calves, thighs, and hips. In this you go into a deep lunge |
| Surprisingly enough, yoga entail exercises for toning | | | | and place most of your weight on your bent leg. At |
| your body. It also encompasses cleansing exercises | | | | the same time you keep your hips protruded towards |
| that can help you to release the toxins that build up in | | | | the back. This creates tension that works that entire |
| your system from your diet. | | | | area. The warrior pose will also marginally help your |
| This article elaborates on some yoga postures, which | | | | arms, as they are held outstretched for the duration of |
| are explained in an easy-to-follow manner. | | | | the pose. |
| 1. Use the Tree Pose to Strengthen your Oblique at | | | | 4. Flatten Your Abdominal Muscles with the Plank |
| Any Time | | | | Pose |
| The Tree Pose involves you stand on one leg with | | | | To tone your stomach and promote weight loss in that |
| your other foot tucked in just above your knee and | | | | area, yoga offers a series of poses known as planks. |
| that hip open. Your legs look similar to the number four. | | | | As you hold yourself up in a plank you use all your |
| Your arms are held in a prayer pose. This exercise is | | | | core muscles to keep your body upright. A plank pose |
| great because it can be done at any time: when you | | | | can either be done with your chest facing the ground |
| are waiting in a line at the post office, kept your food | | | | or the side. In a standard plank, you hold your body in a |
| to heat up in the microwave, or during a phone call in | | | | way as if you are about to begin pushups. In a side |
| the office. It is a low impact exercise but improves | | | | plank, you balance on the side of your feet and hand |
| your balance and tones your oblique. | | | | and keep your core upright at the same time. |
| 2. Stretch and Strengthen your Back with the Dog | | | | 5. Firm Your Core with the Boat Pose |
| Poses | | | | The muscles of your abdomen, hips, and lower back |
| It is easy to forget about our back muscles until they | | | | constitute your core area. The boat pose engages |
| cause us pain. However, working on them will firm your | | | | them all. Sit on the floor with your legs out in front of |
| core and help you to shed abdominal fat. The two dog | | | | you. Put your hands behind your hips and lean back |
| poses - upward dog pose and downward dog pose, | | | | into them. Then lift your legs off the floor to a 45 |
| concentrate on the back muscles. For upward dog, | | | | degree angle. Once there, pick up your hands and |
| you have to lie on your mat with your belly on the | | | | extend them beyond your knees. Use your core |
| floor. Then, while placing your hands by your ribs, you | | | | muscles to keep your back erect and balancing on |
| lift your body and arch your head and torso back. | | | | your tail bond. After three repetitions of 20 seconds |
| After holding this pose, you lower yourself back to the | | | | each, you should feel all the muscles in your core |
| mat and go into downward dog pose by lifting your | | | | working hard. |