What are the advantages of using Yoga as form of weight loss exercise? How effective is it?

it would depend on a lot on the type. There are some more athletic styles of yoga that might be OK. I've done yoga for years, but I gravitate to the gentler, more meditative styles, which don't burn much in the way of calories. However, if you're under a lot of stress and tend to be a stress eater, and yoga calms you down, then it might help with that. I'm not a stress eater, but yoga is my primary way of dealing with my stress.

I do pretty intense yoga a couple times a week and I have found I am definitely stronger, more lean muscle and more flexible. I don't know that is burns a lot of calories but I am more about building muscle and a cardio type workout. Yoga has so may health benefits especially for women that even if you aren't burning calories you should still incorporate it into your workout routine. Doing yoga has helped me with my strength training workouts as well as in scuba with the breath control.

Diamond Dallas Page is a retired professional wrestler who maintains his health through yoga. He says that all throughout hs career, he has never lifted weights in his life. He has several yoga videos on Youtube and has a website too.

http://www.diamonddallaspage.com/ It Ain't Your Mama's Yoga!

I do the intense hot yoga. It's not just a flexibility class, it is body weight resistance training too. But what is really interesting to me is the increased tone I get from it. I can't help it if I have extra skin, but getting more muscle underneath helps a great deal.

I think Yoga is great to relax and stretch your body. Yoga allows people to maintain their youthful flexibility. It is interesting to know that yoga has other affect such as it helps to lose your weight and well being.

Yoga benefits are so dependent on your teacher and her/his selection and length of poses and focus on breathing. "Yoga" is such a huge subject -- sort of like "gym."

Like everyone else said, it depends on the intensity. I do yoga 1-2 times a week outside in humid 80-90 weather. I swear my butt off and I get my heart rate up but that's only part of my exercise routine. I also bike, and lifts weights to give myself a well balanced exercise plan.

I work out at the gym regularly plus take Zumba twice a week and yoga once a week. I do yoga for the stretching and calmness it gives me.

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There is no doubt that yoga is really beneficial for losing weight and gets rid of various diseases. Yoga is gaining popularity day by day in all around the world. Yoga is very effective for losing weight within a short span of time.

Few months ago I had joined the yoga classes and it was very interesting to learn new yoga techniques, I found it is a great way to get relaxed and keep body stretched.