With a good Avalon yoga instructor, you can be guided through the best poses that will stimulate your metabolism rate. In addition to the well-documented yoga methods of promoting good health and happiness, yoga can burn calories, help you lose weight, reduce stress and boost metabolism. Although yoga isn’t a quick fix, it can be a great long-term approach to losing excess weight and keeping it off.

As you may already know, metabolism consists of various chemical processes that create energy in your body and are regulated by the endocrine system. Yoga has a powerful way of stimulating the endocrine organs and this can boost your metabolism to help your body burn more calories.

Compressing and twisting yoga poses massage the abdominal organs and endocrine, regulating their function and improving local circulation hence cleansing them of stagnant toxins. Breathe techniques along with the physical yoga poses warm and energies the body hence boosting metabolism. Additionally, the three-part breathing helps activate the nervous system which adjusts any imbalances in hormones. Sun Salutations will also help boost metabolism. Twisting yoga poses, forward bends, back bends and inversions are useful in stimulating the endocrine systems. Generally, poses, meditations and pranayama’s bring awareness to the yoga practitioner so that they can see emotional eating as a bad habit and provide skills to process and resolve emotional distress. Combing your practice of yoga in a yoga studio with meditation improves self-reflection and self-awareness and reduces stress.

Plough pose

This pose increases blood circulation in the thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands, leading to a release of feel-good hormones and endorphins that balance the metabolic system. It gives a good stretch to your lower back and glutes. To perform this pose, you should lie back and lift your legs up towards the ceiling. Your arms should be on the sides of your body and your palms should be down. Now press onto your hands as you lift your legs over your head. Touch the floor behind your head and maintain the position for a few seconds.

Shoulder stand

This yoga pose will get your stubborn fat moving and burning. During this pose, blood will rush to your upper body and deliver enough oxygen to your brain and heart as well as nourish your thyroid gland that regulates metabolism. To do this pose, you should lie on your back and your arms maintained alongside your body. Now lift your legs up until they are at a 90-degree angle while your toes point to the ceiling. Maintain this position for as long as you can.

Twisted chair

When you bend your body in unusual ways, you wake up your internal organs and this helps in digestion. A good digestive system promotes good metabolism. You should stand with your feet together as instructed by your Avalon yoga instructor. Bend your knees as you lower your hips as if you are sitting in a chair behind you. Put your palms together and keep them in front of your chest. Now rotate your spine and as you bring the right elbow to your left knee. Maintain this position for around 30 seconds and change sides.