Can yoga help you lose weight?
Live MintFashion strategist Jasleen Chopra, 41, used to lead a hectic life, had made poor lifestyle choices and didn’t have the best of eating habits back in 2017. She spent three months following a programme of yoga mixed with cardio, one that Sharma designed specifically for her to aid in weight loss. It’s usually younger people, especially women in their 20s with poor eating habits, and people over 50 who approach yoga teachers to help them lose weight, adds Srivalli Cherla, the 28-year-old yoga instructor and founder of Samsara Yoga in Bengaluru. Yoga has also brought me calm while maintaining my weight at the desired levels without have to measure what and how much I am eating as long as it is clean.” The newer and dynamic forms of yoga are more effective for weight loss than traditional yoga, says Cherla. Hence, compared to modern day explosive and hyper-dynamic training methods such as High Intensity Interval Training and the evergreen running-based cardio training, yoga is a lot slower in achieving weight loss goals.