Lose weight naturally

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Every one is struggling to lose fat and stay fit but then every one wants to lose fat with ease i.e. without those sweaty workout and without controlling that desire to eat calorie food. In some case, when a person opts for exercise/workout, he forgets to look after his diet and ends up in achieving nothing.

Planned diet and regular workout are very basic necessities to get that toned body. Along with this, there are certain home made things that can aid you to reach your goal of having a slim fit body, faster. Lets have a look:

1. Lemon:

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Lemon tops the list fro its amazing benefits. Squeeze one lemon in Luke warm water and drink it every day in the morning empty stomach. Make sure to avoid eating before 30 min.

2. Hot Water: Drinking hot water after meals. Sip water just like tea 30 min after having lunch/ dinner.You can also go for this things after oily or high calorie food.

3.Cinnamon tea:

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Cinnamon is very effective in controlling the blood sugar level in the body. And if blood sugar is under control, our body tends to use stored fat in place of storing fat. Prepare cinnamon tea by steeping grounded cinnamon in a cup of water.

4.Garlic for weight loss:

Eat 2-3 garlic cloves and then drink freshly squeezed lemon water.

5. Green Tea:

Being extremely high in antioxidants, green is considered one of the most effective fat flushing drink.
Adding lemon juice to the boiled green tea will enhance the effectiveness of the tea.
In fact, you are not liking the usual boiled taste of green tea you can prepare a tasty smoothie by simply adding 2 table spoon of honey and 1 cup of crushed strawberry/blueberries to the 1/1 cup of water with 2 bags of green tea.


Also check yoga for weight loss>>> http://yogapowerforyou.blogspot.in/2014/05/weight-loss-through-yoga.html

9 Simple Yoga poses for better sleep

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Now a days the problem of insomnia is getting more and more common. Insomniac people feel trouble in having sound sleep. While sleeping our body parts performs several essential functions which gets disturbed due lack of proper sleep. Now only this, its results into other associated health issues like heart problems, anxiety, depression etc. But there is nothing to worry, getting a good sleep is not a nightmare. This is what anyone can achieve and that too without medicines.

Yoga practice is great for various health conditions and instantly makes you feel relaxed stress free. There are some simple Yoga poses that can actually help to sleep tight. Before going to these pose, lets discuss some important things:

- You can practice these poses before going to bed, but just make sure that there should be the gap of at least 2 hour between dinner and practicing poses. Moreover, this should be included in daily habit that one should take dinner at least 1 to 2 hours before going to the bed because the huge amount of energy required for digestion can be detrimental to the sleep.

- All these yoga poses should be practiced without staining yourself. Make sure to feel comfortable and relaxed.

1.  Baddha Konasana:

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Practicing this regulates the digestive system and alleviates fatigue, thus promotes better sleep.

2. Janu Sirsasana : 

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This yoga pose serves benefits in different ways- it relieves insomnia and makes you tension free, helps in curing depression and also stimulates proper functioning of liver and kidney.

Note: make sure not to over stretch yourself and people with back injury should avoid this pose.

3. Upavistha Konasana :

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This pose helps the abdomen organs work better & clams brain. This is one of the de-stressing YOGA.

4. Reclined twist:

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It releases the stress from the muscles of ribs & spine.

5. Viparita Karani :

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This pose increases the blood circulation in upper part of the body and makes you feel enegetic.

6. Salabhasana (Locust Pose):

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7. Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend):

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8. Prasarita Padottanasana :

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9. Savasana (Corpse Pose):

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This pose brings ultimate feeling of calmness to the body and peacefulness to the mind. It also relieves any kind of metal or muscular tension and lower the blood pressure.

Yoga for Seniors

The most amazing thing about YOGA is that every age group of society can derive benefits from it. Though Yoga posses a popular image of young people performing super tough poses, but after getting familiar with real yoga, now people in their older ages are also getting attached to yoga. And the sole reason for this inclination is the count of benefits that one can reap by just including simple and super easy yoga poses to their routine workout schedule.

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There are several age related problems which are mostly unavoidable, for example- stiffness of bones, low response of senses, digestion problems, blood pressure etc. One cannot avoid ageing but one can delay it for sure.
     But before starting over, there are certain things to be taken care of:

• Respect your pain: Start with simple and easy poses, don't try to push yourself hard. You may not be able to bend your body much, but you can certainly enhance the quality of your life by simply performing simple Yoga/Prayanam.
• Know your limits: once you start practicing, go slowly and hold for shorter period of time and let your body to settle in the pose.
• Keep yourself hydrated.
• At any point of time, if you feel intense pain or uneasiness, please stop yoga and seek medical care if problem persists.

Types of Yoga poses best for older people:

1. Tirkonasana(Triangle pose) :

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2. Butterfly pose:

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3. Bhujangasana:

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4. Child pose:

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5. Pawanmuktasana:

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6. Pranayama: 

There are several forms of PRANAYAMA, which includes following:

1. Ujjayi Pranayama

2. Nadi Sodhan Pranayama

3. Shitali Pranayama

4. Anuloma Pranayama

5. Viloma Pranayama

6. Kapalbhati Pranayama

7. Digra Pranayama

8. Bhastrika Pranayama

9. Bhramri Pranayama

10. Bhaya Pranayama

11. Agnisar Kriya.

Details about these pranayam is available at link below:

http://yogapowerforyou.blogspot.in/2014/05/forms-of-pranayama.html

http://yogapowerforyou.blogspot.in/2014/05/basic-yoga-pranayama.html

http://yogapowerforyou.blogspot.in/2014/05/yoga-benefits-and-techniques.html

Note: All the above discussed Yoga/Pranayama should be done under the guidance of trainer and according to the health condition.