Seven Misconceptions about practicing yoga to lose weight

1. Before practicing yoga, you must be on an empty stomach and eat after practicing.

Wrong. If you are vegetarian before practicing yoga, it is best to practice after 2 and a half hours to 3 hours. If you eat meat, it is best to practice after 3 and a half hours to 4 hours. However, eating a little fruit or drinking a glass of milk will not matter. Especially for practitioners with low blood sugar, you need to add a little sugar before practicing. It is best to wait 30 minutes after practice before eating.

2. After practicing yoga, I started sweating profusely, so I could take a bath and relax.

Wrong. It is best to wait half an hour after practicing yoga before taking a bath. Yoga emphasizes energy balance. If you take a bath immediately, this balance will be disrupted, so you should give your body a period of time to absorb it.

3. The core of yoga is exercise positions.

Wrong. The asana of yoga is only the smallest part of yoga. The meditation and breathing of yoga are the most important. Moreover, yoga needs to be continued for a long time, and the good effects do not occur within one hour of practice, but continue over the other 23 hours.

4. Yoga is about building your flexibility.

Wrong. Yoga is not simply stretching. It does not require flexibility in the body like dance and acrobatics. Yoga is about energy balance. It uses breathing to drive the body to move. The deeper the breath, the more stretching the body. The inner breathing helps you open up the flexibility of your body, which is more about the softness of your limbs.

5. Practice yoga before practicing other sports.

Wrong. It is best to put yoga behind other exercises, which can have a good relaxing effect. If you do some more strenuous exercise after practicing yoga, it will only make your body tense and break the energy balance.

6. To practice yoga, you need to drink water constantly.

Wrong. You can drink some water before practicing yoga, but if you are not thirsty during the practice, don't drink water. If you feel thirsty, drink a small amount. At the same time, pay attention to drinking a large amount of water after 20 minutes of exercise. But with the exception of high-temperature yoga, it requires constant drinking water during practice to replenish lost water.

7. Practice yoga at a fixed time every week.

Wrong. Incorporate yoga into your life for better results, rather than fixing your practice of yoga a few times a week. (Internship Editor: Li Jianhong)