Is 20 Min Of Yoga A Day Enough? — Yoga Kali

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🧘 If you only got 30 seconds:

If the thought of doing a full 60-minute yoga class makes you wince, don’t worry. A short 20-minute yoga session is not only more doable but also beneficial to your brain, mental health, and physique.

Keep scrolling to learn:

• how only 20 minutes of yoga daily can benefit your health, according to research
• whether a short yoga session a day will help you build strength and maintain healthy weight.

1/1 Here’s How 20 Mins Of Yoga A Day, Keeps The Doctor Away

Research confirms that a daily yoga class, even if it’s as short as 20 minutes, can greatly improve your cognitive function, help you control blood pressure, and become more energetic and productive.

What’s more, 20 minutes of physical activity adds up to your weekly minimum to maintain optimum health. Obviously the more you move, the better. But if 20 minutes is what you have, you are better off spending it on the mat than on the couch.

Also, a short yoga session often seems more doable than an hour-long yoga class, which makes people more likely to work out in the first place.

With that said, whether or not yoga is going to bring you the desired outcomes depends on your specific goals.

Here’s how short, less than 20-minute long, yoga and breathing practice benefit your health, according to research:

The exciting part is that yoga has been often proven to be more effective at improving brain function as well as enhancing mental well-being and confidence than a walk, a short aerobic exercise, or the practice of power posing.

Will 20 Minutes Of Daily Yoga Help Me Lose Weight And Improve Physique?

When it comes to visible physical benefits, the benefits of short yoga practice are not so clear-cut.

Twenty minutes of daily yoga can totally help you improve flexibility. However, short yoga sessions, think 15-20 minutes a day, may or may not be so effective if you’re trying to lose weight, build strength, and improve endurance.

If these are your goals and you have only 20 minutes a day to hit the mat, make these minutes count. This means that you have to:

✅ practice fast-flowing and physically-challenging yoga styles such as Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Power. They will burn more calories and promote fat loss by elevating your heart rate. Twenty minutes of fast Sun Salutations will be more beneficial for your heart, lungs, bones, and muscles than twenty minutes of yoga stretching.

✅ maintain a calorie deficit if your aim is to lose weight. Without a calorie deficit, you are not likely to succeed in shedding those pounds even if you end up your yoga session drenched in sweat.

✅ follow a high-protein diet that will help your muscles repair. Research also shows that people who eat enough protein while trying to lose weight have better body composition, lose more fat and maintain more muscle mass.