Yoga Burns Fat: The 7-Week Plan to Stretch and Tone Your Body, Mind, and Spirit [Paperback]

Jan Maddern (Author)

Book Description

Series: Yoga | Publication Date: April 1, 2002

If you want to get fit, there is no better exercise than yoga. Unlike traditional aerobic exercise, yoga can actually correct imbalances in the body's systems that may be causing weight problems. It not only stretches, firms, and tones, but yoga also works on the endocrine system, balancing the hormones that can contribute to water retention, hunger, mood swings, and food cravings. Yoga--because it is a form of strength training that builds muscle--improves the metabolic rate, causing your body to burn fat even while you're resting! In addition, yoga helps with concentration, goal setting, and relaxation, all of which are necessary components of a successful weight loss program.

In Yoga Burns Fat, you'll find a simple seven-week program that offers a different 30-minute routine for each week. None of the poses require any props or special equipment, and they are specially designed for fat burning. Illustrated with original line drawings, each routine includes easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions that allow you to learn the poses in the privacy of your own home.

In addition, you'll learn: -How to drop a dress size in 7 weeks, without dieting!

-Why yoga is a better form of strength training than lifting weights.

-How to maximize your body's fat burning with easy yoga breathing and visualization.

You'll be fit. You'll be strong. You'll be relaxed, calm, and focused. At the end of just seven short weeks, yoga will have transformed your life. Get started today!

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About the Author

Jan Maddern is a yoga instructor. She is the author of Yoga Builds Bones.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931412669
• ISBN-13: 978-1931412667
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,052,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My review after day 1, April 22, 2002

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paisleymonsoon (Tulsa, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yoga Burns Fat: The 7-Week Plan to Stretch and Tone Your Body, Mind, and Spirit (Paperback)

After only one day of this work out, I feel amazing. My legs feel long with a line of strong muscles all the way down. I can feel the results now, but I'm sure I will see the results in the future. (And my husband loved to watch!) I have only 3 complaints so far: 1. I needed someone to read the steps to me for each exercise because they tend to be rather involved. 2. 30 minutes was not enough time. I needed about 45 minutes to be able to complete all the repititions and another extra 15 minutes if I wanted to do the suggested meditation. 3. The exercises needed pictures for each of the various steps involved in the exercise rather than just one picture. Some of the moves, I had to hope was right. I'm going to have to draw stick figures in myself, I guess.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not much more than okay, June 24, 2004

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Maggie "of the Great White North" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yoga Burns Fat: The 7-Week Plan to Stretch and Tone Your Body, Mind, and Spirit (Paperback)

Will you be more flexible and stronger having done 7 weeks of this program? Yes, but a qualified yes.

The book claims you need only 30 minutes a day. The amount of time each activity takes is debatable. If you are brand new to yoga, you will spend a lot of time flipping between reading the instructions, and attempting the pose, and then stopping part way through the activity to double check the text again. You almost need a tape or video of someone reading the instructions to you. (An example single step is: "Bring your legs back to the center, bend your knees, roll onto your left side and sit up. Straighten your legs out to the side, in line with your hips, and place both palms flat on the floor in front of your hips.")

A good chunk of the book is breathing exercises and visualization exercises (Example: "Imagine that you are walking along a beach. You see a path in the sand dunes that leads to an old house...") Not everyone enjoys visualisation exercises, so think about whether or not this is what you want in a book.

Target Audience: People who want to become more flexible, and enjoy quieting their mind with breathing exercises and visualizations. This is not right book for you if your primary goal is to burn fat.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative Yoga Book, June 30, 2003

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Seeking Health "baker95" (CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yoga Burns Fat: The 7-Week Plan to Stretch and Tone Your Body, Mind, and Spirit (Paperback)

I agree with the first reviewer. This book does need more drawings. This books gives information I haven't seen anywhere else. I have the author's book Yoga builds bones and have found it quite useful. Many yoga books try to sell you things. These books don't. I do wish there was a video. I have followed this book for 4 weeks and I can truly tell a difference.