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Yoga Asanas To Reduce Thighs n Hips

A heavy lower body can make you look short and fat. When we work out, we mainly focus on the upper body especially chest and belly. However, your thighs and butt also needs to be well shaped. This is more special for women as they need to make sure that their thighs and hips are not too heavy.

Thighs and hips are easily prone to fat accumulation. Therefore, it is very important to work on those areas as well. To get the perfectly shaped thighs and hips, women do anything possible. From applying gels to diet, women opt for different methods to bring the curves and reduce fat accumulation from these areas.

However, when you work out, you need to focus on some specific exercises that burn fat deposits from these areas and shape them. Exercises will help you tone down the lower section of your body. So, you need to either hit the gym or try some natural yoga. There are many yoga exercises or asanas which can help bring the thighs and hips in shape. Even celebrities try yoga to maintain their curves and avoid weight gain.

If you do not get much time to visit the gym or want to save some unwanted gym subscription money, then here are the best yoga asanas that can be done at home. These yoga asanas will tone and shape the thighs and hips. Take a look.

Yoga Exercises For Thighs and Hips:

Utkatasana

Utkatasana

This yoga asana can put a strain on your thigh muscles, but after regular practice, the pain will reduce, and you will get flexibility. You need to bend your knees slightly and dip into a squat while exhalation.

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana

This yoga asana focuses on thighs and hips. Practicing this yoga position every day will tone down your thighs and buttocks very easily.

Deep squats

Deep squats

It is one of the best exercises for thighs and hips. The deep squats allows you to bend and improve flexibility of the lower body. It also helps get rid of belly fat.

Ananda Balasana

Ananda Balasana

Lie down flat on the yoga mat. Raise both the legs together upwards and hold them with your palms. Pregnant women should not do this yoga asana.

Virabhadrasana 1

Virabhadrasana 1

Also known as warrior 1 pose, this yoga exercise works on thigh and abdomen muscles.

Virabhadrasana 2

Virabhadrasana 2

It is similar to the Virabhadrasana 1 pose. Here, instead of joining hands into a namaste, you need to spread them wide parallel.

Setu Bandhasana

Setu Bandhasana

Lie down flat. on the yoga mat. Bend your legs and place your hands by your side with palms facing the ground. lift up your hips off the ground with the support from feet and hands. Hold and lie down. Repeat it 10-15 times to reduce thigh and hip fat.

Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana

Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana

Sit in the downward dog pose and then lift your right leg high up in the air supporting yourself on two hands and your left leg. Hold for 5 breathes and then relax. Repeat with the left leg. Body balance is very important, so beginners can seek for some help.

Baddha Konasana

Baddha Konasana

Commonly known as the Bound Angle Pose, this yoga asana works on your thigh muscles and also increases flexibility.

Shalabhasana

Shalabhasana

Lie upside down on the yoga mat. Place your palms on the ground and keep them straight. Slowly raise your legs together and hold it for 5 breathes. Relax and repeat for 10 times to reduce thigh and hip fat.

Viparita Virabhadrasana

Viparita Virabhadrasana

It is one of the standing yoga poses that offers numerous health benefits. Stand in Virabhadrasana 2 position, arch your torso backwards and place the left hand over the back of your left leg. Raise the right hand on the air straight and hold. Relax and repeat with left hand.

Story first published: Friday, October 18, 2013, 19:51 [IST]
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