How can I tone muscle with yoga?

A question that I get a lot about yoga, so I know that I can increase my flexibility but yoga, but can I TONE the body? And my answer to that is absolutely yes; you can tone the body using yoga.

So, when doing yoga, you are toning and strength training, just regularly. Almost every single pose that you do will activate your core. Also, we can get super specific, and when you tell me your goals, we can activate and engage those muscle groups through tons of different poses.

Along with that, a lot of these poses allow the yogi to support their own bodyweight too. That is another way to activate and engage certain and specific muscles. You can activate your core, your glutes, your legs, your arms, your back, whatever you’re looking to do.

A couple of my favorite movements for activating and toning the body is chair pose, Utkatasana, side plank, vashistasana, plank pose, and bridge pose. There are so many different ways to tone the body.

Along with that, there is vinyasa style yoga, which moves a little quicker, that breath to movement pace which allows you to get the blood circulating, burn fat and burn calories if that’s what you’re looking to do too. There are so many different options and styles of yoga.

If you really want to target toning muscle, you can book a Power Flow, Vinyasa Flow or a Private Yoga Session focused on building strength and getting toned.

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