Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that a consistent yoga practice can help prevent middle-age spread in people of healthy weight, and promote weight loss in people who are overweight.

That’s because yoga practice helps you tune into your body in ways that naturally lead to greater awareness of one’s own eating habits. When you eat mindfully, you tend to eat more slowly and are more likely to stop eating when you feel full.

It doesn’t even matter how vigorous your yoga practice is: even a gentle yoga practice can lead to positive changes in eating habits. Researchers found that people who practice yoga consistently are less likely to use food as a way to mask anxiety, depression, or boredom.

Yoga practice also helps lower the production of stress hormones which contribute to weight gain.

Read more here.

I have taken a break from teaching for the summer (2010).  You can call the Fauquier Hospital LIFE Center at 540-316-2640 to inquire about yoga classes available there.

Transcendent Women in Old Town Warrenton also offers yoga classes.  You can look for them in Google.

I’ll be adding articles, tips, tricks, and more to this blog as times goes on — so come back again!  Namaste, Yvonne