Sunday, June 14, 2015

9 Effective Tips To Reduce Your Postpartum Cramps

Are you cringing with cramps post delivery rather than celebrating the new arrival? Are you writhing in pain with postpartum contractions rather than enjoying the bliss of motherhood?

Postpartum cramps or afterbirth pains are the side effects of involution a process in which your uterus contracts and shrinks back to its pre-pregnancy size. All new mothers experience it post delivery. Read on to know more about postpartum cramps, why they occur and how you can help yourself deal with it.

7 Effective Tips To Get Rid Of Cellulite Fast

Every woman hates to have cellulite! Those hideous looking fat deposits attack those points that are clearly visible –thighs, hips, and lower abs. However, there are women who have cellulite in their arms as well. Is there an effective, yet quick way to get rid of the cellulite? The answer is definitely a big YES! Before guiding you through the 7 techniques to get rid of cellulite quickly, let’s understand what causes cellulite in the first place.

5 Yoga Poses to Get Your Gut in Gear

As a yoga instructor, core workouts are a very essential part of my yoga classes. Core exercises are great for improving back health as well as balance and posture. Building and maintaining a strong core not only feels good, but looks good on you! Remember to focus on linking your breath with your motion, and on keeping your core engaged throughout your workouts.

9 Yoga Poses For a Perky Booty

Forget the traditional squats, lunges, and gym equipment. Practicing these yoga poses will shape, round, and lift the booty to where you won’t even need the yoga pants to enhance its appearance! (Just kidding, keep wearing pants after this workout).

There are 3 primary muscles to target when working on shaping the booty: the (gluteus) maximus, medius, and minimus. We will walk through 9 poses to maximize muscle use and stimulate growth in each area. Repeat each move for 5 breaths.

3 Tips to Stick Balancing Poses

Balancing poses in yoga are tricky. This is the part of our practice where we swear our mat has a mind of it’s own. Why does it feel like there is a mini earthquake grumbling beneath us during a pivotal balance moment?

It’s hard to breathe and remain calm when our ankles are shaking and we find ourselves striking that ever-so-fashionable yogi toe death grip. When our mat feels more like a runaway magic carpet ride and less like a yoga mat, are we doing something wrong? The short answer is no.

9 Effective Tips On How To Tighten Skin After Pregnancy

Now that your baby is in your arms, you have surely changed in many ways. And one very obvious change is the shape of your body. It can be quite frustrating to find that even though after delivery, your belly is still bulging!

Unlike what you may think, it takes a lot of time to get rid of your Pregnancy Pouch, which is the sagging skin on your belly.

5 Successful Tummy Slimming Methods For 5 Tummy Types

For many women, getting bikini ready means tackling one dreaded area in particular — our tummies. Most of us still think the best way to achieve a washboard stomach is by doing hundreds of sit-ups. Not so, says A-list trainer and body guru James Duigan. 

James, who sculpts supermodels Elle Macpherson and Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley among others, insists there is no ‘one size fits all’ method for getting a flat belly. Instead, he’s identified five key ‘tummy types,’ all of which require a different approach to achieve successful toning.

8 Yoga Poses to Tone Your Whole Body

These 8 yoga poses to tone your whole body will leave you with a gorgeous lean look and will make you feel super-confident about yourself!

Yoga is great way to tone your body with for what feels like very little effort. In addition to its calming effects, yoga helps in you getting some pretty serious muscle building. These yoga poses work to tone all of your muscles at the same time. These yoga poses focus on strength rather than flexibility, and will help you get sculpted, long and lean muscles so you feel confident in your skin. Attempt these 8 poses individually to start with; when you feel more confident, link them together for a more fluid practice.

The Perfect Moves to Sculpt Your ABS

Keep it together: Sit on the floor with your knees bent, feet on the floor and legs glued together. You’ll clasp your hands together, too with arms extended out to one side to start.

Lean back: The purpose of the Russian twist is to completely engage the transverse abs, which are also known as the “six-pack” muscles. Depending on core strength, you could lean a few inches or nearly a foot before you feel abs entirely brace. Find your sweet spot.

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