So can yoga be useful in your efforts to slim down? Absolutely. Should you abandon your cardiovascular and weight training routine and give up your sensible eating plan to pursue a yoga-only weight-loss regimen? We wouldn't recommend it.

Even if you're not trying to budge fat, yoga is an incredibly smart addition to your exercise routine. Who wouldn't look and feel better with stronger, suppler muscles and improved posture? Who couldn't benefit from a little relaxation and stress reduction? Yoga can be a wonderful compliment to the rest of your exercise routine and a welcome antidote to all of the pumping, pounding and stress of more traditional forms of exercise and everyday life.

For a great introduction to yoga, check out Keyboard Yoga.

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