
The size of the waist is an indication of overall fitness for many people. Most health experts agree that a smaller waist is healthier than a big one. The reasoning behind this is that increases in fat around the waist usually result in increased health risks such as diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure.
So, how can yoga help reshape your waist.
In simple terms, by requiring you to move - and hold - your torso muscles as a unit, rather than isolating your abdominal muscles as you do in crunches. Yoga poses help to lengthen your overall torso.

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Think of your torso as a long vessel through which numerous muscles interact to keep you looking lean. Your transversus abdominis, the deepest abdominal muscle, works with the others to hold in your lower belly. Your erector spinae, the muscles that attach to your spine, straighten your posture and can make you feel (and appear) taller.