He took you by a big surprise and popped the big question. You are engaged to get married to your loved one and blooming with happiness. Along with all the excitement, there are also the great wedding woes that come after your engagement. All the planning, financial pressures, juggling between work and bridal shopping will give you reasons to fret.

The whirlwind of high emotions of happiness and low emotions of fatigue involved in the wedding planning can cause a great deal of stress for you. Planning a wedding is not that easy, isn’t it?

Don’t worry. In such situation, Yoga offers an excellent platform to sweat it out and shed some weight along with your stress. Not only it helps you to keep fit and healthy, but it also removes all the stress and anxiety building up before your d-day.

Hamaraevent, your trusted corner for finding the best marriage halls in Mumbai is happy to share with you some yoga poses that will help you stretch and breathe your way to become a beautiful glowing bride, brimming with confidence inside and out.

Inhale Love and Exhale hate with Yoga to look and feel fabulous in your wedding attire.

Yoga Poses to Help You Lose Weight and Look Gorgeous on your wedding:

1. Naukaasana - Boat Pose

Benefits -

♦ Tone your leg and arm muscles. Shun extra fat in your legs and arms for a toned look

♦ Enforces the back and abdominal muscles as well

How to Do -

⇒ Lie down on your back, resting your feet together and put your arms alongside your body

⇒ Breathe In and as you exhale, lift your chest and feet from the ground. Stretch your arm towards the feet

⇒ The pose is like the shape of a boat. Eyes, fingers, and toes should fall in a straight line

⇒ Feel the contraction of your abdominal muscles

⇒ Keep breathing deeply and maintain the pose for a while

⇒ Exhale and come back to the original position on the ground and relax

Boat Pose

2. Shalabhasana - Locust Pose

Benefits -

♦ Flexibility and enforcement of the entire back

♦ Strengthens the shoulders and arms

♦ Works the muscles in the neck and shoulders

♦ Massages abdominal organs and improves digestion

How to Do -

⇒ Lie flat on your stomach with hands resting on either side of the body, palms facing the sky, feet together and put your chin on the ground

⇒ Breathe in and raise your right leg up, without twisting your hip

⇒ Hold for a while and breath deeply

⇒ Exhale and bring the right leg down

⇒ Repeat the same steps and follow for the left leg

⇒ Take 2-3 deep breaths

⇒ Inhale and lift both legs up as high as you can, without bending your knees

⇒ Hold for a while

⇒ Exhale and bring down your legs

Locust Pose - Full Shalabhasana

3. Viparita Shalabhasana - Superman Pose

Benefits - 

♦ Tones the abdomen and works the lower back

♦ Massages the spinal chord and keeps the back flexible

♦ Improves blood circulation and helps to stretch the chest, arms, legs, abdomen and lower back

♦ Eases mental stress

How to Do -

⇒ Lie on your stomach with chin on the ground, feet together and hands stretched out in the front

⇒ Keep your legs closer so that your feet are lightly touching each other

⇒ Stretch your arms to the front

⇒ Inhale and lift your chest, legs, arms and thighs off the ground

⇒ You now resemble a flying superhero

⇒ Take deep breaths and stretch out your arms further with each breath, without bending your elbows and knees

⇒ Exhale and gently bring down your chest, arms, and legs back to the ground

Superman Pose

4. Marjariasana - Cat Stretch

Benefits -

♦ Relieves your neck and back from all the running around and talking on the phone

♦ Improves digestion and blood circulation

♦ Relaxes the mind and also tones the abdomen

How to Do -

⇒ Come onto your fours to form a table with your back as the table top and the legs and hands as the feet of the table

⇒ Rest your arms perpendicular to the floor, directly under your shoulders

⇒ Look straight

⇒ Inhale and raise your chin and tilt your head back. Push back your navel and raise your butt. You need to feel the light tingle there

⇒ Hold the pose and breathe deeply

⇒ Exhale and bring your chin to your chest. Arch your back and relax your butt

⇒ Hold this pose, relax and return back to your four position

⇒ Continue for five to six rounds to get a good stretch

Cat Stretch

5. Balaasana - Child Pose

Benefits -

♦ Relief from neck and back pain

♦ Calms the mind and makes you feel fresh like a child

♦ Stretches the hips, thighs, and ankles

How to Do -

⇒ Kneel on the floor. Sit on your heels with the big toes touching each other

⇒ Inhale and spread your knees hip width apart

⇒ As you exhale, bend forward and lay your torso between the thighs

⇒ Allow your head to touch the ground with hands resting by the sides of the torso and palms facing up

⇒ Stay in the pose and relax

⇒ Inhale and get back to the original position

⇒ Place your hands on the thigh, facing the ceiling

Child Pose

6. Savasana - Corpse Pose

Benefits -

♦ Release all the stress and rest for a while after you do some asanas

♦ Bring on the meditative state of mind and aids in the repair of tissues and cells

♦ Alleviates blood pressure, anxiety and sleep disorders

♦ Ground the body and bring a balance to your body

How to Do -

⇒ Lie flat on your back without any cushion

⇒ Close your eyes

⇒ Keep your legs apart with toes facing sideward. Relax your legs and knees

⇒ Place your arms a little spread out from your body and leave your open palms facing up

⇒ Breathe slowly, deeply relaxing at each breadth

⇒ Inhale to energize and exhale to relax and drop all the feelings of hurry or urgency. Feel each part of the body and let it relax

⇒ Make sure you don’t fall asleep. After some time, slowly roll onto your right side. Lie in the position for a minute and then sit up

⇒ Keep your eyes closed, take few breaths and then gently open your eyes.

Relax with Savasana

7. Pranayama - Breath Easy

At times of stress, we lose out on breathing and all the negative energy gets into us. So practice easy breathing techniques of pranayama. Sit down quietly and perform alternate nostril breathing. Boost your energy and feel rejuvenated.

How to Do -

⇒ Place your thumb on the right nostril and breath out of your left one.

⇒ Close the left nostril with your ring and middle finger and breath out of your right nostril

⇒ Breathe in with your right nostril, close it with your thumb and breathe out of your left nostril

⇒ Continue the cycle for some time

⇒ Meditate for some time and bust all your stress away

Practice the Pranayama

Continue the practice of the above yoga asanas and you will find a surge of energy before your wedding. Hamaraevent hopes that the above asanas will not only alleviate your stress but also help you in shedding off the excess kilos.

Incorporate yoga in your fitness regime and promote an overall healthy and happy living. Look gorgeous and feel positive in your wedding, just as you have dreamt it to be.