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Jun 11

Model’s figure bounces back after giving birth, she credits yoga

As a woman, it's one of the seemingly inescapable facts about having a baby – after giving birth, it takes some time before your figure reverts back to normal. However, either the laws of biology don't apply to model Miranda Kerr, or mind-body regimens can work wonders, because the 28-year-old reported using yoga to get back in shape.

Kerr, who is perhaps best known for being one of the Victoria's Secret Angels, told Access Hollywood that stretching, posing, breathing deeply and meditating facilitated her weight loss after having her child, Flynn, on January 6 of this year.

However, she noted that yoga was not some quick-fix bandwagon that she's recently jumped on.

“Well, I practiced yoga for over 10 years, and I just continued that practice throughout my whole pregnancy and then after as well,” she told the news source, adding that "it does [keep you in shape after giving birth], especially when you’re breastfeeding."

As proof of the effect yoga had on Kerr, Australia's Telegraph printed an alluring photo of Kerr at a Victoria's Secret launch party on May 12, which was held at the The Beverly Hotel in West Hollywood, California.


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Jun 11

Middle-aged adults may come to terms with bodily changes through yoga

Personal change is something that yoga can contribute to, whether you are 20 and in prime physical condition, or 40 and starting to notice changes in your body, ones that you are not especially happy with.

A new study published in the International Journal on Disability and Human Development tackled this issue head on by asking how yoga can help middle-aged adults come to accept the changing physical constraints of their maturing bodies.

Conducted by researchers at Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis, the study found that the holistic mind-body program appears to help middle-aged Americans negotiate the changes they are experiencing by inducing a sense of calm and relaxation in them.

Of course, yoga has other potential benefits, too. Aging adults need not worry so much about their bodies because yoga may be able to help keep a person's physique trim and at its target weight.

A study published in the journal Alternative Therapies found that of more than 15,000 healthy adults aged 30 to 45, those that practiced yoga gained an average 3.1 fewer pounds over a four-year period.