HOLD for 30 seconds! Yoga ball for flat stomach

Postpartum mothers watch their bellies getting bigger and bigger, and they always keep comforting themselves that they can’t do anything about it. However, yoga teachers mentioned that in fact, as long as you hold a simple yoga abdominal-shaping pose for 30 seconds, it can help you keep your abdominal muscles firm, develop a natural corset, and burn off the fat accumulated during delivery and confinement.

Use the resistance of the yoga ball to maintain the pose for 30 seconds to help you create a flat belly after childbirth. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

Tang Youxin, a yoga teacher who just gave birth two months ago, mentioned that mothers have been constantly replenishing calories since the birth period and confinement period, and they dare not eat less to breastfeed. Over time, they accidentally let their stomachs, buttocks, and thighs develop horizontally. If you want to successfully sculpt your lower body, timely exercise is very important. Here is a set of yoga ball exercises for abdominal shaping.

5 Steps to Abdominal Yoga Ball Exercises

Teacher Tang Youxin demonstrated and shared that if postpartum mothers have a yoga ball, they can use the elasticity and resistance of the yoga ball to strengthen muscle endurance training and reduce possible sports injuries; if there is no yoga ball, they can also choose a sofa chair or the edge of the bed to practice.

Abdominal shaping yoga ball exercise preparatory movements. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

1. First, push your feet forward, sit up straight, and straighten your spine.

2. Then move your hips forward until they are in front of the yoga ball, allowing your lower back to rest against the ball.

3. Place your hands in front of your body and clasp them together, inhale deeply into your stomach, push the ball backward with your lower back, and maintain the position for about 30 seconds.

4. You can use your thighs to hold yoga bricks or pillows at the same time to strengthen the muscles at the base of your legs.

5. Take a short break after 30 seconds, then repeat the above 4 steps.

Teacher Tang Youxin added that yoga ball exercises can help firm the muscles of the thighs, buttocks, and abdomen, helping postpartum mothers burn fat. Practicing every day is like a natural corset, creating a flat abdominal line. If you feel back pain during exercise, you can hug the yoga ball with both hands to relieve the pressure on your back.

Soothing posture. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)