Who doesn't want a sculpted body? While High-Intensity Interval training and weight lifting coupled with a fiber-rich, high-protein diet can help you achieve a slim body. You might also want to include yoga in your routine to help get a flat tummy! Yoga is a great way to help curb many diseases like diabetes, high cholesterol, arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, it can even help reduce menstrual pain- the list is never-ending. However, yoga has shown amazing results when it comes to burning fats and creating a balance in the body inside out. Here are a few yoga poses you can do to burn belly fat and tone your abs as suggested by famous yogini Pragya Bhatt.

1. Suryanamaskars: There are about 12 ways to do Surya Namaskar. The idea is to stand in a praying pose outdoors in the sun while forming different poses. Here are steps to perform Suryanamaskar.

2. Trikonasana: This one of the favorite yoga poses of our PMO. He took on to Twitter to share the steps of this yoga pose. Here's how you can do it.

3. Parsvakonasana: Also called the side angle pose, the term Parsvakonasana can be broken down to Parsva (side), Kona (angle) and asana (pose) in Sanskrit. Here's how you can do it.

4. Virabhadrasana: Named after a fierce warrior and an incarnation of Lord Shiva, Veerabhadra, this asana is known to strengthens the arms, shoulders, thighs and back muscles, all at once. Starts with the Mountain Pose or Tadasana this pose is easy to perform and works wonders in burning belly fat. Here's how to perform this pose.

Yoga is a great way to achieve a sculpted tummy and get rid of fat around the waist which is probably the most difficult area to deal with in terms of losing weight. However, you must keep in mind that doing yoga the wrong way could even injure you that's why it is always advisable to perform yoga under a professional supervision.

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