Calories burned doing योग

Between about 74 and 147 kcal for a 70 kg adult, depending entirely on the style. A restorative practice at 2.0 MET costs roughly 74 kcal; a Hatha practice of held poses about 92; continuous Surya Namaskar around 121; and a power practice about 147.

None of them, individually — and any site giving you a per-pose calorie figure has invented it. The 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities, which is where legitimate MET values come from, publishes codes for styles of yoga practice, not for poses. What raises the cost is continuity: a flow that never stops sits higher than a class of held poses, whatever poses are in it.

Body composition follows total food and total activity across weeks, not any single session. A 40-minute flowing practice costs roughly what a brisk walk of the same length costs — real, worth having, and not a large number next to a day's eating. What yoga adds that a walk does not is leg and trunk strength and joint range, and what any of it needs to matter is that you keep doing it.

Multiply by your weight in kilograms and divide by 70. The underlying relationship is MET × 3.5 × body mass in kg ÷ 200 kcal per minute, so the whole thing scales linearly with body mass. A 90 kg adult spends about 29% more than a 70 kg one doing exactly the same practice.