Yoga And Diet: Food, Habits And Home Practice Notes From Flametree
Yoga and diet: the short version
Chris once threw out three bags of sugary food. Yoga and diet meet in moments like that, when the calm from the mat starts to change what lands on the plate. This page gathers everything Flametree has written on food, sugar, fasting, weight and daily habits. Iyengar yoga is the style developed by Mr BKS Iyengar. In the 20th century he did more than anyone to set down traditional Indian yoga, through his books and his teaching, and he pioneered the use of props. It is sometimes called modern classical yoga, and it’s the style we teach at Flametree. It asks for steady habits, on the mat and off it.
Yoga and diet in short form
- Sugar: how Chris quit sugar cravings.
- Weight: is Iyengar yoga good for weight loss?
- Fasting: intermittent fasting and yoga.
- Drink: does alcohol make you stiff?
- Habits: daily practice and how long to hold poses.
- Recipes: plant based recipes from the Flametree kitchen.
- First class free: for newcomers, plus a half price pass.
This page is one of the topic hubs in Yoga Notes From Flametree.
How can yoga change what you eat?
By making you notice. A calmer nervous system makes it easier to pause before reaching for something, and regular practice makes you feel the difference food makes.
The sugar cravings article tells the sugar story in full.
A seated twist. Small daily practices add up.
How do you make a habit stick?
Start small and keep it regular. Ten minutes most days is easier to keep up than one long session now and then. The daily yoga habit article and the free home practice sequences help you begin.
Start here: the main yoga and diet articles
These are the owner pages. Each answers one main question in depth.
- How To Quit Sugar Cravings: What Actually Worked For Me, the place to begin.
- Is Iyengar yoga good for weight loss?
- Does Alcohol Make You Stiff? What Food And Drink Do To A Yoga Body.
- Intermittent Fasting And Yoga.
- The science of fasting.
- Meditation For Weight Loss: What Helps, What Research Shows.
- Effective, sustainable weight reduction.
- My sugar-holic recovery.
- How Many Calories Does Walking 1 km Burn? The Chocolate Test.
- How I cut sugar on a Bali health retreat.
Habits and home practice
- Daily Yoga Habit: Why I Started, And How My Body Changed My Mind.
- Yoga Practice At Home: How Gertie Fits Yoga Into A Restaurant Owner’s Day.
- How Long To Hold Yoga Poses? Why The Pose Begins When You Want To Leave.
- How Often Should You Do Yoga? How Many Times A Week Makes It Stick.
- Yoga motivation: five doable ways.
- Yogi recipes: healthy, plant based dishes.
Yoga Notes on yoga and diet
- Yoga For Constipation And Digestion: What Helps A Little And What Does Not
- Yoga When You Are Tired Or Travelling: Rejuvenation Poses That Need Little Gear
More notes are being added. You can also browse every Yoga Note in one list.
Classes and home practice
- Free home practice sequences.
- The beginner timetable, in the studio or LIVE online.
Try a class
Your first class is free if you’re new to Flametree. New students, and anyone who has been away three months or more, can also get a half price 10 class pass with 2 extra classes free, to use online, in the studio, or both.
For the studio, check the beginner timetable and just come along. For a LIVE online class, go to our online class list, click the class time you want and we email you the link to join.
Questions about this diet page
What will I find on the Flametree food and habits page?
You will find every Flametree article and Yoga Note on food and habits, grouped so you can start with the main articles and then read the shorter notes. Each link goes to one page that answers one question, so you are not reading the same thing twice.
Which Flametree article on food and habits should I read first?
Start with the sugar cravings article, then the one on yoga and weight loss. For habits, read the daily yoga habit article.
Are Flametree’s food and habits notes only for people in Darwin?
No. They are written in Darwin, from our teaching at Woolner and Coolalinga, but the habits apply anywhere, and classes are also taught LIVE online, so you can join from anywhere in Australia.
How often are new food and habits notes added?
New Yoga Notes are published in batches of about twenty, and this page is updated each time a note on this topic goes live. Older Flametree blog articles stay linked here too.
Flametree Yoga Studio teaches Iyengar yoga in Darwin, at Woolner and Coolalinga, and LIVE online anywhere.
General information only, not medical advice. Talk to your yoga teacher, yoga therapist, and your doctor if you wish, before changing what you do.
