Cellulite doesn't discriminate—the darned dimples disrupt thighs and derrieres of all sizes. It doesn't matter if you're slipping into a size 2 or a 12, sometimes you catch a glimpse of that skin with a topography all its own and it's traumatic. If you are looking for a natural way to smooth over the bumps and shape up, try these yoga fixes.
"Cellulite is a symptom of reduced lymph circulation," says Atma JoAnn Levitt, M.A., R.N., head of the integrative weight loss program at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts. For those of you who skipped biology class, lymph is the somewhat yucky bodily fluid that contains white blood cells. To get that flow going read on.
If you want to see the plough pose we recommend above treat cellulite, watch video of the slim Molly Sims on the mat.
When you work on loosening up the hip sockets by stretching the deepest tissues in that area, you're also on the road to breaking up those darned fat cells that give you a bumpy butt.