Enter your yoga style, body weight, and session duration to find out how many calories you burned. The Yoga Calories Burned Calculator uses MET values for each style — from Restorative to Hot Vinyasa — to give you a personalized calorie estimate.
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The number of calories burned during yoga depends on your body weight, session duration, and the style of yoga. On average, a 70 kg (154 lb) person burns roughly 150–400 calories per hour. Gentle styles like Restorative Yoga burn around 136 kcal/hour, while intense styles like Hot Vinyasa or Power Yoga can exceed 400 kcal/hour.
Hot yoga (Bikram-style) has a MET value of around 5.0, meaning a 70 kg person burns approximately 350 calories in a 60-minute session. The elevated room temperature increases your heart rate and perceived exertion, but the extra calorie burn compared to regular yoga is modest — the heat does not significantly boost metabolism.
Hot Vinyasa Yoga is one of the most calorie-intensive yoga styles, with a MET value of around 6.0. A 70 kg person can burn approximately 420 calories in a 60-minute class. It combines the continuous flow of Vinyasa with the heat of a Bikram studio, making it particularly demanding.
The calculator uses the standard MET (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) formula: Calories = MET × weight in kg × duration in hours. Each yoga style has an assigned MET value based on exercise science research. This gives a reliable estimate, though individual metabolism and intensity can vary.
Power Yoga and Hot Vinyasa Yoga burn the most calories, with MET values of 5.7 and 6.0 respectively. These styles involve fast-paced flows and sustained muscle engagement. Bikram (Hot Yoga) and Ashtanga are also high on the calorie-burn scale compared to gentler styles like Restorative or Yin Yoga.
Yoga can contribute to weight loss when combined with a calorie-conscious diet, especially more vigorous styles like Vinyasa, Ashtanga, or Power Yoga. A 60-minute Power Yoga session can burn 300–400+ calories. While it may not burn as many calories as running or cycling, yoga also reduces stress (which can lower cortisol-related weight gain) and improves body awareness.
Heavier individuals burn more calories performing the same activity because more energy is required to move a larger body mass. The MET formula scales linearly with weight — a 90 kg person will burn roughly 29% more calories than a 70 kg person doing the same yoga session for the same duration.
The estimate is a good approximation based on published MET values and your body weight, but it's not exact. Individual factors like fitness level, muscle mass, actual effort exerted, and room temperature can all affect real calorie expenditure. For precise tracking, a heart rate monitor is more accurate than any formula-based estimate.