🔥 Yoga Calorie Calculator
Enter your weight, how long you practised, and your style of yoga to estimate the calories burned — a quick, MET-based guide to the energy your session used.
🧘 Estimate Your Session Burn
⚠️ This tool is for informational and wellness purposes only and is not medical advice. Calorie estimates are approximate. Consult a doctor before starting a new practice or making changes to your diet or exercise routine.
What is a Yoga Calorie Calculator?
It translates a yoga session into an estimated calorie burn. Because different styles demand different effort — a slow yin hold is worlds apart from a heated power flow — each style carries its own MET value, a standard measure of how metabolically demanding an activity is. The tool multiplies that by your body weight and the time you practised to produce a figure.
Use it to compare styles, to see roughly what a longer or more vigorous session adds, or simply to fold yoga into a bigger picture of movement across your week. Remember the number is a guide, not a measurement — how deeply you engage each pose changes the real burn.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How does the yoga calorie calculator work?
It uses the MET (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) formula: calories = MET × body weight in kilograms × duration in hours. Each style of yoga has a typical MET value — gentle hatha around 2.5, vinyasa flow around 4, power yoga around 5 — so a heavier body and a longer, more vigorous session burn more. Enter your weight, the minutes practised, and the style, and it returns an estimated calorie figure.
How many calories does yoga burn?
It depends heavily on the style and your body weight. A 60 kg person doing 60 minutes of gentle yin yoga (MET 2.0) burns roughly 120 calories, while the same person in a vigorous vinyasa flow (MET 4.0) burns around 240, and a heated power class more still. The numbers here are estimates, not exact measurements.
Is hot yoga a bigger calorie burn than regular yoga?
Heated styles like bikram carry a slightly higher MET value because the heat raises your heart rate, and this tool reflects that. But much of the weight you lose during a hot class is water you rehydrate afterwards, not fat, so don't read the on-screen number as fat loss. Consistency across weeks matters far more than any single session.
Can I rely on these calorie numbers for a diet?
Treat them as a rough guide only. MET-based estimates can't account for your individual metabolism, muscle mass, fitness, or how hard you actually work in a pose. This tool is informational and wellness-focused, not medical or dietary advice — speak to a doctor or a registered dietitian before making nutrition decisions.