Core

Salamba Sirsasana lets you experiment with unfamiliar perspectives, test your strength, and address your fears.

The steadiness you'll gain in this practice will connect you to all aspects of your core—beyond just your muscles.

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The benefits of building core strength go beyond the abs.

Teacher and author Liz Koch on what we’ve lost by striving for hard abs and rigid spines—and what we gain when we cultivate embodiment instead.

You can rock Plank pose, but did you know that your diaphragm might be your secret weapon when it comes to strengthening your core?

Incorporate these poses from Nicole Sciacca, Chief Yoga Officer at LA's Playlist Yoga, into your daily routine to strengthen your core muscles and help you maintain a strong and flexible spine.

Feel 
the relationship between your core and steadiness in preparation for meditation.

Here are 4 yoga-inspired, belly-toning exercises that you can do in the comfort of your own home, on your own time.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, explains the importance of re-establishing your connection to your core after childbirth.

Build strength through the belly, side waist, glutes and back with core strengtheners for those of us who don't have all day to hit the gym.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates an advanced core-strengthening and spirit-lifting sequence with Leap Frog hops.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis offers a "Twist and Flow" sequence, which will fire up your core and unlock your inner power.

Steal these three three core-building balance moves from The YogaSlackers to cultivate slackline-ready strength.

Arm balances are only partially about the arms. Learn how to really take flight in Bakasana and beyond with Kino MacGregor's core-activating sequence.

Bo Forbes teaches how to release tension, increase prana, and promote physical and emotional digestion in the belly.

Use these barre moves from Elisabeth Halfpapp to hit core muscles your regular rotation of asanas might not.

Sage Rountree shares 3 steps for creating a home yoga practice to get you through the holidays and beyond.

Learn how to maintain momentum and control in dynamic transitions with a move borrowed from Pilates: The Rolling Ball. Sage Rountree explains.

Strengthen the prana in your core, and you'll be able to digest anything life throws your way, writes Katie Silcox. Do you actively stoke the fire in your belly?

Sage Rountree teaches a simple but surprisingly complex move that builds core strength and balance at the same time while helping to teach you to stay in alignment during transitions.

Without the benefit of studio classes for structure and guidance, Erica Rodefer Winters set out to remake her home practice. Here she shares some tips that is keeping her yoga fresh.

Baxter Bell finishes his discussion about the back by looking at the role of "core" muscles, and how to leverage your yoga practice for full and balanced back care.

Shiva Rea answers how yoga can ease back problems.

Almost all yoga moves benefit from and help towards strengthening your core.

A surprising new study finds a possible connection between abdominal strength and longevity. Here's how yoga can give you strong abs.