Yoga for a Strong Core

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

The benefits of building core strength go beyond the abs.

These four yoga poses—coupled with a focus on stability and your breath—can help build core strength and improve your overall practice.

This flow will help you activate and enliven your “whole-body core” and improve your balance and motor control.

Strengthen your abdominals as you move step by step into Ubhaya Padangusthasana.

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.

Move into backbends more safely, knowing you can consciously engage the muscles needed to protect the lumbar spine.

If you’ve mastered Bakasana and are ready to take your arm balance practice to the next level, try incorporating these Bakasana toe-taps into your routine.

This strong-core sequence will move you in every direction to work your middle from each possible angle, building strength and ease of movement, naturally.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis created this fun and challenging sequence to boost your core strength and mood as you flip your world upside down.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis offers 10 poses that tone your abs and strengthen your core, helping you tap into your personal power on and off the mat.

This is a practice for mothers, focused on building your core—physical and 
emotional—to sustain you through the overwhelming love and challenges of motherhood.

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

Just in time for summer, here are Two Fit Moms' top 8 yoga poses to work the core.

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.

Yoga teacher Alexandria Crow delves into what your teacher really wants you to do when you hear this cue—and it’s “not navel to spine.”

Visualize yourself on an Aruban beach as you challenge your core, balance, and shoulders in this sequence from Rachel Brathen's new book.

In honor of V-Day and One Billion Rising, Sadie Nardini, founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga and a survivor of physical violence, created an empowering sequence for women.

Laura Kasperzak and Masumi Goldman have a practice and tips to wake up even the latest night owls.

Yoga teacher Natasha Rizopoulos shares her instructions to achieve this foundational pose. Plus, reap the benefits and avoid these mistakes.

Daily yoga keeps Victoria's Secret's Miranda Kerr toned and transcendent. Here, her teacher shares her 5 go-to poses.

Teacher to the likes of Drew Barrymore and Jessica Alba says you can bounce back faster when you use gentle core-toning poses during pregnancy.

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

Core strength supports the body in myriad ways. But, as Sage Rountree explains, it's not all about the abs. Here she explains why it's important to focus on both the front and back of the body when it comes to core work, and how to determine which you need most.

Kathryn Budig demonstrates the steps to transition from Headstand to Crane Pose.

For Erica Rodefer Winters, yoga infuses strength and power into every area of her life. Here she lists her favorite power-boosting moves.

Donkey kicks are common as you learn this challenging but ultimately graceful pose.

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.