10 Poses to Build Strength & Stability in Your Core
The steadiness you'll gain in this practice will connect you to all aspects of your core—beyond just your muscles.
Yoga for a Strong Core
Yes, Building a Strong Core Really Can Help Nix Back Pain
The benefits of building core strength go beyond the abs.
The Only Yoga Poses You Need to Build Strong Abs
These four yoga poses—coupled with a focus on stability and your breath—can help build core strength and improve your overall practice.
A Fun Sequence for Core Strength and Better Balance
This flow will help you activate and enliven your “whole-body core” and improve your balance and motor control.
Psoas Self-Care: A 5-Minute Wall Exercise to Free Your Upper Core
Check out Liz Koch's author page.
Yoga for Back Health: 3 Variations of Plank Pose to Strengthen Your Core
Strengthening the lower abdomen offers a disgruntled lower back the support it needs to feel good again.
Challenge Pose: Ubhaya Padangusthasana
Strengthen your abdominals as you move step by step into Ubhaya Padangusthasana.
5 Yoga Moves to Practice Daily for Everyday Core Strength
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.
A Safe, Core-Supported Backbending Sequence
Move into backbends more safely, knowing you can consciously engage the muscles needed to protect the lumbar spine.
Iyengar 101: Stomach-Turning Pose (aka Can’t-Fail Core Work)
Check out Carrie Owerko's author page.
Build Core Strength for Challenge Poses with Bakasana Toe Taps
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.
Tara Stiles’s Natural-Movement Core-Strengthening Sequence
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.
Baptiste Yoga: Strong-Core Flow With Handstand Switch Kicks
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.
10 Yoga Poses for Strong Abs
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.
16 Poses for a Strong + Stable Core
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.
The Ultimate Core Prep for Slackline Yoga
Steal these three three core-building balance moves from The YogaSlackers to cultivate slackline-ready strength.
Two Fit Moms’ Picks: 8 Best Yoga Poses for the Core
Just in time for summer, here are Two Fit Moms' top 8 yoga poses to work the core.
More Core! 11 Steps to Balance Out Your Bakasana
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.
Alignment Cues Decoded: “Engage Your Core”
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.”