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How Can The Core Support Our Transitions?

How Can The Core Support Our Transitions?

How Can The Core Support Our Transitions?

Vinyasa Yoga is about flowing through yoga postures to create a sense of ease in the body and mind. However, if we haven’t built strong foundations, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to find that sense of fluidity.

A strong core is essential to our movement both on the yoga mat and in everyday life. The core is the centre of our body and stabilises our trunk while our limbs may be off doing all sorts of things! It really is a fantastic thing that allows us to make both the most simple and wildest shapes we may have dreamed of.

The Benefits of Chaturanga

The Benefits of Chaturanga

The Benefits of Chaturanga

Chaturanga Dandasana is an advanced form of a low plank and is regularly taught as part of a vinyasa class or within the Ashtanga Yoga Series. So, what’s it about?

Just like plank, which we may be more familiar with, this posture relies hugely on the strength of our core muscles. While you need a strong core to hold a plank, practicing it will hugely strengthen those muscles!