The Hi, welcome to yoga download. My name is Dana, and today I'll be leading you through a sequence designed to strengthen the core.

We'll work on core strength, back stability, and integrating that stability and strength into the work of the limbs.

For this class, you'll need two blocks, and we'll start with one block nearby.

You can come onto your back.

And from your back, place both of your hands onto your abdomen.

And as you touch the abdomen, can you attempt to tighten your abdominals against the pressure

of your hands? And then relax your abdominals. So maybe something happened, maybe something

didn't. Try it again. Attempt to tighten your abdom abdominals feel the right side of your

abdomen under your right hand and the left side of your abdomen under your

left hand and relax your abdominals and then one more time attempt to

tighten your abdominals against the pressure of your hands,

and then relax your abdominals.

So like I said, maybe something happened,

maybe something didn't,

but we're going to use the technique with the block

to help awaken the abdominals.

Take your block between your right thigh and your right elbow.

Press your right elbow and your right thigh into the block.

Can you roll your right shoulder back as you do

and firm the right side of your abdomen as you press?

And as you firm the right side of your abdomen,

integrate that firmness of the abdomen

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