Stabilize Your Center
Twist It Out • 9m 3s
When it comes to Balance, your core is always a good place to start.
Use this practice to understand how your spine is designed to move, and how to activate and strengthen your core muscles to support that engineering and ease imbalance.
Take your core stabilization practice further:
• Use Core Collection videos and the Self-Test: Where’s Your Core Weakness. Find all suggested videos right here in Stabilize Your Center.
• Download your free A4Y Practice Plan to plan, track, and review each week.
• Share your practice using #athletesforyoga and #yourweeklya4ypractice — we love to cheer you on!
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