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Most people enjoy yoga for stretching, lengthening, and the calm, centred feeling you get afterwards. However, any yogi can tell you that yoga is also all about the core! From the moment you begin your practice, you’re encouraged to draw your low abs up and in to align your spine and stabilize your body. Most forms of yoga use something called “Uddiyana Bandha” or an upward abdominal lock to keep the spine healthy and posture tall. While Yoga Journal describes how to practice the upward abdominal lock as an individual exercise, it’s also good to practice this move so your body can memorize the muscle action and use it throughout your entire yoga practice. In general, practising how to pull in your lower abs and back will help not only your yoga practice but help you work toward flat abs and a strong core every day. 8 Yoga Poses For Core Strength We’ve pulled out 8 of our favourite yoga poses that emphasize core strength and brought them to you here for your practice. Try them o