Why your Core Matters
Strength. Stability. Posture.
Think of your core as your tree trunk. Above the hips and below the shoulders.
It needs to be strong and solid.
To withstand everything that we do day-to-day.
It needs to hold our chest up and our shoulders back all day long.
It needs to help our spine move and help us breathe efficiently and sometimes for endurance.
When we don’t look after all the muscles that make up the core, it’s usually the other, typically smaller muscles that take the toll.
They compensate and take on more and more.
We feel tight shoulders, sore neck, achy hips and pain in the back.
Then we might make it worse by adding weights or running.
Yoga is a great tool to actually work on all of your core muscles.
Even our diaphragm is a core muscle which is why the breath is so powerful too.
This month: our focus is all about the Core
On the 9th April the Workshop covered our deep core muscles the TVA (transversus abdominis). It’s on Catch Up and The Library if you missed it.
We also explored the impact of the pelvis and shoulders with core engagement in our other yoga classes too.
Last week, on 13th April, we continued our core focus with a yoga class on the psoas muscles. (See Catch Up or The Library.)
And of course, we consistently maintain our core strength in our 15 min Core sessions every weekday morning at 7:45am.
