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Fit & Well
Health
Sam Rider

Are you bracing your core or just holding your breath? A yoga teacher reveals how to correctly engage your deep core muscles when you exercise

Woman sits on yoga mat with arms extended in front while engaging her core.

You’ll have read or heard the instruction a thousand times, but how do you actually engage your core and what does it look like in practice?

That’s something certified yoga teacher Leanne Lent from fitness app Yoga-Go wanted to demystify recently when she shared a video on Instagram.

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