Benefits: Strengthens entire body
Helps: Weak arms, weak core, confidence

  1. From plank pose begin to bend your elbows, drawing them in close to your ribcage (the difference between yoga push-ups and military presses) and lower your body stiffly, like an alligator, to hover a few centimetres above the floor. Your heels, hips, spine, shoulders, elbows, and neck should all be in one long line.
  2. If you can’t lower yourself slowly, keeping your whole body in one line, modify by putting your knees down first then lowering your chest.

Hint: Reach your sternum forward instead of down to keep your shoulders in line with your hips and legs. Pull your belly in and don’t let your hips drop down lower than your shoulders.