Colette Morales, instructor at Core 95, joined Cheddar News to teach a few basic yoga poses aimed at strengthening multiple areas of the body simultaneously. 

Colette Morales, an instructor at Core 95, joined Cheddar News to teach a few basic yoga poses aimed at strengthening multiple areas of the body simultaneously.&nbsp;

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Be Well: Building Core Strength Through Simple Yoga Poses

All right. So we're gonna try to strengthen and stretch together and for a lot of people being able to do a push up is like, no, thank you. But this is a great way to kind of build toward that, right? I love this combination because not only are you able to ground yourself, you're getting an amazing stretch in your lower back and you're strengthening the back of your arms and your chest all at the same time. So we start in the child's post, which is a favorite for everyone and it's attainable. You can always put some cushioning under your knees if you feel any pain here. Ok. So what, how do I, how far apart do I want my legs? And what am I doing? Let's get the knees nice and wide and really sit down as wide as you can open up your fingers, spread them out, pressing each and every one of the finger pads into the mat, let your forehead relax, breathe in as deep as you can and exhale side out, really lengthening through the lower back. We're going to take it forward. So you inhale, coming into your palms lower your chest and exhale. Push the ground away. Good. Let's keep that going at your own pace. So we're gonna inhale, bring it forward. Exhale, drop the chest and push it away and I'm trying to really target my tricep the back of my a keep the elbows in. Yeah. Ok. Sure. I exhale it back and I let my feet come up. As I do the push up, you can allow your feet to come up or you can keep them down. We'll try one with our feet down. Ok. Good. You'll feel a stretch in the hips as well. Sure. Good. Inhale, exhale, push and pull. Yeah. Let's just do one more like that. We inhale chest down and pull it all the way back. You can walk your hands over to the left for a stretch in that right side. Body walking over, changed sides and in hill coming back through the center, deep breath in, in when you're ready, we're gonna walk our hands back, sitting up nice and tall on the knees in hell. Feels so good. How many would I try to do? See how, how it feels at first and then kind of work my way to get used to it because if this is brand new for you, you're gonna feel, you're gonna feel it in your core, you're gonna feel in the back of your arms. But this is what we're trying to do. We're trying to get better every single day. We're trying to get stronger every day and these little tiny things are gonna help you get there. I love it so much. Yes. Love it.