1. Abs Flat as a Board With the Plank Pose
Tighten abdominal muscles with the yoga plank pose. Begin on your hands and knees on the floor with the knees directly below your hips and your hands directly below your shoulders and your toes tucked under. Keep your palms down and fingers pointed forward. Lift your knees off the floor and keep your back straight. Completely straighten the knees. Hold this pose for several breaths before returning knees to the floor.
2. Flip the Plank Over
Toning the stomach with yoga is easy with the upward plank yoga pose. Sit on the floor with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor in front of your. Lean back on your hands, palms down on the floor directly behind your butt with fingers pointed toward you. With a breath out, lift your hips and straighten your knees, lifting your body from the floor. Press your hands and feet into the floor and stretch out until your body and head are all aligned. Hold the pose for several breaths before returning to the floor.
3. Bridge for Tight Abs
Practice the bridge pose to get a good ab workout. Lie on the floor on your back with your arms right by your sides. Bend your knees, and set feet lat on the floor as close toy your but as possible. With a breath out, press into the floor with your hand and feet to lift your hips and butt from the floor. Hold this pose for several breaths and feel the burn not only in your stomach but in your butt and thighs as well.
4. Sit Back but Don't Relax
Get firm stomach muscles practicing the yoga pose called full boat. Sit on the floor with knees bent and feet flat on the floor in front of you. Push the shoulders back, and straighten your back so that the tailbone is not curved at all. Slowly lean back to balance weight on the bottom, and lift legs slowly straightening the knee. Extend your arms toward your calves parallel to the floor to hold balance. Hold this pose for several breaths before releasing.
5. Getting Flat Abs is a Balancing Act
Get some ab exercise while doing yoga with the half moon pose. Stand up straight. Move your right foot forward six inches, and turn it 90 degrees outward in preparation for leaning to the right. Turn the left foot inward 45 degrees. Bend over, and place your right hand directly next to your right foot. Straighten your right knee, and lift your left leg outward to the side until it is parallel to the floor. Raise you left hand in the air perpendicular to the floor, and turn your head to look up. Hold your balance in this pose for several breaths before releasing.
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