{"id":58091,"date":"2020-10-30T07:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T07:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:19:21","slug":"standing-core-engagement","status":"publish","type":"yoga_pilates_poses","link":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing Core Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back from going to the bathroom. Feel waste wrapping around the front of your body, drawing your belly button into your spine. Place fingertips on the inside of hip bones and press down slightly (if you are relaxed it should feel soft). When engaging the core (lifting pelvic floor, belly button to spine), underneath your fingertips you’ll feel muscles tighten a bit. <\/p>\n

Standing Core Engagement Pilates Exercise FAQs<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n

What are the teaching directions for Standing Core Engagement?<\/h3>\n

Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back from going to the bathroom. Feel waste wrapping around the front of your body, drawing your belly button into your spine. Place fingertips on the inside of hip bones and press down slightly (if you are relaxed it should feel soft). When engaging the core (lifting pelvic floor, belly button to spine), underneath your fingertips you’ll feel muscles tighten a bit.<\/p>\n

What are the main benefits of Standing Core Engagement?<\/h3>\n

Engage core.<\/p>\n

Activate the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis).<\/p>\n

What are some modifications for Standing Core Engagement?<\/h3>\n

Pilates Standing Posture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pec Wall Stretch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Doorway Chest Stretch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Squat against A Wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back from going to the bathroom. Feel waste wrapping around the front of your body, drawing your belly button into your spine. Place fingertips on the inside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":65736,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"pose_category":[31],"pose_types":[48],"pose_anatomy":[54,58],"pose_chakras":[64,65],"pose_therapy":[88],"pose_drishti":[95],"pose_dosha":[101,100],"pose_meridian_lines":[],"class_list":["post-58091","yoga_pilates_poses","type-yoga_pilates_poses","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pose_category-pilates-lesson-planner","pose_types-standing","pose_anatomy-core","pose_anatomy-lower-back","pose_chakras-base","pose_chakras-sacral-centre","pose_therapy-poor-posture","pose_drishti-tip-of-nose","pose_dosha-kapha","pose_dosha-pitta"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to teach Standing Core Engagement Pose - GeorgeWatts.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back f\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to teach Standing Core Engagement Pose - GeorgeWatts.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back f\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GeorgeWatts.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/yogalessonplans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-31T14:19:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1599470911-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"283\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@yogalessonplans\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/standing-core-engagement\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/standing-core-engagement\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to teach Standing Core Engagement Pose - GeorgeWatts.org\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/standing-core-engagement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/standing-core-engagement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/1599470911.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-30T07:24:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-31T14:19:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back f\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/standing-core-engagement\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/standing-core-engagement\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/standing-core-engagement\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/1599470911.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/1599470911.jpg\",\"width\":283,\"height\":331},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/standing-core-engagement\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yoga Poses\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/yoga_pilates_poses\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Standing Core Engagement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/\",\"name\":\"GeorgeWatts.org\",\"description\":\"Yoga & Pilates Lesson Planning Made Easy\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GeorgeWatts.org\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/Genie-Planner.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/Genie-Planner.jpg\",\"width\":350,\"height\":218,\"caption\":\"GeorgeWatts.org\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/georgewatts.org\\\/lesson-planner\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/yogalessonplans\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/yogalessonplans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/yogalessonplans\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/yogalessonplans\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.co.uk\\\/yogalessonplans\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCkSw5U4T6Sc5L7nJLp8-SCQ\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to teach Standing Core Engagement Pose - GeorgeWatts.org","description":"Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back f","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to teach Standing Core Engagement Pose - GeorgeWatts.org","og_description":"Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back f","og_url":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/","og_site_name":"GeorgeWatts.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/yogalessonplans\/","article_modified_time":"2022-08-31T14:19:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":283,"height":331,"url":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1599470911-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@yogalessonplans","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/","url":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/","name":"How to teach Standing Core Engagement Pose - GeorgeWatts.org","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-content\/uploads\/1599470911.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-30T07:24:49+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-31T14:19:21+00:00","description":"Stand. To engage the T Zone (pelvic floor muscles and transverse abdominis) lift your pelvic floor up the vertical line of the T as if trying to hold back f","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-content\/uploads\/1599470911.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-content\/uploads\/1599470911.jpg","width":283,"height":331},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/standing-core-engagement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yoga Poses","item":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Standing Core Engagement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/#website","url":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/","name":"GeorgeWatts.org","description":"Yoga & Pilates Lesson Planning Made Easy","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/#organization","name":"GeorgeWatts.org","url":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Genie-Planner.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Genie-Planner.jpg","width":350,"height":218,"caption":"GeorgeWatts.org"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/yogalessonplans\/","https:\/\/x.com\/yogalessonplans","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yogalessonplans\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yogalessonplans\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/yogalessonplans\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCkSw5U4T6Sc5L7nJLp8-SCQ\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yoga_pilates_poses\/58091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yoga_pilates_poses"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/yoga_pilates_poses"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pose_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose_category?post=58091"},{"taxonomy":"pose_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose_types?post=58091"},{"taxonomy":"pose_anatomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose_anatomy?post=58091"},{"taxonomy":"pose_chakras","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose_chakras?post=58091"},{"taxonomy":"pose_therapy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose_therapy?post=58091"},{"taxonomy":"pose_drishti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose_drishti?post=58091"},{"taxonomy":"pose_dosha","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose_dosha?post=58091"},{"taxonomy":"pose_meridian_lines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose_meridian_lines?post=58091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}