Plank plank and more plank!

Plank pose aka Uttihita Chaturanga Dandasa aka Kumbhakasana is a standard pose in most yoga classes and especially in Vinyasa classes. By the time the class has finished you could have easily done plank pose 10 times or more and be moving through it quite quickly on your way to a back bend. Due to the nature of yoga sequencing, the finer points of this foundational pose can get glossed over and lead to misalignment or habits that don't do us much good. Here is a good article to help with the finding more stability in your shoulders, strength in your core and ultimately more power and grace in your practice.