Boat Pose - Navasana is the Yoga Pose of the Week

My new found interest in Ashtanga Yoga means that I've been doing a lot of Boat Poses, since the Primary Series includes a number of variations on this theme, including the following gut buster:

Come into Boat Pose. Hold five breaths.

Release, place the palms flat on either side on your hips, cross your ankles and lift yourself off the ground for one breath (a version of Lolasana).

Repeat five times.

Oof.

(Be sure to check out Half Boat Pose by clicking on the photo on the article page if Full Boat seems like too much).