Show yourself and especially your core some love with this exercise. Keeping your feet and back off the ground will keep your core under tension for the entire set.
Begin sitting, balanced just behind your hip bones, and lean back slightly to lift your feet off the floor; gently pull your knees to your chest.
Exhale, pull your belly button to your spine, and lean back slightly as you open your arms to the sides and straighten your legs.
Inhale and return to the starting position to complete one rep.
Do three sets of 12 reps.