A stretch you can learn from your cat

Today’s stretch is one I enjoy. We will start with basic cat/cow. Begin on your hands and knees. If you want to take this into your feet, you can curl your toes under; otherwise, you can have your toes pointing back away from your knees. Start with your back flat, then arch your back (into cat pose – looks like an angry cat), tucking your head down and tucking your tail bone. Next allow your belly to drop creating a sway back (cow pose), pulling your tail bone up and looking straight ahead. Be sure to maintain strength in your belly as you move into cow pose and not just let your tummy hang.


You can modify this by moving the torso in a circle, first one way then the other passing through the cat and cow positions but also passing through positions which are arched to the sides. Another way you can modify these two poses is by, starting in cat pose, shift your weight back, stretching through the shoulders, then bending the elbows as you move back forward and into cow. Straighten your elbows as you move back into cat. To me this feels a lot like you are doing a huge undulation.