The official "cat yoga" primer

[tuxluvr]

Inspired by 2kitties original thread, here is a brief 'How to". Like Hooman yoga, it is always wise to start with the beginning poses:

Try these to limber up
"Be the floor"




As you become more comfortable, you can add a little "twist" to the above move, called "clean the floor" or, on light carpet is also referred to as "furring the floor"



For added stretch to the "be the floor" try lifting one leg high, or what some refer to as "airing the privates"

[tuxluvr]

Once you have mastered the "floor exercise" (this can take, days, hours, months of practice to perfect...always with a snooze in between), you are ready to move on to the more complex moves

Here is the "twist and stretch"



The audacious "clothespin" stretch


Some prefer to take the floor exercise outside

Here's the "dirt nap"

which is similar to the 'mud roll'



Moving up, we have the basic "upper torso" reach




As Lady Edwina Mountbatten demonstrates, if a "full reach" is not appropriate "regal behavior", one can always pause by the posies for a brief stretch and still maintain that necessary poise and propriety!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

So that's what the boys have been doing!!!! Leonardo has mastered the 'be one with the floor' exercise!
Great pictures!!!

[tuxluvr]

Once you feel up to it, you can attempt some additional "twists", but as noted, if youare not limber, you could be stuck like a drunken snake in a truth-or-dare Twister match.

Rocky demonstrates the high-difficulty "be the floor rear dismount". It is wise to keep those back claws trimmed to avoid unnecessary strain! Use the tail for balance!


Use those house props! Here is the "vertical velcro" demonstrated by Storm (Good on any free-standing fabric covered surface, but check with meowmie and dadcat before assuming it's yours)


A variation of the vertical velcro, the "claw prayer"


And EVERYBODY knows the classic ELEBATOR BUTT

[RedHedd]

There's also the sideways reaching to heaven pose:

[tuxluvr]

A variation of "be the floor"
"Be the flowerpot"

[tuxluvr]

Originally posted by RedHedd
There's also the sideways reaching to heaven pose:

LOL...remember the song lyric
"And she's buying the stairway to heaven"?

well...I looked at this picture and sang the lyrics as

"..and she fell down the stairway to heaven"

great picture!

[tuxluvr]

the "saddlebag" (similar to the indoor version practiced on the back or arms of a sofa, often referred to as the "full doily cat"



And a personal favorite, called "popsicle cat" with one leg extended and the rest of the cat in a ball, is also referred to as "exorcising poo" or "detangling the dingle"

[zippy-kat]

Nose to knee and hold for 5 counts. Ready? One....Two....

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by tuxluvr



... is also referred to as "exorcising poo"
or "detangling the dingle"

We need ta menshun dis to da Kat!

Dad offin spotz da Boots in dis pozishin an axks ~
BOOTS!!!! What the {heck} are you DOIN!!???

Da Kat alluz seemz ta be atta loss fur wurds...

[NoahsMommy]

ha ha!! Too cute!

[jazzcat]

Very entertaining, thanks tuxluvr!

[krazyaboutkatz]

LOL This is great Tuxluvr.

[Vio&Juni]

8Tuxluvr, you have a great sense of humor9

There must be a special code of Pichu and maybe you understand what he meant with the 8 and 9 tr5

[jenluckenbach]

Here is Sterling limbering up with the "bow down to tha all mighty cat god" pose:

Now ready to strike the yoga pose:

Biddy in the "BE THE CHAIR.....the heck with the floor" position: