01/07/2026
Cat-cow is a common position to welcome our body to the practice. We often start here as a warm-up, not only for yoga, but perhaps even other movement practices we have. Here we can check-in to see how we are feeling and create a plan or intention for where we need to go in our practice.
We often cue cat-cows with the inhale for cow pose and the exhale for cat pose, which is great! However, have you ever tried just breathing naturally to see where your inhales and exhales land on their own? Or perhaps, you intentionally switch it up, exhaling into cat and inhaling into cow. It can be a very interesting exploration to change where you breath lands in different positions. Try it out! You may find that you like the traditional breathing best, or you may find that something else suits you, and that may even change every time you visit the pose. This practice allows our natural breath and our inner guidance to be the road map, rather than simply the external cues. This is how we hone skills of intuitive movement and eventually become our own best guides.