Cat Cow Curl

Cat Cow Curl

Laura Brooke: This stretch is called cat-cow curl. And some of you may be familiar with it from yoga experience or reading about it or doing it yourself.

We're going to do the standing version. So, what we're going to do is begin by having our legs be about hip-distance apart, soft knees, letting our hands just slide down the legs. Stop when your hands get to the top of your knees. You don't want to be hands on the knees, but right above.

We're going to let our belly button be the guide. OK. It's going to be our guide here. And imagine that you have a string attached to it.

So, as we inhale, we're going to imagine that that string is pulling the belly button up toward the spine as you inhale. See that angry cat?

As you exhale, the belly button is being pulled down toward the earth by that string. Your gaze can come out forward, but not up. So, keep it on the earth, looking forward.

Here we go. We're tucking under again. Chin can come toward the chest.

We inhale, belly button being pulled toward the spine.

We exhale.

Belly button pulled toward the spine by that string. Inhale.

Angry cat. We threw water on it.

Exhale.

Belly button down toward the earth. We're the cow.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Belly button is the guide.

Cat-cow curls.