{"id":2010,"date":"2023-01-12T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vinyasayogaashram.com\/blog\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2023-06-18T15:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T10:16:36","slug":"cat-pose-marjaryasana-how-to-do-it-benefits-precautions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinyasayogaashram.com\/blog\/cat-pose-marjaryasana-how-to-do-it-benefits-precautions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Pose (Marjaryasana) : How to Do It, Benefits &amp; Precautions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2010\" class=\"elementor elementor-2010\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3d984c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3d984c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6617b28\" data-id=\"6617b28\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ef64c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ef64c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vinyasayogaashram.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cat-pose.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vinyasayogaashram.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cat-pose.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.vinyasayogaashram.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cat-pose-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vinyasayogaashram.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cat-pose-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vinyasayogaashram.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cat-pose-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8110a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8110a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf60a60\" data-id=\"bf60a60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c38e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5c38e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Marjaryasana (Marjarya meaning cat)<\/strong>. This pose is also called a Cat pose and is very commonly used in all Yoga Schools.<\/p><p>The spine is our body\u2019s central support structure and helps to stand and maintain the center of gravity and is a connecter between different parts of our body.\u00a0 Cat pose works on improving the mobility, stability and flexibility of muscles around the spine and thereby improving other areas like shoulder stability, wrist extension and strong core. This posture can be used in different ways to make it a part of a strong active workout.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e81fc85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e81fc85\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e755550\" data-id=\"e755550\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7334614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7334614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the Benefit of a Cat post?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa308d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa308d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Strengthens the arms wrist and shoulders:<\/strong> Regular practice of cat and cow will help with the wrist extension which is very commonly used in most Yoga postures. A strong protraction of the shoulders is required to do a cat pose which helps to strengthen and stabilize the shoulder joint and works on strong arms.<\/li><li><strong>Improves digestion:<\/strong> As this posture demands core engagement, it helps in massaging the abdominal organs thereby improving the blood flow and keeping them healthy and well-functioning.<\/li><li><strong>Facilitates good spinal mobility:<\/strong> Doing cat pose every morning will help a great deal in improving spinal mobility in flexion using the muscular strength of the front part of the torso.<\/li><li><strong>Tones and strengthens the core muscles:<\/strong> Strong cat pose works on contracting the abdominal muscles which help in building strength and stamina in the core.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94b39e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94b39e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e86526\" data-id=\"7e86526\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe2e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fe2e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Perform a Traditional Cat Pose?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca15091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca15091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Come to a tabletop pose<\/li><li>Hands shoulder width apart, wrist and elbows and shoulder in one line<\/li><li>Knees and hips in one line and spine neutral<\/li><li>Take a couple of deep inhale and exhales here<\/li><li>With your next exhale:<ul><li>Flex the cervical spine by bringing the chin closer to the chest<\/li><li>Flex your thoracic spine by strongly contracting the chest and thoracic muscles<\/li><li>Flex your lower back by lifting your hips up and contracting the abdominal muscles<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Stay here for 5-10 deep long breath<\/li><li>Slowly with next inhale drop the hips down, then the chest down and head back up into a neutral spine position.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd7567c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd7567c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-032e365\" data-id=\"032e365\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e53634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e53634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Variations to Cat pose:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f3da9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51f3da9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Seated variation:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Sit in a comfortable seated position or in Vajrasana.<\/li><li>Raise your hands up and interlace fingers with palms facing up.<\/li><li>Bring the hands in front of you with hunched back with an exhale.<\/li><li>Inhale raise the hands all the way up with inhale to a neutral spine<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Standing version<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Stand with legs hips-width distance apart<\/li><li>Slightly bend your knees<\/li><li>Keep the hands on the thighs and hunch the back by pulling the chest and abdomen in.<\/li><li>Exhale and straighten the spine.<\/li><li>Make sure you are not arching the spine when you bring them back to neutral<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e563c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e563c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24c2866\" data-id=\"24c2866\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ff8660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ff8660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Increase the Intensity of the Cat Pose and make it an active warm-up?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e15a2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e15a2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Come to the tabletop and get into a strong cat pose by protracting the shoulders and lifting the hips high.<\/li><li>Now straighten the legs and step back to plank pose maintaining the strong cat at the spine<\/li><li>From here bend your right knee and bring it close to your right elbow and do the same with the other leg<\/li><li>Repeat this for a couple of rounds<\/li><li>Now keeping the strong cat at the spine come bend the knees on a tabletop but don\u2019t touch them down (Floating tabletop).<\/li><li>Stay here for 5- 10 counts.<\/li><li>Now with a strong cat, step back the legs one by one and bring it forward to the floating table top (knees off the floor)<\/li><li>Repeat this for a couple of rounds.<\/li><li>From here come to a downward dog with a neutral spine and stay there for 5 breaths.<\/li><li>Now roll the spine to strong cat coming to high plank<\/li><li>Straighten the spine and go back to a neutral spine downward facing dog<\/li><li>Repeat this for a couple of rounds<\/li><li>Come to a high plank pose with a strong cat from the upper back<\/li><li>Do plank walks 3 steps forward and 3 steps back<\/li><li>Do this for 3 rounds maintaining the strong cat from the upper back<\/li><li>Rest in child pose and relax<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2e9890 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2e9890\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8625ccb\" data-id=\"8625ccb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-842d03a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"842d03a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which asanas can be done with a cat pose?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aa2733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9aa2733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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