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Seated Cat-Cow Pose For Travel

Independence Day is rapidly approaching and we all know what means: Travel. 

Whether you are headed to The Hamptons or down to your local beach, we at CARAVAN want to make sure that you’re fully equipped with effective, science-backed tools to aid your restless traveling days.

In our class Airplane/Car Release, CARAVAN teacher Liz explores stretches and poses that are easy to do when seated for long travel durations, such as the Cat-Cow pose.

The Cat-Cow is a flow that goes between two poses: The “cat” pose, creating an arched back, and the “cow,” creating a sunken one.

Let us give you a brief run-down of how it’s done:

“Bring your hands right along the side of your seat,” said Liz. “Let’s do some ‘cats and cows.’”

The Cat-Cow For When You’re Seated:

  1. Lift the chest and stick your bum out
  2. Exhale, round the spine
  3. Hang your head, inhale
  4. Come into a back-bend, lift the chest
  5. Exhale, round the spine
  6. Repeat 🙂
  7. Breathing in, lift the chest
  8. Breathing out, round the back 

This Cat-Cow pose is great for stretching and has been identified as a tool that can provide, “favorable effects on cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility,” by a 2015 12-week clinical yoga trial

Check out our class for happy 4th travels!

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References: Lau, Caren, Ruby Yu, and Jean Woo. “Effects of a 12-week hatha yoga intervention on cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility in Hong Kong Chinese adults: a controlled clinical trial.” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 (2015).