Cat Pose
Marjaryasana
Backbends
Beginner
Cat Pose (Marjaryasana) is a beginner kneeling pose. Spinal mobility, releases the back.
How to cue it
- From tabletop, exhale
- Round the spine, draw navel up, release the head
- Press the floor away
At a glance
- Drishti
- Toward navelWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Kneeling
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Throat (Vishuddha)
Take care
Wrists.
Counter poses
What to offer after Cat Pose to let the body settle.
Good to know
Usually taught as Cat-Cow.
Build your class with Cat Pose in Cue
Drop Cat Pose into a sequence, keep these cues beside it, set the timing, then teach the whole class off one screen you can read from across the room. Free to start.
Also from Cue
Printable pose cards
68 cards. 60 poses, 6 breath practices, 2 sun salutations.
- Front is the pose. Back is three cues, drishti, benefits and counter poses.
- Made to test yourself on, for teacher training or your own study.
- Lay them out to build a class, then keep it in Cue.
Instant download. Print at home on cardstock, cut and go.