Posted by Loulou on Oct 17, 2016 | 19 comments

Well, I haven’t started yet here, but I’m about to.

And, with THEM gone, I am getting myself toned up and in shape for winter.  I know, I know, you’re supposed to do that for summer, but kitties have to do it for winter because they put on a couple of extra ounces with their winter furs and I wish to look svelte and slim in mine.

I would advise all kitties to start stretching asap to keep the winter blues away and to make sure they are in top form for the long sleepy hours they must spend awaiting spring.

Here are a few of my personal stretches that have worked for me:

REACH, REACH, REACH! Count to 10 and reach again.

REACH very, very high in order to get the muscles working properly.

Reach while leaving the back paws carefully in place. This stretch is for the lateral muscles.

This is the sideways reach, parallel paws a must!  Hold for 10.

Stretch, stretch until you wind yourself up in the bedcovers.  Then you’ll know you are achieving the maximum benefit.

This is the backstroke stretch, which must be done with eyes closed in order to facilitate the meditative effects of the exercise.

And this is the final stretch–a variation on The Lion pose of yoga, but done on the back in order to get full tongue-out movement and send positive vibrations to the throat and larynx.  That’s ‘larynx’, not ‘linx’.

You will find, after these invigorating stretches that they are not invigorating at all and must be followed by a deep slumber to recuperate.

The Snoozing Stretch, the most important of all.