cat-cow

plural cat-cows

1. yogaA stretching motion that incorporates the cat and cow asanas, in which a person arches their back first in one direction, and then the other.

present singular third person cat-cows · participle present cat-cowing · participle past cat-cowed · past cat-cowed

1. yogaTo engage in cat-cow stretching.

   “Cat-cowing is great first thing in the morning,” she said.

   2018, Amber Leigh Williams, Navy SEAL's Match

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   Well, actually, as attendees learned while we cat-cowed and downward-dog’d, the real instigator was David’s loss to his girlfriend in a common “debate”...

   2010, Ashley Koff, “Yoga for Foodies: A Most Excellent Combination”, in HuffPost

   Continue to Cat-Cow (flex and extend) your spine and experience your shoulder blades sliding together and apart.

   2012, Andrew Belcher, Mind Body Bike: Yoga and the Art of Slowing Down to Speed Up

   We continued to meet, registering for the same birthing classes, the same CPR course, cat-cowing next to one another at the same yoga studio.

   2018, Aimee Molloy, The Perfect Mother: A Novel