You have witnessed how peacefully young children breathe. Do you know that there is a similarity between 2-3 year old babies and cats? At the very beginning of their lives, humans take diaphragmatic breathing like cats. Diaphragmatic breathing means deep breathing. Those who have spent many years practicing yoga say that deep breathing strengthens creativity and intuition. Could this be related to the fact that cats are highly intuitive?
How Do Cats Breathe?
When cats breathe, their abdomen expands first. After their abdomen expands, their ribs move forward. Then the swelling in the abdomen deflates and the ribs move backwards. Those who have tried imitating cats while breathing, breathing in and out with them, claim that they enter a different state of mind, feel at peace and achieve mental clarity.
How to Breathe Like a Cat?
You can imitate cats to breathe like a cat. Let's describe it anyway. Hunch over like a cat and pull your belly inwards. Exhale deeply by moving your ribs backwards. After exhaling, start to inflate your belly. Push your rib cage forward and inhale the maximum amount of air.
The relevance of this in modern medicine is unclear. However, in most Ayurvedic clinics, cat's breath is used to treat respiratory diseases. Who knows? Maybe it also improves perception and intuition, as claimed.
Taking a look at your cat's relaxed breathing pattern may help you to achieve a more peaceful and clearer state of mind. If you don't mind giving it a try, take a few deep breaths and experience it for yourself.
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