{"id":4962,"date":"2021-05-14T03:32:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T11:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2021-05-14T03:32:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T11:32:01","slug":"frivolous-friday-yoga-with-your-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4962","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Yoga With Your Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Oliviastretchbest-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Oliviastretchbest-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Oliviastretchbest-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Oliviastretchbest-rotated.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>We talked earlier in the week about how smart cats are. And there are probably many things our cats can teach us: to relax\u2014I mean, really relax; to be alert to potential dangers around us; to do a thorough job of grooming; to take care of our nails; and to stretch. Cats seem to know the benefits of stretching.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve probably noticed that your cats rarely take a <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/oliviaTwist-e1602676914564-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/oliviaTwist-e1602676914564-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/oliviaTwist-e1602676914564-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/oliviaTwist-e1602676914564-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/oliviaTwist-e1602676914564.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>step after a snooze or after just a period of relaxing without stretching first. Cats stretch to keep flexible. And, as you\u2019ve noticed they can contort their bodies into all sorts of shapes. Sometimes you come into the room, look at your cat, and wonder which end is actually up\u2014where the nose begins and the tail left off. They\u2019re contortionists. Some say they\u2019re natural yoga cats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talked earlier in the week about how smart cats are. And there are probably many things our cats can teach us: to relax\u2014I mean, really relax; to be alert to potential dangers around us; to do a thorough job &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4962\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4963,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions\/4963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}