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Do it whatever way you want.
Seriously, as a yoga teacher, I encourage students to pay attention to how a pose feels in their individual bodies, not any notion of how the pose is "supposed" to be. I tend to cue it breathing in on cow, as it feels natural for me to release the belly towards the ground on the breath in, but doing the opposite is perfectly fine if that feels better for you. To me, any coordination between breath and movement is yoga.
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Here is more on this type of approach to practicing yoga, from yin yoga instructor Bernie Clark:
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04-02-20, 11:41 AM | |
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Thank you! I was doing cat cow the other day to release some mid back tension and wondered the same thing.
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The other thing I tell my yoga students is that no one knows your body better than you do--YOU are the expert!
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I remember Jessica explaining why she did her breath work that way for cat/cow, but I don't remember exactly what she said. But I think she also said that people should do what feels right for them--as Beth (Toaster) said. I can go either way, so I do whatever works for me at the time that I am doing the poses.
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