cat mudra

Apr. 21st, 2011 10:20 am
athenagrey: (Amber)
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I haven't written about Amber in a while, my beautiful cat who continues to believe that cancer is just a bump on her forehead, not something that impacts her life.

She's strong and vibrant, nearly a year past a diagnosis that measured her life in months. She licks her bowl clean every morning and evening, and purrs with a delightfully raspy and LOUD voice.

We have a great evening routine. I spend some time in meditation. Traditionally, my hands should be in the cosmic mudra, palms up, fingers overlapping, thumbs touching to encircle the world with my hands.  Amber has another idea about that.  My hands are actually in 'cat' mudra, palms up, strongly held across my middle, so that Amber can rest her hind paws in my hands and reach up to place her front paws on my shoulder, snuggling and purring the whole time. Meditation on the breath?  It's more like meditation on the purr.

After meditation, I chant or sing for a while, she purrs even LOUDER, and when I'm silent she goes about her little cat things, while I go about the rest of my evening things.  It's a beautiful way to put the day to rights and fold it up for the night.

Do you and your cats have silly and special things that you do together?

Date: 2011-04-21 04:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] writtenoutloud.livejournal.com
awwwwww how cute how she meditates with you:)
of course my kitties and i have those special things:)

Date: 2011-04-22 09:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] readthisandweep.livejournal.com
Misty & I are still finding our way.

Two things:
Cat Matins (Misty was nun in former life): She purrs loudly, paddles on pillow & paws my face, at 5.30 in morning. I paw her back; she paws some more. I hide my head under duvet. Purring soars.

And so on, until, of course, I rise...

The other thing is The Rug Game. I shake rugs every day or so & replace them, neatly & very flat.

Misty does not approve. Rug as obstacle course? It's a mad cat thing & she is very good at it. (I watch my step ~ I'm getting very good at that...)

Date: 2011-04-22 05:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athenagrey.livejournal.com
Ah, the Rug Game. Amber wrote an essay on that, a few years ago. It seems that the game originated with a cat whose English comprehension was faulty. When she heard the expression 'scatter rug' describing a small, casual rug, she interpreted it as the imperative, 'Scatter, rug!' and when the rug didn't move, she proceed to scatter it.

Date: 2011-04-22 05:32 pm (UTC)

Date: 2011-04-22 01:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cedarseed.livejournal.com
Love it ^^

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