catsworking posted: " By Karen Of all the cats ever on the Cats Working crew, Max has always been the most soft-spoken and reclusive, preferring the privacy of his Man Cave to shooting his mouth off on the blog or romping around with Roc and Tony. But lately, Max has go" Cats Working
Of all the cats ever on the Cats Working crew, Max has always been the most soft-spoken and reclusive, preferring the privacy of his Man Cave to shooting his mouth off on the blog or romping around with Roc and Tony.
But lately, Max has gotten quite a bit more sociable, now spending most days hanging out with the guys in the living room. (One reason could be that it feels about 10 degrees cooler downstairs in the summer.)
Evenings after dinner, he's even been joining Roc and me on the couch to watch some tube.
On my iPad I have this app called Calm. I rely on it to keep my head from exploding from all the terrible things happening these days.
I've been devoting about 30 minutes every morning to daily meditations with Calm's Jay Shetty, Jeff Warren and Tamara Levitt. (Tamara's voice is so smooth and relaxing, it could melt diamonds.)
Max has noticed my ritual, and you know there's nothing cats love better than a good ritual. Now, as soon as Max realizes I've "assumed the position" on the couch, he shows up for some TLP (tender loving petting).
"I see you've got two hands free. What are you waiting for?"
"Yeah, right there, where that pesky collar used to be."
"The top of my head can never get enough attention."
"Now help me work this crick out of my neck."
"Don't forget to scritch my neck on all sides."
"Do you really find the sound of these people babbling relaxing?"
I got two clips of Max in action. Here's the first one...
And more. This is actually the cutest one...
Max confesses he wonders why Tamara tells me to, "Notice the paws at the beginning of the inhale," and "Notice the paws at the end of the exhale," because people don't have paws.
Another thing I've started doing lately is, after scooping out the litterboxes, I smooth the litter perfectly flat like a Zen garden. It gives the kitties a tranquil place to do their business, and footprints in the litter let me know they've left some new buried treasure for me to scoop.
"Meditation is great! Don't knock it till you've tried it."
BONUS: I recently came across this thing called ASMR, and these videos are the most relaxing sounds EVER. The Sara Coromo videos are my favorite, but there are sounds for everyone out there. Here's a short sample…
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