Meditation For Cat Lovers

This guided practice is for people who love cats. This practice helps us connect to our love of cats and coming from that warm, fuzzy place (literally), to extend lovingkindness and compassion to the world.

Transcript

This guided meditation is for people who love cats.

This practice helps us connect to our love of cats and coming from that warm,

Fuzzy place to extend loving kindness and compassion to the world.

If you'd like to have your kitty with you during this meditation practice,

That would be great.

Perhaps they can curl up in your lap,

Snuggle on your shoulder,

Or find their favorite way to cuddle with you.

If you don't have a cat with you for this practice for whatever reason,

That's okay too.

Sit in a comfortable position where you can be alert yet relaxed.

As you settle in,

Take a look around you,

Noticing your environment.

Even if it is a familiar setting,

Look for details you might not typically notice.

It could be colors,

Smells,

Or even shadows.

Without judging,

Just take a few moments to be alert and aware,

Noticing what's around you.

When you're ready,

Gently close your eyes or leave them half open with a soft gaze,

Whichever is most comfortable for you.

We're going to take a few slow,

Deep breaths,

And with each exhale,

Allowing yourself to relax.

Inhale deep,

Filling your lungs with a calming breath,

And as you exhale,

Relaxing the back of your head and your shoulders.

Deep,

Calming breath in again,

And slowly exhale,

Relaxing your chest and back and allowing your belly to soften.

Deep breath in again,

Feeling the calm of this nurturing breath,

And as you exhale,

Relaxing down into your legs and out your feet.

As the breath returns to its normal state,

Allowing yourself to be fully arrived where you are sitting.

Perhaps you feel the soft,

Warm fur of your kitty nearby.

If not,

Feel free to imagine your cat near you.

Remembering the sweet purr and the way they bring a smile to your face.

Perhaps you have now or in the past a particular cat that is very precious to you,

Or perhaps you simply love cats in general.

Begin feeling the love you have for this cat or cats,

Allowing it to well up in your heart,

Warming and filling your body with love.

Thinking about what you love most about this cat or cats,

How happy they make you feel,

Or some quirky characteristic that makes you laugh when you think of it.

Filling your heart with the love and joy you feel.

Perhaps you might inwardly say,

May I be filled with peace and loving kindness.

Now,

As you're feeling this precious place of love,

Begin to think of a person you care about that you know is having a difficult time.

As you think of this person,

Begin to extend the warm,

Joyful love you're feeling toward them,

Allowing the love to envelop them in tenderness and compassion.

Imagine this love wrapping around them in gentleness,

Reaching out and tending to where they need it most.

And now perhaps you might say inwardly,

May this person be filled with peace and loving kindness.

Repeating this phrase over and over,

Planting the seeds of loving wishes gently.

After a little while,

Begin to include others into your meditation.

You might picture the community where you live,

Or the country you live in.

Allow for those you feel are difficult or even hostile to be included in your wishes for peace and loving kindness.

If you feel any conflicting emotions,

Simply notice them without judging that you have them,

And return back to the phrase,

Inwardly reciting the same phrase,

May you be filled with peace and loving kindness.

Spending a little time here as you express this beautiful wish for a larger population,

Even to include all beings everywhere.

May all beings everywhere be filled with peace and loving kindness.

To end this meditation practice,

If you wish,

You may place your hand on your heart and smile,

Feeling gratitude for the love you are feeling,

And for the cat or cats that inspired you.

Reviews

I don't have a cat, sadly, but I might be getting one and we are going to call it Magic Potato (Maggy for short) or Sparckle Penuts. Anyway I loved the meditation. Personally, I'm obsessed with the book Warrior Cats, and just obsessed with Cats in general. You might give Warrior Cats a try. To me, Warrior Cats is a really good book and I think it's kind of obsessive for people who like battle, blood, romance, gore, sacrifice, friendships, killing, cats who kill each other, clans, bravery, dogs who kill cats, cats training dogs to kill cats (Like when Tigerstar half trained a pack of dogs to try kill Bliestar!), mystery, evilness, kittypets becoming clan leaders (Like Firestar! He was a kittypet, then one day, he whent out into the woods to catch a mouse, then Greystripe attempted to attack him, but then Bluestar and Lionheart came and asked if he would like to join ThunderClan, he obviously said yes, but then he joind, traind, an then became a warrior, and then, he necame the leader of ThunderClan!), warnings, and probably a lot more that I can't think of.

So purrfect! Brought an easy smile to my face almost immediately. 😻

Very nice, would use again soon!

So lovely. Enjoyed this meditation first thing in the morning with my sweet kitty on my lap. Thank you! 🙏🏼

Charming and a bit different than the usual meditation style.

It was ok but my cat doesn’t approve he got scared of the ding at the end and I had to calm him down

I really enjoyed this meditation. My cats always make me smile so it was easy to then send loving kindness out into the world!

Just gorgeous and very effective at finding loving kindness to send to others 🐱💕

Think my 1st feline meditation ever !!..namaste
Meo-maste !!

I LOVE this practice! It introduced a new, tender form of love that I don’t always share with those other than kitties. Thank you so much for putting this meditation together ❤️

Beautiful practice Thank you 🙏 😸

This was wonderful! I had my cat curled up with me, which made it so easy to fill myself up with love to share. Thank you!

This meditation is adorable but it’s also very useful when I can’t seem to get in a state of lovingkindness for my fellow humans. My kitties always deserve love, and it helps so much.

My own dear kitty joined me in this lovely meditation.

This was perfect and exactly what I needed! Thanks for the beautiful instruction!

I sat down and got comfy to do this meditation, and my cat stood in my doorway watching me. As soon as I hit play she jumped up next to me and curled up on my pillow, purring 😇 She seems to like your voice! Lovely meditation 💗

Love it I have three cats 🐈 and a dog 🐕 my dog didn’t stay but my cats were by my bedroom it was the best 👍👍👍👍👍

My cat also snuggled up for a snooze on my lap as soon as we started. Great bonding time - the kitties must sense that your voice is that of an animal lover 💖

Very nice meditation, thank you! My kitty cat snuggled into me as soon as I started :)

Very calming, i always enjoy special bonding with my cat like this💕