CAT:

Cue: Ninja Butt. (= Squeeze your butt and make it disappear)

Cue: tuck tailbone under & push hips forward (= posterior hip tilt)

Cue: Shorten your stance (= walk hands back towards knees and push into fingertips)

Cue: Push into a little ball (= whole body squeezes in the front/abs to ACTIVELY stretch back of entire spine SAFELY)

Cue: Round your entire spine (neck to tailbone is an arc, like a halloween cat)

COW:

Cue: Neutral Spine (= there isn't too much arch/hyperextension in low l=back; the curvature is, in fact a neutral spine in the cow posture)

Cue: Brace your core (= push down into tops of feet and palms to lift lower abs up towards your belly)

Cue: Sink shoulders down and back (= shoulders rotate inwards to squeeze shoulder blades down and together)