It might make you appreciate how limber you were as a child.
Keeping your joints limber can help keep arthritis at bay or lessen the severity of it.
The precision of the balance and ability of the cat's light limber body to absorb the impact often means that a cat can land unscathed, even from a height of three stories.
Both doctors and physical therapists are recommending yoga to help your body be more limber.
The idea here is not to actually extend the muscles and increase lasting flexibility, but to limber them up for the workout ahead.