--- title: Dog Yoga Helps Pets and Their Owners Relax description: Yoga classes meant to be taken with your dog are becoming a practice available in cities around the world. canonical: https://time.com/5192268/dog-yoga/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-18T17:20:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:15.282Z og:title: 'Dog Yoga' Helps People and Their Pets Can Unwind Together og:description: Humans and canines can both get some exercise in the dog-friendly practice og:url: https://time.com/5192268/dog-yoga/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d926a6ac2b17ec/69869cf21eebf7412e371fa4/dogyoga5.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: DogYoga5 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Dog Yoga' Helps People and Their Pets Can Unwind Together twitter:description: Humans and canines can both get some exercise in the dog-friendly practice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d926a6ac2b17ec/69869cf21eebf7412e371fa4/dogyoga5.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Dog Yoga' Helps People and Their Pets Unwind Together  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 18, 2018 5:20 PM UTC  Laurie Coger  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 18, 2018 5:20 PM UTC You know yoga. You may even know [goat yoga](http://time.com/money/4793166/goat-yoga-class-popular-price-sold-out/). And seeing dogs – a beloved member of the animal kingdom participate in the [ancient practice](http://time.com/4822302/yoga-meditation-genes-stress/) is truly a thrill. Dog yoga, or “doga” as some are calling it, is a practice you can find throughout the world. The main difference between the pup-friendly practice and its [human-only counterpart](http://www.health.com/fitness/yoga-better-mood): pets are encouraged. And while not every canine understands quite how to tackle the contortions of every pose — outside of the iconic downward dog position, of course — the addition of dogs in the studio space helps owners get in touch with their breathing as they go through the flows and gives them an activity to share with their pets. “They’re healers. They’re natural healers. They know what’s out of balance and what’s not,” notes Mahny Djahanguiri, the U.K.’s “doga” practice founder, of the wisdom of dogs — and how their lack of ego can be a good lesson for owners. Take a look at the human-canine connection in practice, in the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5192268/dog-yoga/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5192268/dog-yoga/"},"headline":"'Dog Yoga' Helps People and Their Pets Unwind Together","datePublished":"2018-04-18T17:20:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:15.282Z","description":"Yoga classes meant to be taken with your dog are becoming a practice available in cities around the world.","url":"https://time.com/5192268/dog-yoga/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d926a6ac2b17ec/69869cf21eebf7412e371fa4/dogyoga5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6d926a6ac2b17ec/69869cf21eebf7412e371fa4/dogyoga5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DogYoga5","caption":"","creditText":"Laurie Coger","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5192268/dog-yoga/","name":"'Dog Yoga' Helps People and Their Pets Unwind Together"}}]}] ```