--- description: At-home yoga gets a little more difficult when real dogs are nearby title: Watch What Happens When Cats and Dogs Interrupt Yoga Routines image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch What Happens When Cats and Dogs Interrupt Yoga Routines by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2015 5:44 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2015 5:44 PM CUT As yoga becomes more and more popular, enthusiasts have made sure to extend their practice from the yoga studio to the studio apartment. But at-home yoga practice means an audience, especially of the feline and canine varieties. The compilation above shows many a yoga routine getting interrupted. And it really never gets old watching a dog rush to the aid of his owner trapped in a headstand or for a a pet to think pigeon pose is an invitation for kisses. There’s also the cat that thinks the tree position is something to climb on. Namaste. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3964691/yoga-dogs-and-cats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3964691/yoga-dogs-and-cats/"},"headline":"Watch What Happens When Cats and Dogs Interrupt Yoga Routines","datePublished":"2015-07-20T17:44:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:20.173Z","description":"Downward dog gets literal","url":"https://time.com/3964691/yoga-dogs-and-cats/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs","viral","cats","yoga"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/3964691/yoga-dogs-and-cats/","name":"Watch What Happens When Cats and Dogs Interrupt Yoga Routines"}}]}] ```