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Om My! Dogs Take to Yoga

Downward-facing dogis more popular than ever

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(Newser) – When Fido lifts his leg, he might not be watering a tree, but attempting the challenging yoga position Downward Facing Dog. At least, that's what owners all over America are hoping as they pack yoga classes that cater to people and their doggies—or dogis—reports the Independent. "Doga" took arf in Manhattan seven years ago, and it's no longer "something people laugh about," said the movement's founder. But some purists whine about the trend.

"We can't just go to a yoga class and be in the here and now. Instead, it has to be a time we share with our dogs," sniffed one purist. "That seems very trivializing of yoga to me. And it's such an American idea." Woof.

Chantale Anderson and her Viszla Bean relax at the end of a yoga class for people and dogs.
Chantale Anderson and her Viszla Bean relax at the end of a yoga class for people and dogs.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Yoga instructor Brenda Bryan, performs a yoga pose as she stretches Gus during a yoga class for people and their dogs in Bellevue, Wash.
Yoga instructor Brenda Bryan, performs a yoga pose as she stretches Gus during a yoga class for people and their dogs in Bellevue, Wash.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Yoga instructor Brenda Bryan, gets some attention from black lab Magnet as Bryan teaches a yoga class for people and their dogs in Bellevue, Wash.
Yoga instructor Brenda Bryan, gets some attention from black lab Magnet as Bryan teaches a yoga class for people and their dogs in Bellevue, Wash.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Emily Keegans lies next to her black lab
Emily Keegans lies next to her black lab "Magnet" on her yoga mat Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 at the end of a yoga class for people and their dogs in Bellevue, Wash. In the class, traditional yoga poses...   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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riffran
Apr 10, 09 4:56 AM CDT
thats so pathetic it's funny Reply
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jenna
Apr 10, 09 6:15 AM CDT
SOME OF THESE STRORIES AREN'T NEWS. THEY'RE STUPID. Reply
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riffran
Apr 10, 09 6:37 AM CDT
:) Reply
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proxieme2
Apr 10, 09 7:33 AM CDT
Is that like when my cats "help" me with yoga by stretching out on/over/beneath me while I'm doing a pose? (And then get horribly offended when I move them.) Reply
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NutsInNY
Apr 10, 09 8:14 AM CDT
I have never heard of these nuts in NY. Reply
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