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Doga
April 11, 2009, 8:53 pm
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When I lived in Los Angeles, I used to see ads and signs for “Doga”, but I never knew what it was exactly. Yoga for dogs? Yoga with dogs? I couldn’t even figure out how to pronounce it. Dough-Gah? Dawg-Uh?

This recent piece in the NY Times explains the Doga phenomenon. Since I’m not a dog owner, I’m having a bit (a lot, actually) of trouble understanding what this craze is all about. Maybe you just have to be a true dog lover to get it.

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I am trying to be open-minded about this but I just don’t get it! Watch out Eugene, I might just show up in your next class with my five adorable kitties and have a Catoga class…. However, I believe there is something very American in all this: the inability to leave things be and enjoy them as such. Everything this country adopts is newly shaped, molded, reinvented etc… Yoga, of course, could not be the exception!

Comment by Silvia April 13, 2009 @ 9:49 am
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I love dogs (I have two) and love yoga but I’m pretty sure that doga is not for me. Maybe these classes are in response to the Mommy & Me type yoga classes out there? I see a lot of those in Brooklyn where I live.

Comment by elizabeth April 14, 2009 @ 10:34 am
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I’m right there with you, not sure I fully “get it” either. I know my dog doesn’t have the patience or the know-how to really appreciate something like this either…

Comment by Renee April 16, 2009 @ 3:27 pm
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Doga is a great idea. I like to lay the mat out for my pit bull to lay on while I practice alongside her. Surprisingly, it’s one of the few things that calms her down. However, I can’t imagine that she would be able to keep her cool in a yoga class with other dogs.

Comment by Dagmara April 27, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
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I never thought this trend would make its way out of New York or L.A., but I caught a story about a resort for dogs offering Doga classes in Madison. What is going on in our world when we willingly pay to essentially rub our dogs’ bellies?

Comment by Mindy April 29, 2009 @ 3:36 am
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“Mahatma Gandhi said, “the greatness of a nation and its moral progress is best judged by how we treat our animals”.” http://yogitoesblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/evening-of-posing-for-paws.html

Comment by Dagmara May 7, 2009 @ 3:16 pm
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