Yoga Inspired Dog Names

Dogs have always been called ‘man’s best friend’ and over time human-dog bonds have become more and more strong. Dogs join humans in every activity; they sleep, travel, go to restaurants and cafes, go hiking, jogging, and surfing with us. So it is not entirely unexpected that dogs also started doing yoga with us! Dog yoga, better known as ‘doga’, is a new passion where people practice yoga with their pups. This practice is an adaptation of yoga asanas, or the taking of a pose, so that dogs could actively participate. The movement started to become popular in 2011 and its objective is to give your dog a better life, making them more relaxed and calm, while you also create a deeper bond.

Suzi Teitelman is a well-known yoga instructor who started practicing yoga with her Cocker Spaniel named Coali and eventually developed a dog yoga practice. It all started because her dog would get on her yoga mat. After a few doga sessions, she noticed how Coali was actually happier and more relaxed. In 2011, she started giving yoga classes where people could bring their dogs and people were really happy to participate.

Doga has become more and more popular and now you often see dogs practicing yoga with their owners. This practice has also become trendy amongst celebrities like Lance Bass (Ex NSYNC) who recently started practicing with his pup, and Hugh Jackman who has shared snaps of him and his dogs practicing some asanas.

A widely-known doga star is Secret, a 3-year-old Australian Shepherd who excels at this exercise. Secret and her owner, Mary, have become widely known thanks to the videos and photos of their doga practices that are all over the internet. All dogs are special and intelligent, but Secret appears to be (by far) the best dog yoga practitioner. She goes from basic yoga poses, to more complex ones that require a lot of equilibrium and concentration. Secret is the perfect depiction of a dogi. She is sweet, incredibly intelligent, graceful and a great companion. She and her owner do everything together; Secret always helps Mary and joins her in every activity. And of course, doga is her favorite thing to do!

In addition to the doga movement, yoga dog images have become widely popular and you can see them everywhere. There are now calendars, notebooks, memes, and postcards with images of dogs doing yoga poses that could go from very basic ones like the downward facing dog, to the most difficult ones like the scorpion pose. These images are cute, fun, and definitely refreshing, so it is quite easy to understand why they are so popular.