Downward Facing "Dog" -- Yoga for PoochesBringing pets to the yoga studio has benefits for allJulia Mayes and Hasani Gittens, NBC New York, 9/22/09 
On the path to enlightenment, yoga studio owner
Kari Harendorf has a special guide -- her Husky Charlie. “One day I just brought him to class. And then I thought, if everyone loved having him in class, there's got to be other people who want to bring their dogs to yoga, who want to do yoga with their dogs.
And that's how the whole movement started,” Harendorf told
NBC New York. It’s a movement she calls “Doga” -- that’s Dog + yoga. From Great Danes to Pugs, pooches as partnering with their [human companions] for a combination of meditation, massage, and stretching. “It’s actually a really good thing for her,” said
Erin Teague of her Pug. “She's a very anxious dog. She has a lot of nervousness.”
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Doga is becoming increasingly popular as are other variations on the ancient practice
Yoga studios in the USA are customizing classes for every walk of life. In order to make the most commercial benefits from yoga, there is a rising trend to customize the system for specific sub-groups. There is: 
Yoga has no fewer than 1,008 postures to steady the mind and ready the body for meditation
