"Doga Yoga" - yoga with his dog

This new gymnastics has become fashionable already in our twenty-first century. From the combination of banal words dog and yoga, a new word "doga" was obtained in the lexicon of dog lovers. Dogu began to be practiced in 2002 by Yoga Instructor Susie Teitelman, who lives in Florida. The attentive hostess noticed how her spaniel likes to be around her during yoga classes. She found the dog a worthy partner for yoga, tried to work out with her, for which she had to adapt some yoga exercises for joint execution, and as a result a new gymnastics was born.
Soon the first group of dog-yoga was recruited, and after a while other instructors were carried away by the trendy trend of traditional yoga gymnastics. The United States, Japan, England and other European countries are already covered by "gav-yoga," as a joke is called the dogu its admirers. In the US, where the cult of a healthy lifestyle is gaining momentum, over 15 million citizens use yoga elements in their physical exercises on the rug at home or in the fitness room. And when there is a four-legged friend next to him who became a partner in the assana performance, this is a pleasure that embraces both! In the "States" now, doga yoga is no less popular than swimming pools, hairdressing salons and other pleasures for tailed pets. Evil tongues yazvit that dogs were attached to yoga in orthodox Hindu India. It has been repeatedly observed that during the modern fakir show in the areas of present-day India, around the meditators or wonders of owning the body of the fakirs, whole flocks of dogs are gathered (!), Which seem to be attracted by a common biofield with a yogi-fakir, they watch their sacred actions tensely.

For fans of yoga in the hall among teammates in group classes, there will be a problem of compatibility of several dogs and their owners. We will not touch upon this topic, it is work for qualified professionals who, in addition to the knowledge of yoga, must have the skills of a trainer and a psychologist-psychologist. But for individual lessons in your own apartment, when in the usual situation the most uncontrollable dogs are calm and relaxed, we can give several recommendations.

To begin with, the elements of the Doge are ordinary assans, but with the participation of a dog. Because of this, Dogu is often called partner yoga. On the one hand, your dog will help you perform some of the assans, playing the role of "prop" ("prop" from English - support, pillar, support, support). For example, the pose of Urdhva Hastasan, when we raise our hands upwards, rejoicing the sun, can be performed together with your toy terrier Chapik (or what else do you call your little pet?). Feet together, on inhalation raised hands with Chapik up and perform all the necessary, prescribed by yoga for this exercise. In other poses, the dog will play the role of the bolster - a special roller for yoga, which is used in lying ass, allowing you to straighten the spine and effectively relax the body parts and neck. Naturally, you can not raise your mastiff to the extended arms, as well as the toy terrier can not become a support when performing exercises in the prone position.

How to build classes? In no case do not change the technique and the usual sequence of Assan exercises. You are changing only the very interaction between you - a man and a master, and a pet - an animal. Your dog is much closer to nature, he is in the process of scanning the energy state of the owner and is able to awaken in the owner elements of natural flair. This will increase your tone and strengthen your overall well-being. To begin with, yoga exercises must be performed under calm relaxing music. During the meditation of the owner, the dog behaves surprisingly calmly, perhaps even dozing. This means that simultaneously with you the dog relaxes, its breathing synchronizes with yours, unloads the spine, calms down breathing, relaxes muscles. But you also need to perform exercises to strengthen the muscles and spine of your pet. City dogs lead a sedentary lifestyle, they, like people, suffer from arthritis and other "human" sores. Yoga and massage will help them to deal with these misfortunes. Moreover, the dogs themselves like to stretch the body, stretching in the dog's pose "contentment with life" - this is when the forelegs are stretched forward, the chest is pressed to the floor, and the hind legs are straight straight. Then, on the contrary, on the vertically straight forward ones, we extend the hind legs to the horizontal straight line. It is clear that your dog will not be seated in the pose of the lotus, he will choose a suitable position and demonstrate his capabilities.

The presence of the tailed assistant will allow you to diversify the usual elements of the exercises, the lessons themselves will become more fun and not so monotonous.

Everyone wins, with positive changes in the character of the dog. Your contact with the animal becomes more harmonious, which removes a number of problems with obedience and general behavior. And you become healthier both physically and spiritually.