Does your dog struggle to relax, do they need more mental stimulation without hyping them up further, or more body awareness and muscle control? Or are you simply looking for a new and exciting activity for you and your dog to enjoy together? Then this workshop is for you.

Real Dog Yoga helps dogs to be more mindful and calm by teaching postures, expressions and actions which will benefit them in everyday life. As participants, you will use option training i.e. giving the dogs a way of opting in or out of learning which aids in heightening communication between you and your dog. Dogs are taught a set of 30 postures (which are broken into 3 sets: sitting, laying and standing) as well as 15 actions and 10 expressions. These are designed to help the dog learn to become calm or maintain calmness. It also helps to increase the dog-human interspecies vocabulary and create better understanding and compassion. The postures, expressions and actions also increase body awareness, muscle control and communication with the owners. They can be taught to any age or breed of dog with any age owner.

After learning these positions in the workshop, dogs actively repeat them often in real life, stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system which helps them to become or remain calm.