My human usually doesn’t think about any specific way to start the new year… but a few days before 2017, she got this email:
It was from Crumbs & Whiskers, a recently opened cat cafe. They were offering two cat yoga sessions, for the first time, on New Year’s Day. My human jumped on it right away, and she emailed a friend of hers who signed up too. It’s a good thing they were quick — both classes sold out in a matter of hours.
My human and her friend signed up for the second session. They and the other classmembers filled the entryway as they waited for the first session to end. Everyone was really excited.
This sign was on the wall… but this evening, nobody brought coffee, just yoga mats.
The class had 19 feline instructors. Oh, and one human instructor. My human doesn’t remember what the human instructor looked like, but she remembers all the cats.
Here is the main feline yoga instructor. You might notice she is wearing a pink collar. The girl cats wore pink collars, and the boys wore gray ones. And there were some kitties wearing purple collars, which meant they had a bit of an attitude.
Although the humans there were all adults, kittens were allowed in the yoga session.
Here is one cat showing how to properly use a yoga strap.
Some humans got their own feline yoga instructor. My human was one of them.
Sometimes he had to correct her form.
Eventually that instructor left, and another one showed up while my human did standing poses.
As you can see, the main instructor was a stern taskmaster!
There were even a few arguments.
Although a lot of yoga got done, sometimes it was hard for the human students to concentrate because of all the cuteness! My human says she actually had a good yoga session, even if she did pick up her iPhone and sneak a few photos when she was supposed to be doing a pose. The cats were busy wandering around and checking everybody’s form — and seeing if anyone wanted to play. After the yoga session was over, everybody got to hang out for a few minutes and take more photos. If Crumbs and Whiskers has more yoga classes, my human and her friend are definitely going again!
My human saw this sign in the restroom after the session was over. She thought it was a fitting end to a cat yoga class.
In case you are wondering, all the cat instructors are available for adoption.
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OMC!! What fun!! We think purrhaps one of the feline instructors was related to Binga?? MOL!
Did anyone take home a kitty?? To do more purrsonal yoga training:)
Oh wow that looked amazing fun and our P.A. would definitely want to try! MOL
Purrs
Basil & Co xox
That looks like so much fun!! We hope all the kitties get adopted soon.
That looks like fun!
My mum does yoga at home and I sometimes join her. I’ve ruined her yoga mat with my scratching though 🙂
Purrs xx
Athena
That is an ingenious idea, and we bet your human had oodles of fun. Did any kitties get adopted? It looks as if that tortie needed a purple collar after all. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Now that looked like a whole clowder of fun!! Sign our human up for the next class ;p
the critters in the cottage xo
Oh man, that is just the best…that’s what it would take to finally get my Human out to try yoga…her own purrsonal yoga instructor! Awesome!
Oh this IS a lovely post – had us grinning from ear to ear!!
That sounds like a fun time. And a lot of cute kitties!
How neat is that? Our mom is totally jealous that there is such a place there!
What a great idea! More cat cafes should offer classes.
That would be the best yoga experience ever.
Absolutely PAWSOME!!!!! What a great place and what a wonderful idea!
Our mommy would try yoga if she could have instructors like those!
What a fun event! You and your human find such cool things to do in your part of the world!
We’re surprised any yoga got done with all those cute cats around. 🙂
How awesome – that’s my kind of yoga class!
What a fun thing to do. Those look like such good instructors.
Everything is better with cats! I tried yoga for awhile, but lost interest… then again, there were no cats involved the first time.
Cats know how to do the best yoga, because they are cats, and cats rule don’t they
M says “The joy of living in a big city – si many things available.” What a novel approach to a workout, and I bet they always have full sessions.
That sounds like a great yoga session ! What fun ! Purrs
Color me green with envy! I would do anything, if there were some cats roaming around to play with…yoga included!
What a great idea…
That is BEYOND PURRFECT!!! What a great way to celebrate the New Year!! I LOVE this and your photos were so much fun!!!
That would be fun. So glad your human was able to attend and tell her readers about it. The cat pix are adorable.
That sounds like a wonderful class.
I hate yoga, but the promise of being near cats could tempt me to try it again.
I love all of those kitties sitting in the “Queen Poses!” (aka “Kittyloaf”)
They look so royal and regal!
how cool is that??? our mom isn’t really in to yoga but she’d do a class taught by cats in a heartbeat 🙂
pip, smidgen, minnie, hollie, sharpie, ditto
A great idea! The cafe looks great too
Mom is so jealous……………ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what a grand idea and OMCs would she sign up lickety split too. That is just such a great and inventive idea. With all the purrty kitties you hardly feel like you are exercising.
Hugs madi and mom
Everything more fun with cats! (and yes, woofies too…)
The faculty members are sure impressive!
Our mom loves Yoga and more so kitties. What a fun event to attend. We need more Yoga with kitties studios! This would greatly benefit the human kind. And promote adoptions! What a great idea. Those kitties definitely know their stuff. What a great way to start out 2017. Pawsome! Purrs
What an awesome idea. Honestly, nobody makes a better yoga instructor than a feline. Did we not INVENT yoga??
As cats we’d never thought about doing yoga but Mum seems to enjoy it!
Our #1 says she might consider taking up yoga is there were cats involved!
Purrs,
The Chans
That is indeed a novel idea!! But of course, cats are the purrfect yoga teachers!
I do the same thing with my dog.
That’s pawsome!!!!!
What an absolutely brilliant idea. Now here, of course, Äiti attempts yoga and has help of all sorts. She wishes to know if the yoga mats got scritched at all!
A wonderful way to start 2017.
Now that sounds like a fun yoga session.
Everything is better with cats 🙂
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ