“Yoga is all about being in the moment,” and cats are in the moment “all the time,” said Amy Apgar, one of two yoga instructors at Meow Parlour, a cat shelter
and cafe in Lower Manhattan that, like a growing number of places across the country, offers yoga classes with cats.
“And some are social butterflies who meet with all the different students.”
During the savasana, or final resting pose of a yoga class, “usually at least half the people
will have a cat asleep on their chest — it’s just the sweetest thing,” Ms. Riley said.
After a recent class at Meow Parlour, she said, “It was easy to do, and it was fun to have the cats all around.”
Her roommate, Anna Ginzburg, who is 28 and works in finance, took the class, too.
“We have space for 15 people, and we just clear the cat trees
and stuff out of the way,” said Nancy Riley, the volunteer marketing coordinator for the shelter.