What happens when you combine yoga, rescue dogs, and a whole lot of community spirit?

You get Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses (DNYP).

Since 2017, Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses has been bringing people and rescue dogs together through unique yoga classes, events, and experiences while raising money for animal rescues and shelters across the country.

What started as a creative way to support dogs in need has grown into something much bigger: a community built around movement, connection, laughter, and giving back. And along the way, DNYP is closing in on $375,000 donated to rescues and shelters nationwide.

But the dogs are only part of the story.

More Than a Dog Yoga Class

Yes, our events involve yoga and adorable dogs. But Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses was created with a bigger purpose in mind.

Our events give people a reason to get together, try something new, meet other like-minded people, and spend time with dogs who are looking for their forever homes. At the same time, participating helps generate funding and exposure for the organizations doing the important work of rescuing, caring for, and placing those animals.

That means a single yoga class can do a lot more than stretch your hamstrings.

It can introduce someone to their future dog. It can help a rescue pay for veterinary care. It can bring a group of coworkers together outside of the office. It can give a community something fun to look forward to.

And sometimes, it can simply be a really great Saturday morning surrounded by puppies.

Supporting Rescues, One Event at a Time

From the beginning, Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses has been committed to supporting local animal rescues and shelters through fundraising and event partnerships.

Rather than operating as a traditional dog yoga studio, DNYP creates experiences that allow organizations, businesses, and communities to participate in fundraising while also shining a spotlight on rescue dogs.

Since launching in 2017, DNYP has donated nearly $375,000 to animal rescues and shelters nationwide.

Every event looks a little different, but the mission stays the same: create memorable experiences that bring people together and turn that connection into meaningful support for dogs in need.

Creating Community Through Canines

One of our favorite things about these events is how quickly strangers become a group of dog-obsessed friends.

That's the magic of bringing people together around something they genuinely love.

A DNYP event might be a room full of coworkers attempting yoga while puppies wander between their mats. It might be a private celebration where the guest of honor gets surprised by a few four-legged party crashers. It might be a public class where someone comes for the yoga and leaves with a rescue application in hand.

The format changes, but the goal is consistent: create opportunities for people to connect with each other, with their communities, and with dogs.

Because community support doesn't always have to look serious or complicated. Sometimes it looks like puppy kisses, yoga mats, and a room full of people laughing together.

How Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses Brings People Together

Over the years, DNYP has expanded beyond traditional public puppy yoga classes to create experiences for all kinds of groups and occasions.

Canines on Campus

Canines on Campus brings the DNYP experience directly to schools and college campuses. These events give students an opportunity to take a break, connect with one another, and spend time with adoptable rescue dogs all while supporting animal rescue organizations.

College life can be stressful. Sometimes the best study break is a room full of puppies.

Corporate Events

Looking for a team-building activity that people will actually want to attend?

DNYP brings rescue dogs and yoga directly to workplaces, offices, conferences, and corporate gatherings. Corporate dog yoga events offer teams a fun way to connect outside of their usual work environment while supporting a meaningful cause.

They're great for employee appreciation events, team-building activities, wellness initiatives, company celebrations, and just about any occasion that could use more dogs.

Tradeshows & Brand Activations

Trade shows and events are full of booths competing for attention. We prefer a slightly more effective strategy: put puppies in the booth.

DNYP creates interactive dog-friendly tradeshow and event activations that give attendees a memorable reason to stop, stay, participate, and engage.

Whether it's yoga with adoptable dogs, a playful activation, or a custom experience, we help brands create genuine connections rather than just another giveaway.

Private Celebrations

Birthdays, bachelorettes, showers, reunions, fundraisers, and other celebrations can all get the DNYP treatment.

Private dog yoga events give groups the chance to celebrate together while also doing something that has a positive impact beyond the party itself.

Because cake is great. Cake and puppies is better.

Puppy Yoga Classes

And, of course, there are the events that started it all: public dog yoga classes.

These all-levels classes combine yoga with time spent alongside adoptable rescue dogs, creating an experience that's equal parts movement, laughter, and puppy chaos.

You might come for the yoga. You might come because you love dogs. You might come because your friend dragged you there.

Whatever brings you through the door, there's a good chance you'll leave smiling.

Why Rescue Dogs?

Rescue is at the heart of everything we do.

By partnering with shelters and rescue organizations, DNYP helps create positive experiences that give adoptable dogs attention, exposure, and opportunities to connect with potential adopters. At the same time, our fundraising efforts provide financial support to organizations caring for animals before they find their forever homes.

We believe supporting rescue doesn't have to be limited to adoption events or donations. It can be fun, social, memorable, and part of everyday community life.

That's why we keep finding new ways to put rescue dogs at the center of experiences people already want to be part of.

From One Yoga Class to Nearly $375,000 for Rescue

Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses started in 2017 with a simple idea: bring people and dogs together in a way that benefits both.

Nearly a decade later, that idea has grown into events across communities, campuses, workplaces, celebrations, and major events and nearly $375,000 donated to animal rescues and shelters nationwide.

We're proud of that number, but we're even more excited about what it represents.

It represents the rescue organizations that have been able to say yes to another dog who needed help.
The students who got a much-needed break during a stressful semester.
The coworkers who connected outside of the office.
The families who discovered a new way to celebrate.
The attendees who came for yoga and met their new best friend.
And all the people who simply showed up, had fun, and helped make a difference.

That's what Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses is really about.

Dogs bring us together. Yoga gives us a reason to slow down. And community gives us the opportunity to do some good while we're here.

So whether you're looking for a public puppy yoga class, planning a private celebration, organizing a corporate event, or searching for a creative way to bring people together, there's probably a little room for some doggy noses and yoga poses.

Meet Doggy Noses & Yoga Poses: Where Yoga Meets Rescue Dogs