Dan Borris | Yoga Dogs and Kittens

Photographer Dan Borris and his wife Alejandra have created these tongue-in-cheek images of popular dog breeds positioned in classic yoga poses.

Alejandra is a former yoga instructor and current animal practitioner.

She holds and coaxes the pets as closely as possible to the final pose.

Dan snaps the photos and finishes the images in Photoshop. The result is a hilarious invitation to get in touch with your inner pup.

After all if a Golden Retriever can hold that yoga pose, so can you! Yoga Dogs is designed to put a smile on your face, and a little more flexibility in your spirit. Play, BarkÖBreathe. Play, Purr...Breathe.

Photographer Dan Borris was walking down the street one day with a friend when she suggested that he photograph her doing yoga while her dog ran around making her crazy. Inspiration struck!

Why bother with humans?

Dogs should do yoga! It was in that moment that Yoga Dogs was born.

With the help of Dan’s wife Alejandra, years of research followed. Thousands of canine auditions. Hours of training.

Practice, practice, practice (hey, it’s yoga).

Finally the first Yoga Dog was ready to be photographed and she was their own dog Mela, a natural born yogini.

Many dogs followed. Later, when the dogs went to the cats, again it was their own cat, Snoosh who stepped up his game with an amazing Adho Mukha Vrksasana pose.

Then along came Yoga Puppies and Yoga Kittens and the rest is history.

Daniel Borris created "Yoga Dogs," a full-color collection of 45 different dogs and puppies doing human yoga poses.

Don't worry: No animals were harmed during the making of the images; instead, their extreme flexibility can be chalked up to some very effective digital trickery.

The results are silly and curious all at once, and the inherently humorous pictures are complemented by information about the poses and some funny and punny canine meditations.

Un giorno il fotografo Dan Borris stava camminando per strada con un amico quando lei gli suggerì di fotografarla mentre faceva yoga mentre il suo cane correva in giro facendola impazzire. L'ispirazione ha colpito!

Perché preoccuparsi degli umani?

I cani dovrebbero fare yoga!

Fu in quel momento che nacque Yoga Dogs. Con l'aiuto della moglie di Dan, Alejandra, sono seguiti anni di ricerca. Migliaia di audizioni canine. Ore di formazione.

Pratica, pratica, pratica (ehi, è yoga).

Finalmente il primo Yoga Dog era pronto per essere fotografato e lei era la loro cagnolina Mela, una yogini nata. Molti cani lo seguirono. Più tardi, quando i cani sono andati dai gatti, è stato di nuovo il loro gatto, Snoosh, a intensificare il suo gioco con un'incredibile posa di Adho Mukha Vrksasana.

Poi sono arrivati Yoga Puppies e Yoga Kittens ed il resto è storia.

Il fotografo Daniel Borris ha creato il "Dogs Yoga", una full-color collezione di 45 diversi cani e cuccioli che fanno yoga in posizioni umani.

Non preoccupatevi, nessun animale è stato ferito durante la realizzazione delle immagini, anzi, la loro estrema flessibilità è stata realizzata con dei trucchi digitali molto efficaci.