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