We Tried Cat Yoga And This Is What Happened
“I want cats everywhere.”
Sydney's first ever cat cafe, Catmosphere, hosts Cat Yoga sessions every Thursday. They involve 45 minutes of yoga in a room that's home to up to 20 cats, followed by 15 minutes of "kitty cuddle time".
Owner Thomas Derricott affectionately refers to his adoptable rescue cats as "catsronauts", corresponding with Catmosphere's outer-space/sci-fi theme. They are named things like Obi Wan Catobi, Darth Beauty, and Fuzz Aldrin.
"The primary reason we opened this place was basically pun goals," he says. "But people really love the yoga."
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The classes are conducted in a small room above the cafe. The walls are lined with cat beds and feline-friendly cubby holes.
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We tried it out, to see if cats really are ~calming~ at all.
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