What is the Yoga Dog Project?
Through the practice of Yoga we seek to learn balance, oneness, and self-acceptance, to quite the mind so the soul can express itself. We seek to understand and integrate the Shadow Self. And I feel like these are all lessons that dogs just innately know. They live in the moment, in a state of one complete being. I feel like this is why any attempt to practice in my dogs presence draws them in close. It’s probably the only time when they think “Hey, your vibration matches mine”. Dogs are also the ones who accept us, including our shadow side, fully and without reservation.
This project lived in my heart for over a year before I was able to first bring it to the light with the help my amazing sister, Katrina, and her sweet boy Rudy. I am so grateful for her guidance. When I finally launched the project in January 2019, I was overjoyed by the warm reception. The yogi’s in this project are real people, with their real dogs, and their experiences levels are as varied as their reason for coming to their mats. Some are teachers, some are not. And the conditions for shooting this project certainly pushed the boundaries of everyone’s skills.
Starting on January 11th, 1/11, in one of the wildest winters I’ve experienced since coming to Colorado meant not only finding balance alongside playful pups, but also freezing temperatures, snow pack, and occasionally winds so hard balance poses became impossible.
The Yoga Dog project is a collection of images which seek to reflect the connection that we share with our dogs during our practice. I chose to shoot them in silhouette because I wanted to strip away all the surface. Remove thoughts about breed or color, or designer leggings. And simply capture the form that remained.
So if you’d like a copy of this gorgeous, unique project for your home or studio. The book was published at the end of 2019 and is available via my publisher, BookBaby, as well as through Amazon.
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