Covina brewery hosts beginner-friendly puppy yoga with adoptable rescues

Campsite Brewing Company traded its usual taproom energy for puppy poses Sunday morning, hosting an all-levels yoga session at 11:30 a.m. in Covina with adoptable rescues at the center of the class. The setup kept the barrier low and the appeal high: bring a yoga mat, towel or blanket, show up ready to move, and meet puppies available through a local rescue connection.

The event was built for first-timers as much as regulars. The listing said children were welcome if they came with an adult and signed a waiver, which gave the class a family-friendly feel and widened it beyond the usual studio crowd. With puppies supplied by Namastray Events through a local rescue, the format blended light movement with a clear adoption focus, turning a wellness class into a social outing with a practical purpose.

Campsite Brewing gave the event a distinctive backdrop. The brewery says its Covina taproom sits in a renovated 100-year-old citrus packing house, and its posted Sunday hours run from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., leaving plenty of room for an 11:30 a.m. class and whatever followed after. The address is 321 E Front St., Covina, CA 91723, a spot that fit the event’s communal tone and made it easy to imagine people lingering after class over food and beer.

The rescue side of the program added the strongest shareable hook. Pups Without Borders, the Los Angeles dog rescue tied to similar events, focuses on pregnant dogs, puppies and at-risk animals, with work that includes rescue, fostering, adoption and community support. Namastray Events has used the same puppy-yoga format at other Southern California breweries, including Common Space Brewery in Hawthorne, where puppy yoga has been paired with dog adoptions and, in one past event, proceeds were pledged to Pups Without Borders and spcaLA.

That broader pattern helps explain why the Covina session fit so naturally at Campsite Brewing. It was not just a novelty class, but a low-pressure way to meet adoptable puppies, support rescue work and spend a Sunday morning in a brewery built for gathering.