Westchester County Parks brings puppy yoga back to Kensico Dam Plaza

Westchester County Parks is bringing puppy yoga back to Kensico Dam Plaza, turning one of the county’s most recognizable gathering places into a spring wellness stop on May 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The session costs $50 per person, registration is required, and attendees need to bring their own mats. The puppies are part of the program, and the listing makes clear that visitors should not bring their own dogs.

That structure matters because this is being presented as more than a novelty class. Westchester County Parks describes the session as combining wellness and puppy love for a calming, happy experience, and the sponsor listed on the event is Robison. The setup gives the class a controlled, organized feel, with county parks managing the human-puppy interaction rather than opening the lawn to a free-for-all meetup.

The return also fits into a broader puppy yoga push from Westchester County Parks. The department has promoted puppy yoga as a collection of events, including another session at Ridge Road Park, and SPCA Westchester’s community calendar separately lists a Westchester County Parks Puppy Yoga event at Kensico Dam on Saturday, May 30. A later county promotion said the classes returned after a sold-out debut in May and noted that the sessions featured adoptable puppies from the Westchester SPCA, adding an animal-welfare angle that helps explain why the format has stuck.

Kensico Dam Plaza, at 1 Bronx River Parkway in Valhalla, gives the event the kind of scenic, public-facing backdrop that has helped make these classes feel like a seasonal outing instead of just another fitness offering. The park is also scheduled to host the 47th Annual Polish Heritage Festival the next day, underscoring how often the plaza serves as Westchester’s stage for large community gatherings.

That scale is part of why puppy yoga fits here. Westchester County Parks says its system includes six championship golf courses, five pools, three beaches, an amusement park, a sports, performance and civic arena, interpretive farms, a public garden, six nature centers and major trail systems, and the department was recognized with three awards from the Westchester Recreation and Parks Society in July 2025 for leadership in excellence and innovation in programming. For dog lovers in Westchester, this is the kind of outing that belongs on the spring calendar: a ticketed, sponsor-backed session, puppies included, mats in hand, at Kensico Dam Plaza.