Leading a yoga class in a calm and relaxing environment, instructor Jodi Bond is about to place her hand down her mat when she discovers something very cute and fluffy sat in her way.

Napoleon the cat, a big bundle of white fluff, isn't planning to move anytime soon.

Heather Lynch laughs: "Napoleon's the funny one, he likes to sit on her mat and obviously as she's trying to teach you she can't see behind her.

"She'll put her hand down and Napoleon will just be looking up at her. It's very different."

Trying to perfect a yoga pose while surrounded by eight cats may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is the latest trend to hit Aberdeen's The Cat in the Window Cafe.

Inspired by similar cat cafes which have been offering kitty yoga in Japan and in London, Heather decided to trial a class with a local instructor. They proved so successful, she now plans to roll them out on a weekly basis to customers.

Heather, who opened the cat cafe in February following a successful crowdfunding drive, says she always wanted to offer her customers the chance to do yoga in a space crawling with kitties.

She explains: "It's a very therapeutic space that we have here, and it really is the perfect place for doing any sort of yoga exercises or meditation.

"I've heard about a few in Japan that do it and I think there is a cat cafe in London that is doing it so it was always in the pipeline, it's just taken us seven months to get it up and going."

Aimed at people who are just crazy about cats rather than gym bunnies looking to burn lots of calories, Heather explains the kitty yoga sessions begin with a soothing cup of herbal tea and a chance to cuddle the resident cats before rolling out their mats.

Then things get challenging, as the cats try to play, paw around the space and even take over the yoga mats while the class is taking place. But Heather says the class is more about having fun than perfecting a downward dog pose.

"It's not too serious, everyone is able to laugh about it which makes it really good fun.

"Think yoga with cats everywhere disrupting your poses and scratching your mats and just generally getting in the way.

"[The cats] can make it challenging but in a good way, in a fun way. You couldn't complain about it."

Heather says the sessions are so relaxing that even most of the cats drift off towards the end.

Since opening the cafe seven months ago, Heather estimates that 10,000 cat-crazy customers have walked through the doors for a cappuccino and a chance to cuddle a kitty.

And while the trial proved a hit, the Facebook post announcing the classes in September blew Heather away with the amount of people desperate to do yoga in the cafe.

"I didn't expect it to," she admits. "I thought that a few people would be interested but i didn't think that there would be that much people into it but it really blew up.

"It killed the internet for a day."