There’s yoga… then there is Goat Yoga. 🐐🧘🏾♀️
You are probably saying the same thing I did when I first heard of Goat Yoga. Curious? Intrigued? Disturbed? Confused? Lol, yes. All those feelings came to mind when I first heard of Goat Yoga.
I honestly didn’t understand it and felt like people just be doing the most. 🤣 But in true Ashley form, because I was intrigued I decided to do some research on it.
Goat Yoga has been around for 8 years. This phenomenon originated in 2015 on a farm in Arizona. The founder of Goat Yoga is Lainey Morse. She was seemingly having a difficult time in life when this yoga sensation took off. I feel like that is how most things happen, right?
Goat Yoga provides a way to connect with you mind, body, breath, and well… goats! The baby goats will surround you during your yoga practice, forcing you to be present in the moment. It allows you to connect with animals who are playful and like to get involved with your yoga poses. Don’t be surprised if they hop on your back!
The goats being in your presence took some getting use to, especially if you are not an animal person. But once you got use to the fact that the goats really enjoyed their space and yours it made it easier to carry on about your yoga practice.
There were tons of giggles! Which I felt was the best part of Goat Yoga. We were all grown women out in nature laughing and connecting with movement, breath and cute little goats!
So glad I was able to serve as the yoga instructor for this private yoga event!
I gotta be honest, when the host first reached out to me and informed me of her plan for a goat yoga event I initially froze up and was afraid! 😳
Goats?? I don’t know. 🥴🥴🥴
But as I stated before, I had already done some research on it so it wasn’t completely a foreign concept to me. I loved the idea that the benefits of goat yoga was to bring joy and happiness. And I’m all for that! Then I thought about it some more and said you know what?? Let’s do it!🐐💪🏾Which led to the intention/affirmation I set for our Goat Yoga session. “Do it Afraid!”
Thank you Taneka Ford for allowing me to instruct such an amazing group of ladies. 🥰🥰
Do you have a private yoga event and need an instructor? Email me here. Let’s chat!
Enjoy some of the moments we had with the cute goats with the photo gallery.
You can also check out a portion of our segment on YouTube and you’ll get to actually hear the cute little goats.🥰 Plus they get real close and personal with the camera a few times. 🤭🤭🤭
