UNA 'DISTRACCIÓN FELIZ': MIRA DENTRO DE LA TENDENCIA DE YOGA DE CABRA

Arriba: Lainey Morse abraza una cabra.

Lainey Morse certainly didn’t expect to become, as she puts it, a Goat Yoga mogul. But a cute idea to host a yoga class at her farm in Albany, Oregon, while baby goats pranced around the mats has turned into a phenomenon with a more than 500-person wait list.

Blown away. I’m blown away. Goat yoga … who knew? Every day, something crazier happens, says Morse, who is stunned that the Goat Yoga classes she hosts on her farm are attracting interest from Alaska to Australia. Morse, 44, a marketing professional who is now pursuing Goat Yoga full-time, says the idea for the class came from a yoga teacher mom who attended a child’s birthday party at her farm. Word got out not long after the first class in July, when Morse sent some cute Goat Yoga photos to Modern Farmer magazine, and from there, it absolutely snowballed, she says, with even The New York Times coming out to the farm to figure out just what’s so special about Goat Yoga (the Times article has yet to be published). I think probably right now everybody is stressed out with politics and everything going on … this is a story that’s a happy distraction, Morse theorizes.

La historia detrás del fenómeno de yoga de cabra

Entonces, ¿qué tiene de especial el yoga de cabra? No, las cabras en realidad no hacen poses, pero se estiran y, a veces, parece que están haciendo un perro con orientación hacia abajo, dice Morse (pero no lo son, agrega con una sonrisa). Morse, quien recientemente comenzó a practicar yoga, fue diagnosticado el año pasado con el síndrome de Sjogren, una enfermedad autoinmune que causa fatiga extrema y afecta los pulmones y el cerebro. Sus cabras ayudaron a superarla. Fue realmente difícil para mí el año pasado ... pasar tiempo en mi campo con mis cabras fue solo una terapia para mí. Es realmente difícil estar triste y deprimido cuando tienes cabras de bebé saltando a tu alrededor, dice ella.

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La terapia con animales está en el corazón de las clases de yoga de cabra de Morse, que se enseñan Heather Davis . One lady had stage 4 cancer and said nothing had helped her heal more than Goat Yoga, Morse says. Plus, the classes are fun. We’ve heard of Laughter Yoga … I think it adds to that aspect of it. Yoga connects you with your mind, body, and soul, and if you do it out in the middle of nature in a field, in beautiful surroundings, and you add goats, which are friendly, social, and loving, and sit down next to people on their mats … people are so happy. After class I always say, ‘Was it as cool as you thought it was going to be?’ And almost everyone says, ‘This was magical. It was amazing.’ It’s partnering a great yoga class with nature and cute animals. The class is on trend, too, with Meowga, Doga, Llama’ste y yoga a caballo recientemente en los titulares.

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¿Qué pasa realmente en el yoga de cabra?

Heather Davis, who teaches the all-levels, vinyasa-style Goat Yoga classes, says that like Morse, she had no idea Goat Yoga was going to be such a big hit. What I can guess is that the experience of being with the goats y in this idyllic farm with a beautiful view of the mountains y the sunset … it brings yoga to everybody. People that have said, ‘I would never do yoga’ are willing to try it with goats … it takes the pretense out of it. Even if you’re anxious about not having what you may think of as a yoga body or if you’ve never done yoga before, Davis believes Goat Yoga allows people to experience something new y the joy of being on the farm with the goats. They’re so playful, curious, y fun to be around. It makes it more than a yoga class — it’s an experience, she says.

Y dado que es difícil ser demasiado serio cuando las cabras de las bebés se unen a ti en Warrior I, Davis incorpora el juego y el humor en sus clases. No creo que sea tonto. La gente dice que suena como Portlandia [La serie de comedia de bocetos que falsifica a Portland, Oregon]. No es tonto ni tonto, pero ciertamente es divertido. Cuando las cabras eligen acurrucarse a su lado cuando mientas en Savasana, eso es lo mejor. Davis agrega que ella y Morse no obligan a las cabras a estar presentes durante las clases: eligen unirse a los profesionales en sus esteras.

Each Goat Yoga class is three hours long: one hour to hang out with the goats, an hour of yoga, and then what Morse calls goat happy hour, where people play with the goats and take selfies. Morse had planned on waiting until springtime to hold the next class (since it’s getting too cold for outdoor yoga), but due to demand, she’s decided to give barn goat yoga a try later this month. She’s also planning Goat Yoga retreats and goat therapy for veterans, people with disabilities, people suffering from depression, people suffering from illness, etc. I didn’t even know I could dream something like this … I’m super excited, she says.

Goat Yoga classes are . To get on the wait list for the next class, e-mail [email protected].

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