Goats + yoga

September 9, 2016 9:56 AM

Now you can do yoga with goats in Oregon (+ bonus goat yoga | goat vs yoga ball)
posted by a lungful of dragon (15 comments total)

I'm really loving this Goat is the New Cat aesthetic.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 10:07 AM on September 9, 2016 [2 favorites]

C'mon
posted by rp at 10:12 AM on September 9, 2016

Start up a wombat yoga class, and I am totally there.
posted by holborne at 10:43 AM on September 9, 2016 [3 favorites]

Goats are too bony, but snake yoga class sounds pretty relaxing.
posted by mattamatic at 10:44 AM on September 9, 2016

There is an occasional class at the studio I go to called "Yoga with Cat" which is, disappointingly, yoga with an instructor named Cat.
posted by Naib at 10:49 AM on September 9, 2016 [5 favorites]

My cat never fails to walk underneath my downward face dog, brushing my belly with his tail. It's almost like he's saying "Keep your core strong!" Or like he's saying "Human, what is this. This is not petting me. This is not feeding me. Cease."

I don't think I'd like it so much with goats. You feel like you're breaking up their goatly vibe, interfering in their goating.
posted by Made of Star Stuff at 11:09 AM on September 9, 2016 [1 favorite]

Oh my goodness the sheer joy of that goat playing with the yoga ball

happy goat is happy
posted by fraula at 11:13 AM on September 9, 2016

Today I learned goats wagging their tails is a thing.
posted by bukvich at 11:19 AM on September 9, 2016

My only issue with this is that goats poop whenever and wherever they feel like it. Yoga with poopballs sounds less fun.
posted by longdaysjourney at 11:43 AM on September 9, 2016 [1 favorite]

I'm really loving this Goat is the New Cat aesthetic.

Here's a twitter feed to go along with that sentiment.
posted by advil at 11:45 AM on September 9, 2016 [1 favorite]

These goats must be better behaved than my cat. When I do a downward dog, he pounces on my head. When I'm trying to focus on a balancing posture, he wraps himself around my leg. Just because he's naturally flexible doesn't mean he shouldn't take my yoga practice seriously!
posted by treachery, faith, and the great river at 12:03 PM on September 9, 2016

I once spent a happy afternoon feeding a young goat granola bars and bro-fisting him on the horns repeatedly. Li'l dude liked a good head buttin'.

I would not have been able to focus on yoga with him around though because of the constant worry that he might eat my mat.
posted by middleclasstool at 12:08 PM on September 9, 2016

Albany's changed a lot since I lived there. This is pretty remarkable for being in a city once known locally as "The City of Churches".
posted by humboldt32 at 1:31 PM on September 9, 2016

I would do this so I could casually drop reference to "my goat yoga practice" forever afterward.
posted by theorique at 4:40 AM on September 10, 2016

I would be way too distracted by wanting to snuggle with the goats and wouldn't be able to focus on the yoga at all, but I still love this idea.
posted by Neely O'Hara at 1:22 PM on September 10, 2016