Morse now takes, on an average, eight goats to the 30 minute classes and they range in age from a few weeks old to 2 years old.
“Goats don’t need a bond with a human. A stranger can walk in a barn, and a goat will come up to you and want to nuzzle you and be pet,” Morse said as to why goats make good therapy animals. Before focusing her full-time attention on her new found business Goat Yoga, Morse worked in marketing and freelance photography. Currently, she is in the process of trademarking “Goat Yoga”.
Morse who suffers from an immune system disorder, Sjogren’s syndrome, says that the goats help her day in and day out.
Morse said, “It might sound silly, but the way these classes are working, it’s becoming deeper and bigger than I thought.” She continued, “I have people that have cancer and are going through chemo, and their main goal is to come to a goat yoga class when they’re done.”
Not only US, but Britain is also swept away with this newfound fitness trend.
Holding a stretch while a pygmy goat balances on your back has proved so popular with yoga devotees in America that the method has been brought to the UK. Pennywell Farm in Devon has just started offering two-hour goat yoga classes costing £25 and is already booked up until September. The teacher or yogi Donna McCheyne admits classes go as smoothly as traditional sessions.
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