„ŠŤASTNÉ ROZPTÝLENIE“: POZRITE SA DO TRENDU KOZEJ JOGY

Hore: Lainey Morse mazlí kozu.

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.

Príbeh fenoménu kozej jogy

Čo je teda také zvláštne na kozej joge? Nie, kozy v skutočnosti nerobia pózy, ale natiahnu sa a niekedy to vyzerá, že robia pes orientovaný dole, hovorí Morse (ale nie sú, dodáva so smiechom). Morse, ktorý len nedávno začal praktizovať jogu, dostal minulý rok diagnostikovaný Sjogrenov syndróm, autoimunitné ochorenie, ktoré spôsobuje extrémnu únavu a ovplyvňuje pľúca a mozog. Jej kozy jej pomohli prekonať ju. Minulý rok to pre mňa bolo naozaj ťažké ... trávenie času vo svojom odbore s mojimi kozami bolo pre mňa práve takou terapiou. Je naozaj ťažké byť smutný a depresívny, keď máte okolo seba skákajúce kozy, hovorí.

Terapia zvierat je v centre Morseových tried kozej jogy, ktoré sa učia 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 a joga na koni Nedávno robím titulky.

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Čo sa skutočne stane v kozej joge?

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 a in this idyllic farm with a beautiful view of the mountains a 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 a the joy of being on the farm with the goats. They’re so playful, curious, a fun to be around. It makes it more than a yoga class — it’s an experience, she says.

A keďže je ťažké byť príliš vážny, keď sa k vám detské kozy pridávajú vo Warrior I, Davis začleňuje do svojich tried hravosť a humor. Nemyslím si, že je to hlúpe. Ľudia hovoria, že to znie ako Portlandia [Séria komédie Sketch, ktorá spoofuje Portland, Oregon]. Nie je to praštěné alebo hlúpe, ale je to určite zábava. Keď sa kozy rozhodnú pritúliť sa vedľa vás, keď ležíte v Savasane, je to najlepšie. Davis dodáva, že ona a Morse nenútia kozy, aby boli prítomní počas tried - rozhodli sa pripojiť sa k praktizujúcim na svojich podložkách.

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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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