Posted on 06/14/2017 11:03:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Adonna Ebrahimi is stretched out on her yoga mat, struggling to maintain a cobra pose - and her composure - as a couple of baby goats do a balancing act on her back.
Welcome to "Goat Yoga", the latest fitness craze sweeping the United States, where young and old are lining up for the popular classes that leave participants not only saying "namaste" but also in stitches.
The new workouts taking place on farms across the country involve Nigerian Dwarf goats - miniature goats of West African origin - roaming about as yogis practice their exercise routines.
"At first, it was a bit scary because I didn't know the goats were going to jump on my back," Ebrahimi, 53, said on a recent afternoon after completing her first "Goat Yoga" class outside Los Angeles.
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Is that second goat ‘nursing’?
When did that become a part of Yoga?
I don’t see any little goat diapers.
I guess one is just supposed to ignore the odors.
Imagine Indians taking a Western religious ritual, turning it into an exercise routine and then adding monkeys to it.
People getting stupider.
They are called kids.
Yoga is of Scandinavian origin.
Ha...foreigners doing the job American goats don't want
Just wait till Trump hears of this...(wonder what type of goats on his winery...?)
“fitness craze sweeping the United States”
Puh-lease. So embarrassed by our first world BS.
Social conditioning to accept Islamic prayer rooms and muslim comfort goats, or girlfriends.
trying to keep the breast implant from falling out
“Yoga is of Scandinavian origin.”
Wrong.
Yoga comes from the posses used by Hindus to chant their mantras.
That is why a Hindu holy man is called a Yogi.
My favorite bear is a Hindu holy man?
Paging PETA.
Wouldn’t this be funny if it got a predominately Muslim clientele?
DANG!
...and at the end of the class, the goat would be bar-b-qued.
From the looks of her unwashed hair I bet the goat recognizes the smell and think she is one of them
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