“LAIMĪGA UZMANĪBAS NOVĒRŠANA”: IESKATIETIES KAZAS JOGAS TENDENCĒ

Augšpusē: Lainey Morse cuddles a kaza.

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.

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Stāsts aiz kazas jogas parādības

Tātad, kas ir tik īpašs kazas jogā? Nē, kazas faktiski nedara pozas, bet tās stiepjas, un dažreiz izskatās, ka viņi dara uz leju vērstu suni, saka Morze (bet viņi to nedara, viņa piebilst smieklīgi). Morse, kurš tikai nesen sāka praktizēt jogu, pagājušajā gadā tika diagnosticēts ar Sjogrena sindromu - autoimūnu slimību, kas izraisa ārkārtēju nogurumu un ietekmē plaušas un smadzenes. Viņas kazas palīdzēja viņai to izdzīvot. Pagājušajā gadā man tas bija patiešām grūts ... laika pavadīšana manā jomā ar savām kazām man bija tikai tāda terapija. Viņa saka, ka ir patiešām grūti būt skumjam un nomākam, kad jums lec mazuļu kazas, viņa saka.

Dzīvnieku terapija ir Morzes kazas jogas nodarbību pamatā, kuras māca Virši Deivisa . 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, Lama un zirgu joga Nesen veidojot virsrakstus.

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Kas īsti notiek kazas jogā?

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

Un tā kā ir grūti būt pārāk nopietnam, kad mazuļu kazas pievienojas jums Warrior I, Deiviss savās klasēs iekļauj rotaļīgumu un humoru. Es nedomāju, ka tas ir muļķīgi. Cilvēki saka, ka tas izklausās Portlandija [Skiču komēdijas sērija, kas krāpj Portlendu, Oregona]. Tas nav dumjš vai muļķīgs, bet tas noteikti ir jautri. Kad kazas izvēlas pasnausties blakus jums, kad jūs guļat Savasanā, tas ir labākais. Deiviss piebilst, ka viņa un Morze nepiespiež kazas būt klāt nodarbībās - viņi izvēlas pievienoties praktiķiem uz saviem paklājiem.

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.