Friendly baby goats greet Cedar Creek Ranch owner Paul Williams. The goats have a starring role in the ranch’s newest activity, goat yoga.
Goat Yoga and More Cedar Creek Ranch offers unique activities for women Story and photos by Shannon Serpette
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ew things feel better or more freeing as a woman than having some much-needed girls’ time with your best friends. As much as you might love being a mother, a wife, a career woman, or any other role you have, an adventure away with your friends is a chance for you to be unabashedly all about yourself, exploring your interests. For a unique outing for your next girls’ trip, Cedar Creek Ranch, located right outside Cedar Point, offers outdoor fun with a modern twist. This horseback riding ranch lets you go for a trail ride and caters to more interesting bonding experiences for women, such as goat yoga, ax throwing, and Gator rides through a creek. For those who haven’t heard of goat
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yoga, Cedar Creek Ranch owner Paul Williams said it’s a yoga class with the addition of adorable and curious baby goats who circulate and check out people as they do their poses. You might have a goat nuzzling your face or find you have a little extra weight while holding a pose. “They jump on your back,” Williams said. What if you want goat yoga to come to you for a special event? The goat yoga program is portable, meaning customers can book it for parties or organizations and it will travel to them. While Williams estimates that 95 percent of the people who do goat yoga are women or children, some men do get into the fun as well.
