SPL HEALTH
Goat Yoga classes are at 10 am Saturdays and Sundays at Grady’s Goat Farm, 12551 Franklin Road, Thonotosassa. Advance reservations are a must as classes sell out. Go to www.gradygoat.org for more information or call (404) 398-5291
PHOTOS/MARCIA BIGGS
Goat Yoga is Here to Namasté
BY MARCIA BIGGS They are undeniably adorable, incredibly innocent and love to be cuddled and scratched. Goats might not be puppies or kitties, but get just the same lovin’ in the Goat Yoga classes held every Saturday and Sunday at Grady’s Goat Farm in Thonotosassa. As for the yoga part? Well, let’s just say these kids steal the show. The story goes that partnering goats with yoga classes started on a goat farm in Oregon in 2016. Some say it’s a fad, having spread across the country. But farm owner Rob Canton feels fairly certain the classes will be continuing for quite some time. “We get between 30 and 50 people in every class, they fill up,” he says. Canton runs the yoga classes as a fundraiser for the Grady Goat Foundation’s Project G.O.A.T. (Global Offensive Against Trafficking), which benefits abused children from around the world. He says he gets people from all over the state coming to the goat yoga classes which cost $35 a pop. I jumped at the chance to join the goat yoga class when Canton extended the invitation. Not that I am a big goat fan, mind you. But I have
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StPeteLifeMag.com
March/April 2020
