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Goat Yoga

It’s Not about the Poses

Shefali O'Hara
5 min readOct 27, 2019
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Goat Yoga Comes to Pflugerville

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine moved into a new apartment complex. While I visited, he mentioned that they were having Goat Yoga on the last Friday in October.

I couldn’t help myself. I squealed. Goats? Yoga?

He grinned and asked me if I wanted to participate.

Hello! What was his first clue?

It was a Cold and Blustery Day

Friday, October 25th arrived with a cold front. The temperature had dipped overnight from the 80s to the 50s. Seriously. On October 24th the high was 84 degrees. On October 25th, it was 55 and overcast.

I mentioned to friends I was going to do Goat Yoga that night.

“I hope it’s indoors,” was the response.

Of course it wasn’t. I mean, these are goats. As far as I knew, they weren’t potty trained.

We Arrive at Goat Yoga Dressed for the Cold

I wore thermal underwear beneath my yoga pants. My friend decided to sport a serape. We headed for the grassy area where the event would take place.

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Shefali O'Hara
Shefali O'Hara

Written by Shefali O'Hara

Cancer survivor, Christian, writer, engineer. BSEE from MIT, MSEE, and MA in history. Love nature, animals, books, art, and interesting discussions.

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