I’ve done yoga in a studio. I’ve done yoga in a greenhouse. I’ve done yoga while following along with a Peloton instructor while Ollie tries to tackle me. But this weekend… I did yoga with alpacas.
Yes. Alpacas.
And it was fun. And a little stinky.
I signed Travis, Jack and me up for a yoga class at Black Barn Alpacas, which is exactly what it sounds like… yoga surrounded by fluffy alpacas. Typically, the class is offered outside in their fields; however, since it was a rainy day, our class was held in a large indoor alpaca barn.
Before class started, we had some time to mingle with the herd and get over the initial ‘why does it look like every middle school boy’ feeling.
Then, we rolled out our yoga mats and a nice instructor put a little pile of alpaca food at the end of each mat to encourage them to chill with our group.
Spoiler alert: They were NOT interested in us.
Instead, we enjoyed an hour-long yoga class and the group of alpacas that they let out of their pens just kind of swarmed around and moved from side to side of the barn. It was a weird mix of relaxing into stretches and hilarious when you’d accidentally make eye contact with an alpaca.
Fun fact: it’s a little hard to do deep breathing through your nose and out your mouth when it smells like alpaca poo. Just saying.
Anyways, Jack lost interest about halfway through the class, so he went and played with the alpacas. Which was SO MUCH better than having to listen to “is it almost over yet” a million times while trying to hold yoga poses. 5 out of 5 stars… highly recommend!
After the class, they handed out little cups of alpaca feed and let us go wild hanging out with the alpacas. We were allowed to go in any of the pens, feed them, pet them, and laugh at their silliness.
Family Verdict: WE LOVED IT! It was a fantastic, slightly ridiculous way to spend a Saturday afternoon and I highly recommend trying it out!
I don’t blame Jack. I would probably stop, too. The alpacas are just way too cute to be doing yoga. Cute pics!