Goat yoga is baaa-ck at Lavender Farm this summer, but now with extra cuddles.

Owner Alan Mayfield has been hosting the goat yoga classes for three years, but because of his retirement cut the four classes a week to one.

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Regular visitors will know that the standard of yoga is high, but interaction with wobbly balls of cuddle are part of the experience.

B次元官网网址淭his year we acknowledged the fact that many of the students who come are not here for the yoga, theyB次元官网网址檙e here for the interaction with the baby goats, so we started goat cuddling classes too.B次元官网网址�

For $25 you can have an hour of yoga and 30 minutes of goat cuddling, or you can skip the bendy stuff and go in for just the goat cuddling, for less than half the price.

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Yoga takes place Saturdays at 10 a.m., with Goat Cuddling priced at $10 for adults and $5 for kids, happening between 2B次元官网网址�4 p.m. Lavender Farm run free private Sunday morning sessions with the children of Victoria Autism.

Mayfield says their season started May 4 and although there was an initial rush to book classes, demand drops for a couple of weeks before the summer break. He advises any yogis preferring a quieter class to book before the summer. The season finishes on Labour Day.

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Mayfield laughs when asked what people are most curious about.

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So no lies to children about them going to a nice farm on a hill, when really theyB次元官网网址檙e for the pot?

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To book call (250) 857-2525 or for more information visit .

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