Many folks have taken a yoga class before, but how about a yoga class with baby goats frolicking around the studio?

The term is “goat yoga,” and it’s one of the latest trends to sweep the country. It started on an Oregon farm last year and quickly became a social media phenomenon.

Over the weekend, the sensation arrived at an northern Indiana yoga studio.

During a 75-minute session, six goats — Falcor, Fisher, Fleetwood, Frisco, Flick and Ford — had the run of the studio, under the guidance Erica Hopkins, who owns a nearby goat farm. The idea to partner with Bodyworks Studio for a goat yoga class originally came from social media, Hopkins said.

“I kept getting tagged in these goat yoga videos on Facebook because everyone knows I raise goats,” she told the Logansport, Indiana Pharos-Tribune. “One day I was tagged five times, so I thought I should ask (Bodyworks owner) Natasha Walters if she wanted to do that. So I asked her, and she said ‘Heck yeah, let’s do this.'”

Two days later, Walters and Hopkins finalized plans for Saturday’s goat yoga session, and word spread quickly.

Class instructor Lexi Morris said they didn’t even have to promote the session on social media.

“We literally mentioned it in class, and it sold out within that day,” she said. “Everyone was excited.”

For Morris, instructing the class was a dream come true.

“I was in the veterinary industry for nine years before moving here from Greenwood and had a rescue for three years,” she said. “That’s why I think Natasha chose me is because I love animals.”

The baby goats in Saturday’s yoga session were all males 6-7 weeks old and the youngest group of goats on Twin Willows Farm. Hopkins said she and her husband Brandon have been breeding Nigerian dwarf dairy goats for six years. All of the goats in Saturday’s yoga session have already been sold as pets and are set to arrive at their new homes in June.

“I don’t know what it is, really,” she said, referring to people’s fascination with goat yoga. “I think just because (goats) are natural climbers, and so it’s cool to connect with them that way. A lot of people don’t own farms, so most people don’t have that experience with goats. With the goats being so small and cute, that’s probably most of the attraction.”

The opportunity to “downward dog” or “cobra pose” with baby goats in your face is what many participants said made them quick to sign up when the class was initially offered.

Amanda Sommers said having the baby goats in the studio just made sense, especially since a key concept of yoga is relaxation.

“The idea of doing yoga with animals is really cool to me,” she said. “There’s something about having baby animals around that makes you happy, and yoga is about centering yourself. I always want to leave yoga with a happy feeling, and who can be mad when there are baby goats around?”

With four or five of the baby goats around her numerous times during Saturday’s session, Jane Johanning was playfully dubbed the “goat whisperer.” The Logansport resident said the decision to sign up for the class was easy, even though she had never been around goats before.

“When they brought it up, I said, ‘Wait, did you say goats?'” she said laughing. “So I wanted to sign up right away, and this has exceeded my expectations.”

Morris said the studio has scheduled another goat yoga session in June that’s already sold out. But if Morris has her way, the goat yoga craze will last at the studio as long as the curiosity and excitement will support it.

“In teacher training they tell you find a niche,” she said. “Maybe animal yoga will be my niche.”

Dunlap writes for the Logansport, Indiana Pharos-Tribune.