M’sian couple shows off impressive yoga with goats photos
With gyms closed during the Movement Control Order, Malaysians have taken to substituting our usual workout seshs with free online classes and barbells with random household items. But to add live goats – yes, the animal – to the mix when doing yoga is a move that’s leaving many Malaysians confused.
This was what happened when a Malaysian couple living in the US shared their “yoga with goats” experience online. Photos showing the couple engaging in a fun yoga session outdoors – but with an added live goat standing on their backs – had Malaysian netizens in a stir, with many calling it a unique date idea and others kidding over the whole thing.
Not your regular yoga class
The photos were shared online by Iqbal at his Twitter handle @Iqtodabal on 4th October 2020. As he has over 15,000 followers amassed on his account, the post quickly caught the attention of many because the pictures were really pretty unique.
Image credit: @Iqtodabal
While most of us struggle to get basic yoga poses right at our usual yoga classes, Iqbal and his wife, Syazana, pulled off an advanced acroyoga – a type of yoga practice that has elements of acrobatics – pose effortlessly. And with a baby goat – also known as a kid – balancing on top of the 2 of them.
Image credit: @Iqtodabal
The involvement of these little creatures even make classic yoga poses, such as the standard tree pose – seem fun. Opting for another impressive couple’s yoga pose with Iqbal perched on Syazana’s folded legs, cuddling the goat, the entire series of photos just screams quirky yoga sesh.
Image credit: @Iqtodabal
The couple is no stranger to adventurous feats. They are both Malaysians living in Texas for Syazana’s work, and often share their travel and food adventures on their YouTube channel and on Iqbal’s social media accounts. This yoga with goats is just another addition to the long list of quirky things the couple does.
Many netizens even pointed out that their “yoga with goats” session took place a location out of a popular scene in a Netflix documentary series called Indian Matchmaking.
Yoga with goats is not a new concept
While the unique yoga session may seem unusual to some, you’ll be surprised to find out that yoga with goats was a fad that took off back in 2017.
According to a report from CNN, it was especially popular in the US then as it combined nature, animals and yoga for a therapeutic workout session set usually in farms. What typically happens at these unique yoga sessions are that there are free-rein young goats that yogis get to interact with while pulling off yoga poses.
Netizens kid around with the unique concept
Despite the fact that the concept wasn’t exactly new, it didn’t stop friendly jokes from flooding Iqbal’s Twitter post. Many Twitter users came out to pun the inclusion of young goats, or kids, to the workout routine.
This included netizen @sueannajoe_, who tweeted a tongue-in-cheek response: “Well, I do this with my kid too” – presumably to reference her human kid.
Image adapted from: @sueannajoe_
Twitter user @kimmouto also added to the play on words, tweeting, “Me: I want kids; My partner, compromising:” in response to the series of photos that Iqbal shared online.
Image adapted from: @kimmouto
Twitter user @evildimsum had a different pun, tweeting, “Relationship goals. I mean…goats. Relationship goats.”
Image adapted from: @evildimsum
Yoga with goats impresses the internet
We’re always looking for ways to change up our usual workout routines so that we can motivate ourselves to work off the calories from our bubble tea habit. But nothing quite takes the cake like yoga with goats, as evident from Iqbal and his wife’s fun photos of their experience.
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Cover image adapted from: @Iqtodabal