Stretch, breathe, laugh and be nuzzled by goats. There’s nothing not delightful about goat yoga, held at Mountain Flower Goat Dairy, a small farm smack dab in the middle of Boulder. Combining the therapeutic, endorphin-releasing benefits of yoga and animal contact, these classes will leave you grinning ear-to-ear and put a spring in your step.
Here in Boulder, a good yoga class is best washed down with a pint of IPA or stout. Join Mark Stefanowski at Sanitas Brewing for Full Throttle Yoga — an hour-long, all-levels vinyasa class on the first, third and fifth Sundays of the month at 10:30am, followed by a beer with your fellow yogis. Classes are free, but donations are appreciated. All donations go to the Give Back Yoga Foundation.
Come to one of the nation’s top farmers markets to practice yoga, then enjoy a beer or kombucha from the beer garden with friends, and stock up on healthy, local goodies at the Boulder Farmers Market afterward.
The beautiful Boulder Reservoir is the perfect setting to try SUP yoga with Rocky Mountain Paddleboard. It’s a crazy-good workout for your core, as you learn to balance on the water and move through yoga poses. And if you happen to tip and take a dip — all the more refreshing!
Decompress your spine, use gravity for a great stretch and simply experience the thrill of being suspended in a hammock-like wrap for no-impact aerial yoga, available at Yoga Hive. Another option is to combine yoga and acrobatics for acroyoga — a freeing, flying sensation, made possible by the support of a yoga partner. Sound fun? Boulder Movement Collective has a weekly class.
Yoga Pod instructors come to the Hilton Garden Inn Boulder periodically for a one-hour, all-levels vinyasa flow class poolside on the breathtaking rooftop of the hotel. Guests then are granted access to the pool for the rest of the day and are invited to stay for bottomless mimosas with brunch purchase at Hilton.
