Chicken Yoga Is Officially Here

You’ve likely seen an advertisement or two (hundred!) for goat yoga. Maybe even cat yoga. But chicken yoga? (Even the phrasing just looks…wrong.)

Full disclaimer: As someone with a large and irrational fear of chickens, I may be slightly prejudiced in my desire to NOT attend a chicken yoga class. However, I will try to remain impartial and not let my (very) particular feelings on the animal influence my outlook on this new form of, erm, yoga.

At Hotel Haya in Ybor City, Florida, a local yoga studio, Yoga Loft Tampa, hosts a “chicken yoga” class on the last Sunday of the month. And, yes, it’s exactly what you think: chickens wandering around the room while you practice.

“I haven’t actually seen this done anywhere else,” said Chris Wilkinson, the teacher, in an interview with MOR-TV Tampa. “I don’t think we’re the first, but it’s definitely something that’s more up and coming.”