Ungulate Yoga, Tuesday, period 1

[betterthanaplan]

So apparently summer workshops were generally an outdoor affair, which Duke had no problems with. He'd spent most of the year doing his Tuesday morning yoga on the beach, after all, so a campground area only really meant he didn't have to worry about getting sand all over everything.

No, the trouble he was seeing was definitely not where his class was.

He stared at the little sign someone from the school had helpfully put up near the designated class area. "Ungulate yoga. Ungulate yoga." He looked at the array of yoga mats on the grass. And the herd of baby goats. "Ungulate yoga."

One of the goats spotted him, and a moment later, the whole herd was gamboling over to say hi.

"Right." Duke looked down at them and shook his head. "Of course it is."

He'd regained his composure by the time his students were due to arrive, seated on his yoga mat at the front with one of the goats in his lap (look, you try to resist those adorable little faces). "Namaste," he said, pressing his hands into prayer position and bowing slightly as he looked his students over. "Welcome to — Ungulate Yoga. Hopefully none of you have allergies. Or a paralyzing fear of goats. First thing's first, introductions. I'm told it's traditional.

"I'm Duke Crocker. I've been a practicing yogi for about twelve years now. I run a mid-size fishing boat by myself, which requires strength, flexibility, and a cool head, all of which I've found through my practice. I'd like each of you to tell me your name, yoga experience, and what you're hoping to get out of this class."

One of the goats jumped up onto his shoulder. He grimaced faintly and laughed as he shoved it back off.

"I guess interacting with animals is a valid answer to that."

After introductions, he had the class stand up to learn their first flow.

"A flow is any progression of yoga poses, chosen for ease and fluidity of movement between each pose. One of the most basic common flows is called the sun salutation. It moves through several beginner-level poses, working and stretching the entire body. So grab yourself a yoga mat and shuck your shoes if you haven't already, and we'll get started."

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[betterthanaplan]

With peace of mind. And/or goats

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[dauntlessdragoon]

Freya Crescent

Listen to the lecture

[betterthanaplan]

Or get distracted by the baby goats, who are not at all interested in helping Duke maintain his reputation as a cool or knowledgeable teacher.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[arboreal_priestess]

Look, Verity liked Duke, in so far as she knew him - which wasn't very well, to be fair - but baby goats.

Yeah yeah, boats, yeah yeah flexibility, yeah yeah-- goats.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[dauntlessdragoon]

Freya, who was a very serious and stoic soldier and a determined warrior, thank you very much, was not looking at the baby goats and thinking of how easily one could be concealed within the roominess of her coat and wondering how her roommate might feel about goats....

Well. She was trying not to think of those things, and, instead, focused on how all the goats running around made her feel oddly more at home. Sure, she'd grown up in Burmecia, which was pretty isolated, but in her past year of traveling around Gaia in search of Sir Fratley, she'd come to discover just how diverse her world truly was, only to then come here and find it all so homogenously human. It was probably how anyone felt when visiting Burmecia. So the goats helped add a little more of that diverse flavor that she'd grown accustomed to, even if they were just regular goats.

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[hatesparadise]

Yeah, there was a goat trying to eat Danny's shoe and it wasn't okay. Nor was anything else in his life right now, so it was pretty par for the course.

"Shoo. Go," Danny hissed at the goat, not quite sure this thing was on his calendar to begin with, but starting to get a terrible idea.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[died8yearsago]

Rosa had been having a few doubts about actually attending this class that the moose apparently felt she needed to be in (doubts that increased significantly when she saw who else was in the class, apparently), especially after the whole 'Duke gets arrested' event, but sometimes her own morbid sense of curiosity got the better of her.

Plus, you know. Goats. Goats who seemed to be considering jumping on Rosa, but then those goats made eye-contact with Rosa and seemed to stagger back a little, having a few doubts of their own now.

They would clearly have to wait until she let her guard down.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[canlendanear]

Alara was trying to do her best to focus on the lecture but she couldn't help but keep glancing at the baby goats. She had never seen the animals before and she was finding them rather fascinating.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[lovethatjourney]

Okay this was sort of cute, but at the same time...

"Do I have to touch goats?"

Re: Listen to the lecture

[snowdroplace]

Elli was trying to do her very, very best to listen but...

Duke, there were baby goats! She was only human! Elli compromised by listening as best she could while wiggling her fingers in the hopes of getting a few to come over to her.

Here baby goats, baby goats, baby goats...

Re: Listen to the lecture

[sith_said]

Cait was, er, having a bit of a problem with the goats.

"Ah said, dinnae be eating me! Ah dinnae taste guid! Keep yer furry behinds 'n' yer wallies, tae, awa' fae me! Na eating! Dinnae huv a go!"

This class had been a terrible idea.

Re: Listen to the lecture

[stykera]

Stark could multitask! He could be listening while keeping his eye on the nearest baby goat who was adorable. Were its ears soft? He bet its ears were very soft.

Introductions

[betterthanaplan]

Name, yoga experience, and why you're in the class. Possibly while being interrupted by goats.

Re: Introductions

[arboreal_priestess]

"I'm Verity Kincaid-Price," Verity said, absolutely beaming at the baby goat in her lap. "Professional ballroom dancer when I'm not teaching here, and a cryptozoologist pretty much since birth. Moderately familiar with yoga because stretching, warming up, and staying flexible are all really important when you're about to start a dance routine. Originally, I was going to say that I signed up to have something to do now that I'm not teaching, but I've got a new reason now."

She looked up and grinned at Duke. "Baby goats forever."

Re: Introductions

[dauntlessdragoon]

Freya started and blinked a little when her turn seemed to have come up, distracted in equal parts by trying to remember what everyone else was saying and by the goats, one of which seemed to be very convinced at the orange bow tied toward the end of her tail was food, and was very determined to not let her frequently twitching it away from him deter his mission.

"Oh," she said, "er, my name is Freya Crescent. Of Burmecia. I have no idea what yoga is, so I can't really say what I hope to get out of this class..."

But don't let that worry you, Duke. She was going to be an incredibly quick study in the subject. It took an incredible amount of natural grace and balance to pull off a get up like hers like it was nothing, after all.

Re: Introductions

[hatesparadise]

Danny just gave him a very unimpressed look. "I'm not here for yoga. Why was this on my calendar? Did you do something to it?"

Yes, clearly Duke just wanted to see him more!

Re: Introductions

[died8yearsago]

There was, however, a small bit of satisfaction in the fact that Crocker was saddled not only with goats everywhere, but also two cops in his class. That alone made it worth being here, honestly.

"Emily Diaz," she offered, without blinking an eye. Because how could she not? "I've been doing yoga for a while now. It helps me relax."

Yeah, she was pretty sure everyone'd get a kick out of that.

Re: Introductions

[canlendanear]

"I'm Alara Kitan," Alara said, managing to focus when it was her turn for introductions, "I don't have any yoga experience but I'm from a planet with high gravity and I thought that it might be a good way to maintain my strength while on Earth,"

Re: Introductions

[lovethatjourney]

"I'm Alexis," said Alexis, "and I've taken classes on and off around my very busy schedule. I'm in this class because it's not something like math."

At least she was honest.

Re: Introductions

[snowdroplace]

"I'm Elli," she said softly, petting the two baby goats she'd gotten to come over to her as she talked. "I've never done yoga before but I heard it's supposed to be good for you?"

Re: Introductions

[sith_said]

"Ah said na eating me!"

Yes, he was still having problems with the goats. The perils of being an animated stuffed toy.

"A'm Cait Sith," and if he knew anything about where that name came from, well, it was definitely an indication of his personality, "'N' ah--am nae fur eating!"

Re: Introductions

[heroic_jawline]

"I'm Steve Rogers and I've done a little bit of yoga with a friend of mine who uses it to relax him," Steve said.

Bruce Banner needed all the relaxation.

"But not with goats."

Sun salutations! And goats!

[betterthanaplan]

The most important part of goat yoga is that the goats will climb on you the moment they see an opportunity. Which will basically be every step of the sun salutation that doesn't involve you standing up straight.

Re: Sun salutations! And goats!

[arboreal_priestess]

There was a goat on her back and Verity was 100% okay with this. She was a little more concerned about the goats that were butting heads beneath her, but such was life.

Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

He's taking photos of goats and texting them to Octavia when not actively doing yoga.

And occasionally while actively doing yoga as well.

Re: Talk to Duke

[firstofitskind]

Verity had, of her own free will, signed up for a workshop that was taking place first thing in the morning. Naturally, Liam figured as a good husband it was his duty to pick her up a coffee from the Perk.

... And then he'd approached the campsite, saw who else was in Duke's class, and turned right back around to go back to the Perk and place another order.

Hence why Duke had a coffee being held out to him right now.

"Morning," he greeted.

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