In case yoga with lemurs and goats isn’t your thing, you can now do a pilates version of the ‘stretches with a cute animal’ genre.
This time, it’s little pigs joining the fun, as Pennywell Farm in Buckfastleigh introduces a new Piggy Pilates session.
The concept is pretty self-explanatory: people come along to the farm and do some pilates while miniature pigs wander around.
After the workout, guests can spend some time cuddling up to the piglets and enjoying coffee and continental breakfast.
The pilates will be a proper workout, to be clear, rather than just some half-hearted stretches so you can stare at piglets snuffling around in the grass.
The class will be led by pilates teacher Harry Parkes, who explains: ‘While there is plenty of fun to be had, Pilates has many benefits including improving posture, movement quality, mobility, flexibility, mental cognition and core strength.’
Little pigs will be free to roam around during the session, so guests should be ready for curious piglets to stroll over for snuggles.
A £35 ticket gets you 50 minutes of Piggy Pilates in the farmyard (don’t worry, there’s an undercover area if it rains), coffee and breakfast, time with piglets, and admission to the farm for the rest of the day if you fancy hanging out in the countryside.
The first session will take place on Sunday 12 May at 9am, and tickets are available to book now. If you can’t make that class, there will be more Piggy Pilates planned for Sunday 30 June, 21 July, 11 August, and 8 September.
Do enjoy, and make sure to get at least one Instagram pic of yourself doing an impressive pilates pose while a pig poses for the camera.
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