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SPENCER, Mass. (AP) \u2014 Three little piggies went to a yoga class.<\/p>\n

Their human companions had a blast.<\/p>\n

Wilbur, Charlotte and Bluey fit right into a growing trend of yoga with animals, adding some fun to the usual physical and mental wellness exercises at a class in central Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

Darting and strolling among the yoginis making downward dog, crow and cobra poses, the piglets also dug up a backyard with their soft pink snouts as two rabbits and a goat named Munchie searched for the tastiest shoots. <\/p>\n

The experience was well worth a nearly two-hour drive to the town of Spencer for retired New Hampshire dentist Stacey Delbridge and her daughter.<\/p>\n

“The best thing about the piglet yoga was, of course, the piglets and how cute they are,\u201d Delbridge said with a jubilant smile. \u201cThey were funny, you know. Just when you were getting to a point where you needed a break, you had a great visitor come see you, and you could quit without looking like a quitter. Yeah. They\u2019re adorable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond Yoga & Wellness owner Ashley Bousquet teaches piglet yoga, and says there is such demand that online registrations typically sell out within hours.<\/p>\n

The classes begin with Bousquet inviting participants not to fret over interrupting their flows to interact with the piglets, who come from a friend\u2019s farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the class you have piglets causing mischief and running on you, on top of you or cuddling with you,” Bousquet said. “It’s super cute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amy Finkel brought her two daughters with her, smiling broadly while snapping photos of piglets as the girls hugged a rabbit. <\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing them so joyful and happy\u201d was the high point, she said. The low point? “When it was over, because it just seemed to go so quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Practicing yoga with animals can produce unexpected benefits. If done with shelter animals, it may even encourage adoptions, said Rebecca Purchase of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs yoga stressful to animals that join? It can be if it\u2019s not the right animal,” Purchase said. \u201cBut for animals that really thrive being around people and getting to socialize with them, it absolutely can be a benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finkel is a big fan of animal yoga \u2014 she said it helped keep her mind from wandering. “I\u2019m really focused on to what\u2019s going on presently around me. And I think in today\u2019s day and age, that\u2019s very hard to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to sit with them,\u201d Delbridge said. \u201cI could have skipped yoga and gone just piglet. All piglet.\u201d <\/p>\n

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