VOA健康报道2024 和小猪一起做瑜伽（在线收听）

Pigs in Yoga Class Put People at Ease

In the northeastern American state of Massachusetts, people are combining a form of exercise for the body and spirit with pigs.

在美国东北部的马萨诸塞州，人们正在将一种身体和精神锻炼与猪结合起来。

The yoga classes in Massachusetts are selling out within hours. People come from far away to exercise with Wilbur, Charlotte and Bluey, who are piglets, or young pigs.

马萨诸塞州的瑜伽课程在几小时内就售罄了。人们远道而来，和小猪威尔伯、夏洛特和布鲁伊一起锻炼。

The pigs come from a nearby farm to play among people in the yoga class at Ashley Bousquet's business Beyond Yoga & Wellness in the town of Spencer. Bousquet tells people not to worry if piglets climb on top of them or want to cuddle.

这些猪来自附近的农场，在斯宾塞镇阿什利?博斯克(Ashley Bousquet)的“超越瑜伽与健康”(Beyond yoga & Wellness)公司的瑜伽课上和人们一起玩耍。博斯克告诉人们，如果小猪爬到他们身上或想拥抱他们，不要担心。

Goat yoga

山羊瑜伽

Yoga classes with animals are not new. Goats might have been the first. Lainey Morse started yoga classes with goats in the state of Oregon in 2016. She found she felt happier and more at ease around goats. She talked with a friend who was a yoga teacher. They decided to offer classes with the goats. Their business was successful, and the idea soon spread to other places.

与动物一起上瑜伽课并不是什么新鲜事。山羊可能是第一个。2016年，兰妮?莫尔斯在俄勒冈州开设了山羊瑜伽课程。她发现自己和山羊在一起更快乐、更自在。她和一位瑜伽老师朋友聊了聊，他们决定开设山羊课程。他们的生意很成功，这个想法很快就传播到了其他地方。

In Ashley Bousquet's class, the little pigs walk around humans who are moving into exercise positions called downward dog, crow and cobra. Among the other animals in the outdoor class are two rabbits and a goat named Munchie.

在阿什利?博斯克的课堂上，小猪们绕着正在做下犬式、乌鸦式和眼镜蛇式运动姿势的人走。在户外班还有其它动物，如有两只兔子和一只叫麦奇的山羊。

Stacey Delbridge and her daughter drove almost two hours to attend a class with the pigs. She said it was worth the drive.

斯泰西?德尔布里奇和她的女儿开了将近两个小时的车来和猪一起上课。她说值得开车过来。

"The best thing about the piglet yoga was, of course, the piglets and how cute they are," Delbridge said with a smile. "They 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're adorable."

德尔布里奇笑着说:“小猪瑜伽最棒的地方当然是小猪们，它们是多么可爱。”“你知道，他们很有趣。就在你需要休息的时候，你有一个很棒的访客来找你，你可以放弃而不会看起来像一个放弃者。是的。他们很可爱。”

Bousquet said there is such demand that online registrations are usually full within hours.

博斯克说，由于需求很大，网上注册通常在几个小时内就满了。

The classes begin with Bousquet inviting her students not to worry about stopping their exercises to spend time with the piglets.

课程开始时，博斯克告诉她的学生可以花时间和小猪在一起，不要担心停止锻炼。

"During 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."

鲍斯凯说:“在课堂上，小猪们调皮捣蛋，在你身上跑，或者抱着你。”“它超级可爱。”

Amy Finkel brought her two daughters with her, smiling while taking photos of piglets as the girls held a rabbit.

艾米?芬克尔(Amy Finkel)带着两个女儿，微笑着给小猪拍照，女儿们抱着一只兔子。

"The highlight of the class, in my opinion, was just having them run around, and seeing them so joyful and happy," she said.

她说:“在我看来，这门课最精彩的部分就是让他们跑来跑去，看到他们如此开心和快乐。”

The only problem was that the time passed too quickly.

唯一的问题是时间过得太快了。

Good results for humans and animals

对人类和动物都有好处

Doing yoga with animals produces good results.

和动物一起做瑜伽效果很好。

Rebecca Purchase is a Volunteer Coordinator of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell. If animal yoga includes shelter, or unwanted, animals, it may even encourage people to give them a home, she said.

丽贝卡?普切斯是马萨诸塞州防止虐待动物协会的志愿者协调员。她说，如果动物瑜伽能给（不想要的）动物提供居所，那这可能鼓励人们给它们一个家。

"Is yoga stressful to animals that join? It can be if it's not the right animal," Purchase said. "For animals that really thrive, being around people, and getting to socialize with them, it absolutely can be a benefit."

普切斯说：“参加瑜伽的动物有压力吗?如果选的动物不合适，就会有问题。”“对于那些正茁壮成长的动物来说，和人类在一起，和他们交往，绝对是一件好事。”

Finkel enjoys animal yoga — she said it helped keep her mind from moving on to other things.

芬克尔喜欢动物瑜伽，她说这有助于她不去想其他事情。

"I just wanted to sit with them," Delbridge said.

德尔布里奇说：“我只是想和它们坐在一起。” 

Words in This Story

yoga – n. a system of exercises for mental and physical health

cuddle – v. to lie or sit close together

cute –adj. having a pleasing appearance

adorable – adj. very appealing or attractive

mischief –n. trouble that is not serious

encourage –v. to urge or persuade a person to do something

stressful – adj. full of or causing stress; making you feel worried or anxious

thrive – v. to grow or develop successfully

benefit – n. a good result