Yoga Worth Traveling For

Don’t leave your smartphone at home for this yoga experience—goat yoga allows participants to take a traditional yoga class while enjoying the company of adorable baby goats. There are a few farms in Connecticut where you can have this experience including Nadeau Farm in Hamden and Bradley Mountain Farm in Southington or Kingdom Kids Farm in Danielson.

Suspend into air while wrapped in a circus-fabric hammock at Connecticut Aerial Yoga, which offers a variety of aerial yoga classes for all different skill levels. Or take a class while you’re standing up on a paddleboard in the water at Black Hall Outfitters in Old Lyme or Westbrook and Collinsville Canoe and Kayak in Canton.

Have you ever had a beer in a fitness class? Well now’s your chance, Connecticut Valley Brewing’s Brewery Boot Camp in South Windsor offers yoga, Zumba or Barre classes taught by local instructors each Sunday at the brewery. And don’t forget to reward your hard work with a refreshing glass of beer. 

Get more than a moment of zen by the ocean at Life Path Yoga in Norwalk, which offers weekly yoga classes on the beach. Or head to Hammonasset Beach in Madison for its weekly fitness series which features free classes from Body Karma studios on Sundays throughout the summer. Want more cardio? Try WalkaboutYoga on Milford’s Silver Sands Beach.

There’s certainly nothing to complain about when your yoga practice happens at a vineyard. Lost Acres Vineyard in Granby offers monthly yoga classes outdoors on grounds of their beautiful vineyard and Stonington Vineyards in Stonington hosts yoga classes in their tasting room every Monday night. 

Of course, Connecticut is also home to a few amazing, world-class luxury spa destinations as well, many of which also offer yoga classes. The highly acclaimed Mayflower Inn & Spa has its own outdoor yoga and meditation garden for visitors to enjoy. Also the Relais & Chateaux property, Winvian Farm in Morris, offers yoga in its spa lounge large windows overlooking the property’s grounds. And the award-winning Spa at Norwich Inn features 37 treatment rooms within its spa and fitness classes that include yoga, meditation, mindfulness and body balance plus, complimentary morning mediation for overnight guests.