VOICES hosts goat yoga in Freeport during Sexual Assault Month
Jane Lethlean FREEPORT — Animal lovers know the effects of interacting with animals to create calm. Blending that with exercise is the mission of goat yoga, which brings people and animals together for a calming yoga experience that advocates say can improve sleeping habits, memory, mobility and improve survival rates after life-threatening diseases or trauma. When Jen Montgomery of Galena decided to combine yoga with goats she did not do so through a scientific method but rather her own experience. She owns Galena Goat Yoga. Montgomery used to work in the corporate world. After her job...