Elephant yoga helps military veterans process trauma

WUSF | By Kerry Sheridan

Published March 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT

Yoga with goats, foxes, lemurs and more can be found across the country. In Florida, elephant yoga classes are held every couple of months at the Myakka Elephant Ranch in Manatee County.

On a recent February morning, about 80 people spread out their yoga mats on the dewy grass at the Myakka Elephant Ranch in Manatee County.

Some 20 feet away, three lumbering elephants moseyed around behind a double fence, twirling hay with their trunks before stuffing it into their mouths, batting their long eyelashes and flapping their ears. READ MORE