Typically, Steel Hands Brewing, a brewery on Foreman Street in Cayce, spends its weekends putting on concerts, debuting special new homemade brews or throwing cornhole tournaments. And those are all fun activities that people enjoy after a hard week’s work.

But this Sunday, Steel Hands is throwing something a little different into the mix. Starting at 11 a.m., the brewery invites you to enjoy a healthy and relaxing session of baby goat yoga. And before you do that, some of you might actually want to know what the heck baby goat yoga is.

First off, don’t worry, it doesn’t mean you’ll be watching baby goats bend themselves into the lotus position. No, you and your friends and neighbors will do the simple yoga moves taught by a trained instructor while cute, curious and friendly baby goats simply wander among the crowd, checking out, cuddling and encouraging the students.

Baby goats from Gabby’s Goat Farm in Timmonsville provide the goats who will go with the students as they perform different yoga poses. They can be placed behind the students, or just move around nuzzling the students as they perform their poses.

And believe it or not, baby goat yoga isn’t just about having fun with some cute animals. There are actual health benefits to having goats around.

Goat yoga is the brainchild of April Gould and Sarah Williams, and since it was created back in 2015, it has continued to grow across the United States, and that growth is in part because of the four key areas where this practice can help your physical and mental health.

First off, baby goat yoga is more interactive. Most yoga classes are relatively silent and based on the individual. The students do not have much interaction with anyone, let alone other students. Goat yoga changes that environment; the students can interact with the cute baby goats while posing.

Second, baby goat yoga can be a calmer experience for some people than regular yoga classes. The silence of a traditional yoga class can increase frustration and anxiety. But with goat yoga, students can focus instead on the hilarity of the goats sitting on their backs or walking underneath them. It keeps the atmosphere light, fun and calm.

Third, it helps establish a yoga routine. The presence of goats not only keeps the mind calm and the body relaxed, but it also improves the entire routine. If a baby goat hops up on their back, the students can exert more effort and energy to keep the pose, which improves strength, endurance and cardio capacity.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, baby goat yoga helps lower blood pressure. Studies show that people become calmer when there are friendly animals around. The program centers on lightness and ease, so there is no problem at all if a student stops and pets a nuzzling goat.

We feel calmer already.