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Much like kittens, instructor Ann Marie Walsh wants her students to learn to stretch and push the limits through yoga.

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Animals have been incorporated into a number of yoga programs in Langley recently, including goats and pigs.

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Four years ago, at the age of 54, her pattern of working and playing hard was starting to take its toll on both her body and mind.

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But Walsh said her inspiration came from her daughter香蕉视频直播檚 kitten, Luna, who was adopted more than a year ago from the Langley Animal Protection Society.

Her daughter, Lydia, did some research and liked what she saw and heard about LAPS. Today, they insist they were able to find the perfect kitten.

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If these sessions go as well as she expects they will, today and over the course of the next four weeks, Walsh would love to expand on the concept.

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