From Heartache to Healing & Hope

🐐 Goats, Grace & Gilbertsville: A Healing Journey at NY Goat Yoga You Didn’t Know You Needed

Hey beautiful soul, here with a love letter to healing. Not the stiff, white-linen version where you’re told to “just move on.” I’m talking about the messy, laugh-through-your-tears, goat-on-your-back kind of healing. The kind that sneaks up on you, gently invites you to breathe deeper, and reminds you that joy is still here.

That’s the magic I witnessed in the episode of From Heartache to Healing & Hope—where host Bernadette Winters Bell ventured to the heart of Gilbertsville Farmhouse, home of NY Goat Yoga, to experience what can only be described as therapeutic chaos meets soul-centered serenity.

🌼 Where the Air Feels Softer & the Goats Are the Therapists

If you've never been to Gilbertsville Farmhouse, let me paint you a picture. Imagine acres of green, the smell of sunshine and hay, and the gentle hum of peace. Now add in two baby goats named Pip and Squeak, bouncing around like little love bombs on four legs. THAT is the setting where Bernadette rolled out her yoga mat.

But she didn’t just come for a good stretch—she came to reconnect, reflect, and yes, to receive.

💬 “To Accept is to Receive”—A Truth from Sharon K. Boustani

Owner Sharon Boustani is the warm, wise matriarch of this operation. She’s the kind of woman who makes you feel like you've just exhaled for the first time in weeks. In her chat with Bernadette, Sharon dropped a gem that lingered in the air like incense:

“The root of acceptance… is to receive.”

Let that settle in. So often we think healing is something we work for. We earn. We grind through. But Sharon? She flips that script. She reminds us that maybe—just maybe—healing starts with softening. With receiving. With saying yes to whatever small joys show up for you. Even if they’ve got hooves and a habit of headbutting your water bottle.

🧘 Vanessa Pellegrino: Goat Yoga Guru & Vibe Curator

Enter Vanessa Pellegrino, goat yoga instructor and total marketing powerhouse. She guided Bernadette through her first session with equal parts grounding and goofiness. You could feel it—the exact moment Bernadette stopped doing yoga and started feeling it.

Vanessa brings a level of energy and heart that makes every class feel like an inside joke you’re lucky to be part of. She knows it’s not just about flexibility of the body—it’s about emotional movement. About permission to laugh. To feel silly. To heal.

🐐 The Unexpected Therapy of Goat Yoga

Here’s the thing nobody tells you about goat yoga: it’s real therapy. Not just because you're moving your body or breathing deeper, but because these animals don’t judge. They don’t care about your past. They don’t ask you to be anyone but you.

They love boldly, bounce freely, and climb on you like it’s no big deal. And in that spontaneity? You remember what it feels like to be present. To be loved without condition. To play again.

🎉 It’s Not Just Yoga. It’s a Whole Soul Experience.

You come to NY Goat Yoga thinking it’s just something cute. Something different. But what you leave with? That’s deeper. You leave lighter. Softer. More open.

It’s the conversation with Sharon that lingers in your heart. It’s Vanessa’s laughter that echoes like a warm breeze starting to make you feel that in NY goat yoga, there’s heartache to healing and hope. It’s the touch of tiny hooves and the surprise of peace in a place you didn’t know you needed it.

💛 Come As You Are. Leave a Little More Whole.

Whether you’re navigating grief, burnout, heartbreak, or just a craving for something real—this is your sign. Healing doesn’t have to be heavy. It can be furry, funny, and full of messy joy.

👉 Watch Bernadette’s full episode here
👉 Book your goat yoga session at NY Goat Yoga

Because sometimes, the greatest lessons come with bleats. From heartaches to healing and hope.💫🐐