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Vol. 41, No. 30

July 29, 2026

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Riverside hosts goat yoga

A professional instructor and five adorable goats took to the Scout Cabin By STELLA BROWN Staff Reporter

Riverside’s parks and recreation department hosted two sessions of goat yoga next to the Scout Cabin on Thursday, July 23 — and it’s exactly what it sounds like. From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., more than 20 residents flocked to the area to take a yoga lesson from certified instructor Michele Apps, the owner of Nature’s Trail Yoga in Orland Park. She was joined by five of her assistant yoga instructors who walked on four legs and grazed at the grass as well as Faith Apps, a goat wrangler for the company. “Goat yoga is essentially what it sounds like. You have a certified yoga instructor who will take you through a typical yoga class, but they add goats into it for fun,” said Alyssa Szymanski, one of the department’s recreation supervisors. “While you’re doing downward dog, tree — I’m not very versed in yoga, but some of those yoga positions — the goats walk around and interact. Animal yogas in general have been up and coming in the last couple years.” Szymanski told the Landmark that 57 residents signed up for goat yoga across Thursday’s two sessions, the second See GOAT YOGA on page 10

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One of the eponymous goats of goat yoga poses for a photo before the first yoga session on Thursday, July 23.

The tackle itself wasn’t exactly pleasant. What it ultimately uncovered was terrifying, but it also was an opportunity to show the Riverside-Brookfield High School community what Mateo Sikora was made of. Last September, at a Wednesday football practice, Sikora was playing linebacker, defending against a running play. No big deal. He’d been there plenty of times that fall. “The running back was coming at me,” the rising sophomore recalled. “I came and I tackled him, and once I brought him down, his cleat