In a recent talk President Barak Obama spoke of the need to act with integrity keeping others and the world in the forefront of our mind. He said too that he hopes those of us who are older continue to do our jobs conscientiously, but that we step aside for wave of remarkable young people who are coming up in the world. In his words, “They are so much smarter than we are!” We couldn’t agree more.

On that note, as this year draws to a close, we’d like to welcome some new yogis into this world and encourage all those born into families of yogis (which in the Yoga Sutra is said to be a good thing) to live your dream—which doesn’t mean you must practice yoga—and help change this troubled world.

Check out One Time Animation created by sangha members father and son team Gray and Haven Hoof. Long time Yoga Workshop members may remember Haven’s baby picture in the “On the Mat” section of our paper version of Laughing Elephant when we featured him with his mother, Ashlee Dunn—who at the time was a teacher at our studio. Ashlee, Gray and Haven took last year off to travel the world. It was a dream come true until their adventure was cut short when they found themselves in Italy just as the pandemic hit! They made it safely home to the US and during this sabbatical year Gray has reignited his talents as a fine artist and animator (he was the first lead animator for South Park years back) while Haven provides input and voice overs for their animations. Ashlee is currently working on a book (“No Thanks I Don’t Drink: My New Mantra”), which will be out later this month! Some of the many good things that have come out of this year of lockdown!
Other wonderful news is that there have been lots of newcomers to our extended sangha this year. Olivia Hsu’s baby Walker and Angie Arnold’s baby Magnolia were among them. Plus, you may remember Troy Lucero who taught at the Yoga Workshop for many years. Just last month he and his wife Anna Katz had a baby boy, Solomon! Congratulations to all the new the parents and a big welcome to our incredible, crazy world to all the new babies!!