Hello and welcome to Zoom Land. A country where you never wonder what your dog is doing while you are in yoga class!

I have been teaching on Zoom since April 1, 2020. The learning curve has been wide and not always so smooth. The first class I crashed...or Zoom crashed, seven times! I was totally amazed that you all returned the next day and the next week and the next month. And a year later, I am much more tech-savvy but no less humble, and we are still gathering four or five times a week to move, to shake, to stretch, to reach, and to rest.

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This blog is dedicated to all of you who have been my tribe since I started teaching in Santa Fe almost 28 years ago. The following photos are of doggies that have been doggedly doing yoga with their mothers and fathers in the year of the pandemic. Thank you all for sending me these photos and the humorous stories and captions that go with them. I am thinking about a regular block of animal-yoga-love in each newsletter...cats, birds, reptiles, livestock and tarantulas are welcome too...so keep the photos coming!

I will start by introducing NICA. She is also in the header photo. She is a sweetheart dog who cares not a whit about the word "No!" She loves to interfere when her parents are doing yoga, as one can never be too close!

This is EVER…."Whenever I get out the mat and get down on the floor, Ever gets very excited. She usually grabs toys and drops them on my face, forcing me to throw them. This morning she took a break, And, as we were resting our heads on our chairs, she rested hers on her turkey."

Introducing SISSY. "I thought you might like to see what happens whenever I set up in our office to join you. Sissy just makes herself at home!"

"Is this child’s pose or man sprawling? He won’t get off my mat!!! Doing shoulder openings, MARCO says."

"This is Abby, who always keeps one eye on me while I'm in yoga class!"

"Here is MILO taking over my mat! And if you look really closely, you (Lisa) are on the screen teaching on Zoom in the background!"

My plan was to only showcase your pets...give them their moment to shine...but this photo was just too precious to overlook. So here is CUSTARD kissing Melodi. Life is good!