Today I visited the wood shop of master artist Christopher Quist Kautz to check on progress of our new, yoga-inspired line of furnishings called "Lotus Furniture". Our first pieces serve as both altars for yoga practice and storage pieces for mats, blocks and straps. Christopher's work is flawless: he embraces Japanese techniques, uses domestic hardwoods and environmentally friendly adhesives. I am a huge fan of his Cranewalk line, so he seemed the perfect artist to construct our prototypes for the line.