Tarun is a beautiful person. He is wise beyond his years. He is good looking. He plays a mean tabla. He produces amazing music and amazing musical events. Damn, is there anything this guy isn't on the ball with? If we ever hear of something, we'll post it, because nobody should be this sexy.

Tarun produced music for the Scales of Poi DVD, as well as the poi video When Circles Dream. We're hoping to work with him more on future projects. In the meantime, you can learn a (little bit) more about him on his music website.

Ivan is a brilliant and rare person. He is an amazing musician and artist, as well as a computer wizard, and actually has a degree in computer sciences.

Ivan Produced much of the music that is featured on The Scales of Poi, as well as some of our poi videos. He writes, records, and masters all his own work.

You can learn more about Ivan and check out samples of his music on his very impressive music website:  

Michel shared the Vancouver Poi Studio with Nick Woolsey for several months, back when Playpoi was just starting out. Michel moved into the studio to film yoga instruction for yogayak.com. He brought a whole bunch of lights and cameras and other equipment into the studio, and helped Nick with several video projects, including the filming of The Scales of Poi.

Michel and his partner, Jenn, are beautiful people, and their support and frienship went a long way towards making the whole poi studio experience a benefitial one. They will always be considered family, although they have been living abroad this past year.

We are very excited about what they are doing with YogaYak.com, as we hope to offer a similar service someday, only for poi. We've signed up with their affiliate program. If you become a member, we get a percentage, so you should get right to it!

Marc Jirian is the type of person who will take apart a toaster just to see how it works, and then put it back together in a way that makes it work a little better. He is a self-taught techie handiman, media artist, and all around great guy. He shares Nick Woolsey's tendency to put his dreams into action, which isn't always good for his bank account. Fortunately he also shares Nick's tendency to have a lot of great friends. With a little luck, Playpoi will be able to one day hire Marc on an ongoing, part-time basis, or something.

Alex Grunenfelder has been involoved in the design sciences since he was a small child, where he engineered elaborate schemes to bend and twist the minds of his fellow schoolmates. He has since decided to use his powers for good, not evil, and has founded such organizations as the garudaroom, which conducts research into peaceful enjoyment. When Playpoi has enough money, we use it to get Alex to help us with design. He can do the weave and basic turns.

The Mighty Banyan is one of our favorite fire performers (and yoga teachers) ever. Below is a video of Banyan performing with double staffs in Thailand and India. To contact him about performances and yoga classes, email templeroots at gmail dot com. We'll add a link to his website as soon as he has one :)

Banyan, we love you!