Since Martin Luther King Jr. was about dreams, this is a list of who I’d really like to see in yoga class this year. I hope the Universe is listening:

• Tim Tebow. We’ll do Anjanasana together (the kneeling pose). I might have to adjust your hips a little bit. Right?

• George Clooney. Class will be canceled if he shows up. Booooyah!

• Erma Bombeck. It’s a long shot, but hey, I’m a dreamer.

• Jane Fonda. Love her. She is showing all of us the way after 50, or 60 or 70.

• Oprah. She will probably dig my theme because it may have come from her.

• A teenager, any teenager but especially a really tight, self-conscious one will do.

• My mom. She needs it. Same with my dad. And my husband.

• And everyone who did shit to me. I can treat you nicely. It will freaking kill you.

• Buddha. Another long shot, but I’d like to help him with Child’s Pose.

• B.K.S. Iyengar. I will humbly kneel at your feet, sir.

• Vanda Scaravelli, my original inspiration. The most beautiful yogi even at 92.

• Julia Childs, who did what she loved and turned it into a gift to the world. And after class we’ll have dinner, which I’m pretty sure I won’t have to make.

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 Michelle Berman Marchildon is an award-winning journalist, a former corporate executive and a survivor of 50+ years of life. She’s the author of “Finding More on the Mat: How I Grew Better, Wiser and Stronger through Yoga.” She teaches Anusara-Inspired and Power Yoga in Denver, Colorado. Here you can find her blog.