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Working on an OSS (Off Site Shoot) for My Yoga Online

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We recently shot new content for the site with Christine Price Clark in Arcadia park. The park is on the east side of Vancouver and has stunning views of the Pacific Ocean. I spent the day learning about filming, including shadows, cameras, and their angles, lighting, and my favorite, set disturbances. As the PA on […]

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Wanderlust Colorado 2013

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The title for “Most Incredible Experience in Yoga History” goes to Wanderlust Festival Colorado! It’s a yoga adventure like no other, with a weekend jam packed with 100+ yoga, meditation and kirtan classes! The festival brings all the greatest teachers on the planet together, along with all the yoga related music artists to jam out […]

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First Professional Yoga Gig in Vancouver!

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On Thursday, I taught my first ever class in a studio setting and freakin’ loved it! You know when you know the universe is calling you to do something with all of your being? Neither did I till I started teaching yoga! The experience of seeing others striving towards an intrinsic goal of self-inquiry or […]

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Howdy CPS! Let’s do some yoga!

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One of my favorite questions to ask myself is: “What would I pay to do?” I come alive when I share yoga with others, and when I talk about optimizing life and creativity with others! So I’m following my bliss. Starting UW-Stevens Point as a BFA in musical theater, I quickly gained a lead role […]

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Students “triumph” to raise money, shave professors’ heads

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Thanks to the efforts of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students, a young athlete with Cerebral Palsy will be able to participate in a half-Ironman competition this summer. Led by health promotion/wellness graduating senior Aaron Hunnel and the UWSP National Wellness Institute student chapter, $3,658 was raised so Katie Neuman can take on the 1.2-mile swim, […]

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First Impression

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  Hello! I’m Courtney – an on-the-go, vegetarian, popsicle loving, big city dreamer! I am in my junior year studying business administration and Spanish here at UW-Stevens Point. On campus I’m president of Marathon Runners of UWSP and secretary of Yoga & Meditation Club of UWSP. Both are awesome organization where I really got to […]

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I Work Out

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It is almost two months after you made your New Year’s resolutions. So how are you doing with these goals? If you are like me and many others, you haven’t exactly held to these goals perfectly. Yet, what time is better than now to get a second chance at restarting those resolutions? Here are some […]

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You Only Better Health & Wellness Fair

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A new year, a new you–only better! That was the message as students, faculty and staff from the UW-Stevens Point School of Health Promotion & Human Development (HPHD) took part in the You – Only Better Health & Wellness Fair at the Stevens Point Holiday Inn & Convention Center on Monday, Jan. 14. The goal […]

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Pointers learn about women’s health issues

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Even the most athletic individuals can improve their health. That’s why UW-Stevens Point invited a panel of women’s health specialists from Ministry Health Group to speak to Pointers female student-athletes on Sunday, Nov. 11. [Photo Gallery] Dr. Kit Swiecki, MD, Dr. Fred Boehm, MD, and Traci Smet ATC, CSCS, PES, presented to the Pointers about […]

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London Eye, Tower, Bridge and more!

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Hello readers, I hope that you have found my second article that covered my six-day tour of England interesting and enjoyable. As of today, I have completed two weeks of my classes and my internship. The weekend before they started our group visited the London Eye, The Tower of London, and Tower Bridge. The London […]

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