Day in the Life: Rosa Parks

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Day in the Life: Rosa Parks   I remember first learning about Rosa Parks in elementary school. When I heard how she defied the status quo by staying put in her seat on the bus that day in 1955, I was empowered by her fearlessness. Through time, it made sense that more than fearlessness, it was fatigue. She was tired of being …

Bianca Bonus

Day in the Life: Bianca Bonus

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Day in the Life: Bianca Bonus Bianca is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) living in Orange County, California. She is known for her calm teaching voice, grounding presence, and challenging vinyasa yoga sequences. After her first yoga class, she never looked back. Bianca loved how physically challenging yoga was and the mental benefits of yoga kept her coming back to her mat. …

Day in the Life: DJ Townsel

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Day in the Life: DJ Townsel Derrick “DJ” Townsel, a former NFL athlete, is now an Orlando-based personal trainer, health coach, and yoga instructor. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Derrick was extremely athletic throughout his childhood and adolescence. His God given talent compelled with all of his hard work and tenacity propelled him to a full scholarship playing football at Murray …

Tracey Stockalper

Day in the Life: Tracey Stockalper

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Day in the Life: Tracey Stockalper Finding Balance In 2001, I embarked on my journey into yoga. At that point, my older sister Carla had torn her ACL four times and with the suggestion of her physical therapist, took her first Bikram class. Since that day almost 15 years ago, my entire immediate family has completed yoga teacher training and in 2006, …

Julianne Charland

Day in the Life: Julianne Charland

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Day in the Life: Julianne Charland Back In Action: Lessons on Resiliency In 2010, I suffered my second consecutive injury while moving patients in the hospital as an EMT. This one was to my back, and little did I know at the time this challenging journey would help make me a happier person. Initially, the medications, tests and endless paperwork all took …