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2012 Yoga Round-Up Presenters

Tania Wildbill, along with her husband, Cedric, was the writer, producer, and director of the award winning documentary, American Cowboys. Mrs. Wildbill was also the videographer on the documentary. Wildbill graduated with a BA in French from Rice University in Houston, Texas and graduated with a Master of Science degree in Journalism from Columbia University in New York City in 1995.

Wildbill was a producer, reporter, and anchor with both KASE/KVET Radio in Austin, Texas and the Texas Associated Press Network in Dallas, Texas. She studied literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France and with the Institute of European Studies.

American Cowboys won Best Documentary Made for Public Television at the 1999 Great Plain Film Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. In April of 2001 American Cowboys won Best Documentary at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. A recent PBS Carriage Report, shows the documentary still running consistently (since November of 2001) on PBS affiliates across the United States.

Wildbill moved to the Umatilla Indian Reservation to marry Cedric. She worked as a Production Coordinator for TCI Media Services. Later she worked as a Public Relations Specialist for Bethphage. Then as a Special Projects Coordinator for Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District. She returned for 16 months to Bethphage to work as a Vocational Coordinator serving individuals with Developmental Disabilities.

Wildbill worked as a Substitute teacher for the Pendleton School District. Today she is the Education Grant Writer for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and has been the co-owner and partner of Wildbill Productions, LLC, since 1996.

In 2009, Wildbill became the Founder/ Director of The Yoga Round-Up, LLC. Wildbill is a certified Kripalu and Amrit Yoga Instructor and has been a Yoga Instructor in Pendleton, Oregon since 1995. Wildbill is also registered with the National Yoga Alliance (ERYT). She creates workshops for small and large groups, and has led workshops and retreats. In addition, Wildbill is a Yoga provider for the Cancer Community Renewal Project. She also competes with United States Masters Swimming.

Wildbill was a presenter at the 2010 Texas Yoga Conference and was recently interviewed about the Yoga Round-Up on India Television Network on the Rene Lobo Show which was broadcast in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Cedric Wildbill is an enrolled tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Together with his wife, Tania, he is the writer, producer, and director of the award winning documentary, American Cowboys. The show was produced in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Native American Public Telecommunications and was narrated by William Hurt, Academy Award Winner.

The Wildbills also acted as the entire production crew for the documentary. Mr. Wildbill graduated from Mt. Hood Community College with an Associate Degree in Television Production Technology. He has worked at Boeing as a Media Specialist. Mr. Wildbill worked for New Directions and Umatilla County Mental Health as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor. In December of 2004, Mr. Wildbill accepted a new position as the Program Coordinator for the Small Business Service Center at Wildhorse Casino and Resort. Mr. Wildbill has been the co-owner and partner of Wildbill Productions, LLC since 1996. He has also been one of the vendor coordinators for the Pendleton Round Up for 4 years. Cedric Wildbill is the Marketing Coordinator and Co-Owner of Yoga Round-Up, LLC and is currently producing the feature film, Jackson Sundown, of which he is the director and writer as well.

Sierra Bender is an internationally acclaimed women’s advocate, author of the one of a kind book, Goddess to the Core®,and creator of the Sierra Bender Empowerment Method (SBEM), a multi modal approach that synthesizes the disciplines of modern medicine, science, indigenous wisdom, holistic health, exercise physiology, quantum physics, nutrition, yoga therapy and the psychology of trauma/addiction/sexual abuse. Sierra infuses clinical studies with holistic intelligence.

As an activist, her mission is to lower the statistics of violence against women-to empower women one at a time to lead, from the inside out, with power, purpose and passion.

As a Worldwide mentor, Sierra teaches women to breakthrough the masculine/feminine divide in an effort to redefine fitness, beauty and power. This new definition is simultaneously an internal presence and external attitude.

Sierra gives new meaning to the outdated notion that success and power for a woman means walking in a man’s shoes. She teaches women to create their own destiny instead of allowing their environment to dictate it for them.

Her life reads like an epic adventure. Sierra shares what she learned-coming from a background of sexual abuse and miraculously surviving a ruptured uterus at age 32-modern medicine saved her life but could not heal her. For ten years, she traveled the world on an odyssey of self-healing and learning. She lived and studied alongside shamans, yogis, and indigenous healers; within Native American communities; in the ashrams of India; deep in the jungles of the Amazon, and high in the Peruvian Andes. There, Sierra experienced the body’s innate ability to heal itself, known as ancient wisdom/holistic intelligence.

All of her programs, including her internationally renowned Boot Camp for Goddesses® Goddess to the Core ®, Core Power Boot Camp workshops and professional trainings are built upon the SBEM: a 4 Body Fit ® approach to health that exercises all four planes of existence: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual.

SBEM is currently being employed by therapists, medical practitioners, educators and yoga instructors, and is also being studied by American University, DC and University of Puerto Rico in a nationwide clinical trial to measure its effectiveness as a tool for empowering women and girls. SBEM is also being implemented in schools systems for teenage girls across the country, such as the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, New York. Sierra’s programs have helped thousands of women and young girls suffering from addictions, depression, body image and trauma to awaken a new consciousness and reclaim their self-worth, health and happiness.

Her charismatic appeal has been featured on Oprah Radio, Univision TV, in USA Today and other newspapers throughout Australia, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, U.K., Germany and the U.S., as well as in Marie Claire, Shape, Body & Soul, Yoga Journal, Fit Yoga and Natural Awakenings Magazine.

Sierra’s way of giving back is supporting non profit organizations such as CMT’s Country Music Television “Country in the Rockies Event, ” as well as raising money for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Tennessee and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

She has received an award from the Youth Consultation Service (Newark, New Jersey) for outstanding results working with abused and neglected children.

She is a leading educator at the esteemed centers, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, NY and Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, MA for Women’s Empowerment & Well-Being.

Sierra’s clients include celebrities, Olympic and professional athletes, as well as Wall Street & Fortune 500 CEOs for Time Warner, Revlon, American Express, Morgan Stanley and NHL.

Dr. Jeff Migdow, opening and unblocking our energy centers with Prana Yoga ,
Within our beings is energy/ prana which flows through our energy centers or chakra to all parts of our body/mind and brings us health, clarity and vitality. Life and mental tension and disease creates blocks in the flow of the prana into our body leading to further disease and anxiety. Through prana yoga we will open these chakra more fully to allow greater flow of energy, health and vitality into our beings and deeper connection to our spirit.

Dr. Jeff Migdow, Integrating body, breath and sound with Prana Yoga ..

Breath and sound have been used since ancient time as powerful ways to bring more health, vitality and stability into our lives. In this workshop we will experience the practice of Prana Yoga integrating sounds and breath into the postures to maximize the depth of experience, present awareness and energy that flows within and enlivens us through our yoga practice.

Jeff Migdow, MD, has been exploring yoga, health, and consciousness since 1969 in places as varied as India, Nepal, Japan, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. As a member of the Kripalu ashram, he directed Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training programs. He currently develops and directs Prana Yoga teacher trainings in New York City. A holistic physician since 1980, his practice in Lenox, Massachusetts, includes homeopathy, lifestyle counseling, and Reiki healing. He is coauthor of Breathe In, Breathe Out and Goddess to the Core, with Sierra Bender.

Micah Russell & Danielle Deschler teach vinyasa-based yoga with a focus on healthy alignment and meditative breath. They teach collaboratively from their coastal home in Astoria, Oregon, which allows for more opportunities to offer students gentle adjustments and enhancements. Recent graduates from 200 hour teacher training certification with Eoin Finn of Blissology Yoga, Micah and Danielle integrate nature awareness and gratitude into their yoga practice. They also draw inspiration from their broad professional background. Micah is also an environmental scientist and avid naturalist working to restore fish and wildlife habitat; Danielle is also a physical therapist (DPT), licensed massage therapist (LMT), and pilates instructor.

Leah Carey grew up in the Pendleton area and developed a passion for yoga at 18 years old. Introduced to yoga by Tania Wildbill she was inspired to live at Kripalu Yoga Center for 6 months where she practiced yoga, dance, conscious living and became a yoga instructor. Over the past 12 years she has taught Hatha yoga classes in Pendleton, Portland, California and the South Pacific Islands.

Leah’s classes focus on staying connected to the inner self with an emphasis on breathing, developing body and mind awareness, as well as core strength, improved posture, balance and inner confidence. Leah encourages students to listen to their bodies and work in a way that feels right and safe while having fun. Using those energies to harmonize body, mind and spirit it is an inward experience that helps to develop not only your physical strength, but your mental and spiritual strength as well.

Email: yogaleah@gmail.com

Elizabeth Tischner is an enthusiastic certified yoga instructor living in the Columbia Gorge. Since being introduced to yoga in 1999, she has been using yoga to connect with her body, breath, and inner-self. Her love of life and people is celebrated in her yoga classes and her appreciation for alignment and balance makes her a great teacher to learn from. Students love her warmth, attentiveness and her friendly smile!

In 2005, Elizabeth moved into the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat for seven months where she received her 200 hour yoga certification. During this time, she explored the roots of yoga through work-study in an ashram setting. This opportunity taught Elizabeth the value of sava (selfless service), meditation, pranayama (breath work), and living a yogic lifestyle.

Thomas Morning Owl Jr. is a tribal leader, linguist, teacher, and musician. He has served as the Chairman of the General Council of the Umatilla Reservation of Oregon. In 1981, he was the youngest individual to be elected to the Tribes Governing Body at the age of 18. Thomas founded the traditional language program for the Umatillas and has supervised the tribe’s preservation of Columbia plateau language, culture, and song. Thomas is an accomplished traditional singer and Powwow producer and announcer. His knowledge of traditional songs – both religious and secular spans many years. His efforts to revive the relatively unknown songs of the plateau lends an invaluable weight to the creation of The Ghosts of Celilo.

Vasudeva is a community creation and a community experience– together, as musicians, yogis, and friends, we open our hearts, minds and bodies to flow together and experience the true meaning of Yoga– Union. It is our intention always to cultivate and return to this place of Unity, both within ourselves and with others. We do this through music, movement, and the creation of safe, sacred, playful space that both affirms and strengthens communities and individuals. We invite you to experience the joy, power and grace that is Vasudeva!

Bio -Lisa Ware, RYT Has been practicing yoga for almost 2 decades, Reiki for 10 years & most recently Thai Bodywork. She is a studio owner, originally from Colorado residing in Texas and a mother of two fun kids. For fun you can find her doing Acro Yoga with her hubby of 20 years or playing in nature . Yoga 4 Love was began 2008 to bring health, wellness and transformation to peoples lives. Lisa is continually finding a way to bring create oneness and community with events in Texas and beyond. She is a Pacific Ocean lover and has family in So Cal.

She is greatly motivated by helping people enrich a mind / body / spirit connection. Inspiring others in their life + personal yoga practice is her higher calling.

She is a co- creatrix and presenter for many yoga community events including the Breakfast Yoga Club, and donates her time to serve as: Dallas Ambassador Origin Magazine. Kickoff CoChair DFW Free Day Of Yoga. City Ambassador YogaMonth, Yoga Coordinator Earth Day Dallas 2011, 2012, Texas Yoga Conference Presenter 2011, 2012, Yoga Round Up Presenter 2012.

Mind. Body. Spirit. Oneness. Peace. Love. Light

Michelle Miller and Gary Parker are the founders of Pendleton Yoga and Dance Studio as well as faculty members of Blue Mountain Community College. A Nia Blue Belt instructor, Michelle also has a M.S. in Zoology and loves to garden and paint. Gary, a Nia White Belt instructor with a M.S. in Mathematics, can do just about anything–including building his wife her dream straw bale home where they live with their two daughters, Ruby and Julia. Both Gary and Michelle love rivers and like to spend much of their free time playing in them.

Bitterrot was formed in 2009 with original band members Colt Haney and Foster Haney. Getting their start in Portland and traveling back to the The Valley of Peace in North Eastern Oregon to play gigs, sticking to their down home roots. Bitterroot’s shows always have new flavors. Their eclectic style will take you from high mountain peaks to lonely desert plains and back to the city streets. Incorporating styles such as folk rock, blues, funk, soul, bluegrass, reggae and roots, Peoples ears are always tingling and souls flaring, leaving all wanting more.

After releasing their self-entitled debut EP, the boys embarked on their first Pacific Northwest tour. Bitterroot now roams the country side of the Northwest, spreading their good-hearted and down to earth message of love, honesty, compassion and justice. Their music will bring your hearts and minds to the wide open spaces where their souls will forever roam. With their full album soon to be released this summer, their music will soon be spreading feverishly across borders.

Originally from Thorn Hollow, Oregon, Chelsie Bonifer brings over 17 years of dance experience to the floor. She attended Linfield College, where she was a member of the track team and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in Spanish and a minor in German in 2007.
Her passion for dance and thirst for culture brought her to choose language for the sole purpose of studying dance abroad. She attended Universities in Vienna, Austria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mendoza Argentina, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil and many other places where she learned Salsa, Bachata, Tango, Samba, Belly Dancing etc and Portuguese. She was a featured ladies salsa styling instructor at the Mainz, Germany Salsa Congress in 2009.
Bonifer has been an adjunct professor of dance fitness for Blue Mountain Community College and founded Red Pepper Dance Co. in 2011. Serving the Walla Walla, Wa. area, Bonifer offers private and group Salsa, Bachata and other dance lessons. In addition to teaching, Red Pepper Salsa Divas directs a salsa performance group exclusively for women, where they learn to occupy their bodies, health, body isolations and synchronized Latin Dance Choreography.

Shannon Red Cloud’s yogic adventure began in 2003 upon attending her first Bikram Yoga Class which marked the most exhilarating feeling she had ever experienced. Soon after her first class she was inspired to share the beautiful benefits of yoga with her community and as many other hearts as possible and completed Teacher Training at Bikram Yoga College of India, Los Angeles, CA.
After Certification Shannon taught in various studios up until 2008 when she opened Pure Yoga in The Dalles, OR. Offering only Bikram Yoga until 2010, Shannon encountered a life altering event that soon changed her own practice, style of teaching and life.
This led her to explore and study Anusara Yoga and Yin Yoga. More than anything else the fulfillment Shannon receives through the changes her student experience emotionally, mentally and physically she feels is priceless and believes strongly that..”To get what you’ve never had, you must go where you’ve never gone.”

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2012 Yoga Round-Up Presenters