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Meet the Instructors
O-Zone Fitness Center Instructors
Yoga
This centuries-old discipline is geared toward melding the mind and body into a healthy integrated whole. This class will help improve your strength, flexibility, and balance while improving posture and focus. |
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Anise Arterbery
Yoga Instructor
Anise began practicing yoga in 2002 and has completed her 200 hour RYT certification with Life Mastery Services (LMS) in Oklahoma City. She is currently studying for the 500 h certification with LMS. She has taught classes at the Stillwater YMCA and currently teaches yoga at the OSU Wellness Center and for Bender Yoga. Her teaching is a mix of hatha and vinyasa yoga with a focus on foundational posture. Anise hopes to encourage others to develop a personal practice allowing for mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual exploration. Anise’s mantra: “When in doubt, just breathe.” |
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Carol Bender
Yoga Instructor
Carol Bender was introduced to yoga in the 1970’s, rediscovered yoga in the ‘90’s, and began teaching in 2004. She was certified to teach yoga in 2004 by Aura Wellness Center and recertified in 2007. She is currently working toward a registered yoga teaching certificate at the national level. Since 2004, she has taught over 1,500 yoga and meditation classes to students from ages 6 to 90. In the Stillwater area, she has taught classes at Total Health (part of Stillwater Medical Center), the OSU Seretean Wellness Center, Meridian Technology Center, the First Christian Church, and to various clubs and groups in the Stillwater area. She credits her teachers, friends, and students for inspiring her to teach. Carol started her own yoga studio in 2005 with the intention to help others manage stress and find peace in everyday life. Her mantra: “Bend your body, transform your life”. |
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LaMecia Stidham
Yoga Instructor
LaMecia Stidham has spent her entire professional life in the field of education. Encouragement from family, and friends inspired LaMecia obtained to obtain a YogaFit® certification in the spring of 2005. YogaFit® is designed to improve the health, performance, and mental acuity of individuals interested in improving their level of fitness. Based on science of hatha yoga, the YogaFit® curriculum blends balance, strength, flexibility and power in a fitness format. In addition to the classes she teaches at the O-Zone Fitness Center in the Seretean Wellness Center, LaMecia has also introduced yoga to her colleagues at the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech and other members of the Stillwater community. LaMecia’s passion for teaching has merged with her love for yoga, which is clearly evident in her classes. |
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Billie Stiles
Yoga Instructor
Billie Stiles has been teaching yoga for four years and has a senior level Yoga Instructor certification with YogaFit®. In addition to the yoga classes she teaches at the Seretean Wellness Center, Billie teaches yoga at Fit of Tulsa and for the City of Tulsa. She is also a certified Tai Chi and Chi-Gung instructor with Lawrence Biscontini, and she has expertise in teaching Pilates and Mat Science. Billie’s teaching philosophy is to encourage her yoga students and ‘to meet them where they are’. She loves the energy created by yoga and takes inspiration from the yoga practice of centering mind, body and spirit. |
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Waleah Norton
Yoga Instructor
Waleah completed her yoga teacher training at the Native Yoga Center in Juno Beach, Florida. She has studied with several established teachers including Todd & Tamara McLaughlin (Native Yoga Center), Tim Miller (Ashtanga Yoga Center, Encinitas, CA), and Tim Feldman (Miami Life Center). She is on a life journey to learn more about yoga and transfer this knowledge to her students. Waleah's classes include elements of Ashtanga and Vinyasa yoga practices; guided meditations are included to help students connect with their inner world and eventually bring their yoga 'off the mat'. |
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Ann Hargis
Certified Sumatva Yoga Instructor
Yoga has been a part of my life for over 20 years. With a busy lifestyle and hectic schedule, I became a yoga enthusiast to help maintain balance in all aspects of my life. When I arrived at OSU, I used yoga as a positive way to connect with OSU faculty and staff. I teach classes in increments of six-weeks, and we meet one hour each week. The class is designed to introduce participants to the basics of Samatva Yoga, while at the same time providing individualized and personalized attention. It is through the use of this inner state of harmony and balance that I look forward to further connecting, on a personal level, with the OSU community. Namaste! |
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