YOGA Paddler
The Team
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Desiree Gehl
Meet Kim Bagnoli
Tuesday Instructor, July & August
Kim has a dynamic and varied background
Kim Schillinger Bagnoli is a Minocqua native. She raised her two children in Chicago and as an empty nester currently lives in Miami, FL with her husband. She spends the summers at her cabin in Minocqua. Kim teaches Iyengar yoga and Yoga 12 Step Recovery. Her degrees include a Bachelors and Masters in Social Work and she was a Behavioral Specialist for 24 years in the Chicago public schools. She is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher, 200 Anusara yoga RYT certification, certified International Therapeutic yoga teacher and certified Y12SR (yoga 12 step recovery) teacher.
Kim's classes have the power to change your thinking
Kim Bagnoli
Meet Desiree Gehl
Friday Beach & SUP Yoga Instruction
Desiree is from St Germain and an RYT200 Registered Yoga Teacher. Desi encourages the unity of mind and body through daily asana and self-reflection. Desi graduated with her B.A. in Psychology and Gender Studies in 2013. It was during this time at Lawrence Univerity, that she partook in a meditation course and began to incorporate yoga into her daily life. She is eager to share her "leave it on the mat" mindset and invite more self-love into our everyday routine.
"Energy speaks louder than words"
Desi leads our beach yoga classes on Friday's starting June 2nd through September 1st.
Follow Desiree on Facebook for more yoga, events, recipes : www.facebook.com/UpNorthYogi
Puerto Rico Yoga-Paddle Adventure
Custom programs, your dates! Your gruests
Customize a 4 to 10 night adventure.
Your custom program could include a trip to El Yunque (the rain forest,) Gilligan's Island, surfing beaches, Old San Juan, a coffee plantation and more. Our ocean front lodging provides easy access to the water for morning kayaking, paddle boarding and swimming. We can arrange daily yoga sessions, meditation, relaxation and a varied menu.
See our accommodations online from www.SEAdaroma.com
Melody Kloepfer
Meet Melody Kloepfer
Guest Beach Yoga Instruction
Our guest instructor this year is Melody A. Kloepfer. Melody is an RYT200 instructor since 2015 and AFAA Certified with a BS in Biology and a minor in Community Health.
Melody started practicing yoga late 2002 and her teacher training journey began in 2012. She has years of experience with Bikram, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Restorative, and Yoga Nidra. She has taken numerous workshops with internationally known pioneers of yoga such as Patricia Walden (Iyengar), Tim Miller (Ashtanga), Annie Pace (Ashtanga), Bobby Clennell (Iyengar), David Swenson (Ashtanga), and others. Melody now teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative, and Yoga Nidra. Melody brings a deep curiosity, passion, joy, and rich set of skills to our program.
Meet Lynn Upthagrove: Hostess, Paddler and Cedaroma Lodge Innkeeper
A tad nutty and oodles of fun, Lynn first got on the yoga mat on May 2, 2015 and hasn't gotten off yet. Within weeks of her first class Lynn started up Yoga-Roma offering yoga on the beach at Cedaroma Lodge with her instructor for the 2015 summer season.
In August that year Lynn entered a paddling race and came in second in the women's division for kayaking, but was more intrigued by those racing on the stand up paddle boards. The next day she got on one of the resort boards and didn't put it away until we got our first winter snows. Paddling has become Lynn's passion and so began Yoga Paddler in the 2016 season blending Lynn's love of both sports... SUP & Yoga and the name change to YogaPaddler.
Lynn enjoys a weekly paddle-out on Wednesday afternoons, exploring random area lakes starting in June and invites you to join her. Lynn also hosts the popular Full Moon Paddle on August 30th. We have boards to rent or you can meet Lynn at the designated launch with your own vessel. Follow us on Facebook.com/yogapaddler for launch locations.
Lynn Upthagrove
