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Welcome to the Bright & Beautiful Newsletter August According to my good friends at Wikipedia, August was originally Sextilis because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar, 753 BC. The days are shorter. People are traveling. And I'm so happy to sit by my back porch and write this for you. Happy Rest of Summer! Local News BASIC YOGA for Advanced Misfits at Collaboraction Theatre: Room 300 1575 N Milwaukee Ave Flat Iron Building in Chicago, IL the come-as-you-are basic yoga class. sundays 11am-noon: i teach tuesdays 10-11am: i teach thursdays 10-11am: judson clariborne teaches this beginner's yoga class is for actors, rockers, artists, thinkers, and for those who don't feel comfortable trying yoga in a yoga studio. you know who you are! i love this class. $10 cash. proceeds from sunday, 9/25's class go to Rape Victim Advocates' 3rd Annual "Mind, Body, Spirit & a Good Cause Yogathon". Family Devotions by David Henry Hwang Through September 4, 2011 I play a 70 year old Chinese grandmother in this early play by Tony Award and Pulizter Prize winner,David Henry Hwang. This is really funny and really dark. Do you love God? You'd better. CHIC-A-GO-GO ACTION! I've hosted this kid's TV dance show for 13 years (my lucky numba!). Come dance with me and my puppet co-host, Ratso: SPECIAL CHIC-A-GO-GO SOUL TRAIN TAPING FRIDAY, September 2, 6 – 8PM at Expo 72 72 E. Randolph Street. FREE EVENT! Everyone can relive the days of Soul Train when Chic-a-Go-Go tapes an episode at Expo 72's Soul Train installation – a recreation of the Soul Train set with hundreds of rare Soul Train photos and artifacts on display! The evening features Miss Mia, Ratso, DJ Bob Abrahamian and your chance to do the Scramble Board and dance down the El Train SOUL TRAIN Line! CHIC-A-GO-GO MILLENNIUM PARK PARTY THIS SUNDAY! Our last free dance partyin Millennium Park in the Target kids tent on the Chase Promenade is Sunday, 8/21 from 1-2PM. Come down, dance, do art activities, jump rope, read in the library and play with stuff. It’s a ton of corporate sponsored fun. Chicago School of Thai Massage begins several 6 month training programs across the Midwest. Click on the photo for info on your career in the healing arts. Everywhere News I'm so excited to share my yoga teacher's new book with you. This book will change your life. Based on ancient yogic philosophy, this is book is like a spiritualThe Artist's Way. Read more about it here and get ready for positive and real change. And, as always...I frikkin' dig Groupons. Lookie here.Half price theater and spa tickets for everywhere found here. Micro-lend to hard working folks here. MiaParkYoga.com MiaPark.com Yoga and ParaYoga® I'm currently inspired to practice and teach expansive poses in order to expand our highest potential out to the world and to create space to receive what we need to become our best selves. This is a serious goal! Let's have fun achieving it. My yoga website, MiaParkYoga.com and my yoga blog are happening. I want to blog more often, so can you clean the litter box for me so I'll have more time? Seriously, I want to create more time to do what I love, so keep an eye on my yoga blog for more frequent updates. I'll write about my process with The Four Desires book. Our TV show pilot, "Yoga Park: Yoga with Mia Park" is now a 3-5 minute demo reel. Woah! More soon...very exciting stuff. I teach private yoga classes. Go deeper with your personal yoga practice physically, energetically, and mentally. I offer mindful private yoga instruction to individuals and groups. You'll receive a custom catered practice that will benefit you greatly. Group discounts and gift certificates available. Email me for details. My public yoga classes: Sundays, 11AM-Noon Basics @ Flat Iron Building Tuesdays, 10-11AM Basics @ Flat Iron Building Tuesdays, noon-1PM, Level 1-2 @ Moksha Yoga I also teach at LPAC, LVAC, WAC, Akal Yoga and to private clients. My full teaching schedule is here. Be my guest to any of my gym classes. Email me. Bring a swim suit! Yoga Workshops Agni : Our Spiritual Flame Tapestry Yoga Center 10/23/11, Viroqu, WII Autumn Fire Practice Moksha Yoga Center 11/20/11, Chicago, IL I'm proud to be a certified ParaYoga Level I teacher. This is the culmination of studying with tantric teacher Rod Stryker for six years. I assist my teacher next at the Estes Park Yoga Journal Conference. This year, I also assisted Yogarupa Rod Stryker in Minneapolis, Chicago, Mexico, at Wanderlust, and studied with him in NYC. Friend ParaYoga on Facebook. Acting BOSS airs on the Starz network starting October 21 and I hope to be in all four of the episodes I shot. Our play, Family Devotions runs until September 4th. The Catastrophe was a great shoot. This is my 3rd film with director, Michael Smith - what a great cast and crew! ...and I'm so looking forward to a busy commercial Autmumn and to take more acting classes. you're receiving this because you opted in on my website, didn't unsubscribe from an introductory newsletter &/or because you love reading about and sharing important news. Unsubscribe [email protected] from this list. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile miapark.com twitter.com/missmiapark missmiapark.blogspot.com facebook.com/missmiapark “all journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – martin buber
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Here's the June issue of the BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL e-newsletter. I've had this newsletter since 1997 (or was it 1998?). It used to be called, "Kick Ass", but I now want to be bright & beautiful (my Korean name means this) more than I want to kick ass. Ha!
To see all the fancy pictures, view it in your browser. Welcome to the Bright & Beautiful Newsletter June is treating us well with warm, sunny weather in Chicago. The thrill of summer is in the air and with this excitement comes the desire for change. We want to change into short pants, change from hot soup to gazpacho (good gawd, do I love gazpacho), change from being a hot head to a cool head. I do especially suggest that last part. Hot heads do not prevail when it comes to sustainable action. Cool heads, arise! Be cool. Local News Goodman Theatre presents the world premiere of Chinglish by Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang SAVE 50% ON THE FOLLOWING PREVIEW PERFORMANCES*: June 26 @ 2pm June 22 & 23 @ 7:30pm June 24 & 25 @ 8pm Use promo code HWANG when purchasing tickets to receive the discount! *Not valid on previously purchased tickets or in combination with other offers. Expires 6/26/2011. Nowadays, everyone wants to do business with China—especially Daniel, a Midwestern American businessman who’s desperately looking to score a lucrative contract for his family’s sign-making firm. With high hopes, he travels to the provincial capital of Guiyang only to learn how much he doesn’t understand: his translators are unreliable, his consultant may be a fraud, and he is captivated by Xu, the beautiful, seemingly supportive government official who talks the talk—but what is she saying, anyway? See it now before it heads to New York! For tickets or more information go toGoodmanTheatre.org or call 312.443.3800 Chic-A-Go-Go Taping! Saturday, June 25. 3-6PM Chic-A-Go-Go, Chicago’s favorite dance show for kids of all ages, is extremely excited to invite you to our next taping. I co-host this show with puppet Ratso and we're looking forward to dancing with you! The taping takes place at the Chicago Access Network Studios, located at 322 S. Green St. (one block west of Halsted, half block north of Van Buren). There is free and metered street parking and some low cost lots in the neighborhood, but we are also very accessible by public transportation, as the Halsted bus stops near us and the Blue Line’s UIC-Halsted stop is only a block and half from the studio. Dress casual or wear a costume, it's up to you! No invitations or reservations needed, everyone is welcome, bring your friends! Bring kids! Bring your friends’ kids! ASCII 2 Open Call
Chicago School of Thai Massage FREE event: Taste of Thai. FREE Thai massages and FREE Thai food. Your payment is to attend this with an open mind. 7/6/11. Everywhere News: FILM EDITION Here are wonderful film projects that you should check out. There are many, many talented film makers out there. Probe on and support. Thanks. Art of Love: trailer! An indie film my friend, Masahiro Sugano, made. Here is that website & here is his film that I acted in. DONATE! EVEN FIVE BUCKS HELPS! Support the arts, friends. Even a few bucks will make a difference and make you feel gooder: The Catastrophe The Catastrophe is a dark comedy about a cigar salesman who stumbles on what may or may not be a murder plot. I'm acting in this GREAT short film by the great film maker, Michael Smith. Help out an independent artist help us actors and crew. PARALLAX SOUNDS documentary I'm supposed to be interviewed for this *gorgeous* documentary about Chicago music and architecture. And, as always... I frikkin' dig Groupons. Lookie here. Half price theater and spa tickets for everywhere found here. Micro-lend to hard working folks here. MiaParkYoga.com MiaPark.com Yoga and ParaYoga® Photos by Jim Newberry Featured Teacher Creature That's me! I'm currently the Featured Teacher at Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago for June. Your first class with me this month is free. Dearest Michael at Heartbeest made the nicest promo video of me. I was also just featured atTejas Studio and on theParaYoga Facebook page,where I answered some specific yoga questions, like how to sequence a tamasic sattwic yoga practice. I love it! Check out my yoga website, MiaParkYoga.com and my yoga blog. I just wrote about different types of fear and how I handle them. It ain't pretty, but it's real. The "Basic Yoga for Advanced Misfits" class is still in the works. I'm really looking forward to these on-going classes. This will be a class for folks who don't want to practice around physically fancy people in expensive clothes. Nothing wrong with that, but that flavor ain't for everyone. Stay tuned, misfits. Next, I'll shoot a yoga variety TV show this August called, "Yoga Park: Yoga with Mia Park". The director and camera guy are currently scouting places to shoot. The show will explain that there are many different types of yoga besides doing the poses we're familiar with. I'm really EXCITED. I teach private yoga classes!Go deeper with your personal yoga practice physically, energetically, and mentally. I offer mindful private yoga instruction to individuals and groups. You'll receive a custom catered practice that will benefit you greatly. Group discounts and gift certificates available. Email [email protected] for details. I have new props to assist in bringing your practice to deeper levels for the body and mind. Intrigued? Email me. My public yoga classes: Tuesdays, noon-1PM, Level 1-2 @ Moksha Yoga Tuesdays, 8-9:30PM, Intro @ Tejas Yoga I currently teach only two public classes. What to do? Be my guest to any of my gym classes. Just email me. I also teach at LPAC, LVAC, WAC, Act One Studios, Akal Yoga and to private clients. My full teaching schedule is here. PARAYOGA CERTIFICATION: YUP! I'm proud to be a certified ParaYoga Level I teacher.This certification is the culmination of studying with Rod Stryker for over five years, having taken ten 40 hour ParaYoga Master Trainings and several workshops. I'm thankful to be certified in this lineage that is so powerful and genuine. ParaYoga changes lives for the best. Through these techniques, you can be the person you want to be. It's work. Hard work, but ultimately rewarding in the best way possible. Big promises? Yes. All that and a stick of butter. Ok, a jar of ghee. This year, I assisted Yogarupa Rod Stryker in Minneapolis, Chicago and Mexico. I studied with him in New York City and, ohmygoodness, I'm going to the Wanderlust Festival in CA to support him. Eeek, Wanderlust kinda freaks me out because it seems like a pot-smoky, hippy dippy party and that ain't my bag. I'll go with an open mind and heart. Adventure time. Hook me up with your balanced friends who are going. Friend ParaYoga on Facebook. PRODUCT AMBASSADOR PARK Eggs! Three minutes of them! I'm a product ambassador for the Three Minute Egg, a terribly clever yoga prop. This year, I worked with Three Minute Egg creator, Jason, in New York and Illinois. Order your eggs online and use code 3MEAMP to receive 10% off on retail sales and 5% on wholesale/studio sales. Egg on! I do love me some Manduka and am aproduct ambassador for Manduka mats. They are a great company with great intentions. Check them out. Acting Here I am shooting a grocery store commercial with some good friends. Acting is going great this season! I play a 70 year old Chinese grandmom in David Henry Hwang's play, Family Devotions, withHalcyon Theatre. We run in August and September. I actually quit the union, Actor's Equity, to do this show & to act on stage when I want to. I'd rather have this kind of control over my acting carer rather then be limited to union politics. I made the right decision! I'm grateful to act in three episodes of the TV series, BOSS, which is filming right now in Chicago. I play a volunteer at Kelsey Grammer's daughter's clinic. This show is scheduled to air on the Starz cable channel in October . What a great experience. Very , very nice crew and cast. I'll act in the short film The Catastophe and be featured in the documentary in Parrallax Soundsthis summer. Check out more about these films to your left. you're receiving this because you opted in on my website, didn't unsubscribe from an introductory newsletter &/or because you love reading about and sharing important news. 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 Photo by JimNewberry.com AuthorMia Park is a ParaYoga teacher in Chicago, IL, specializing in teaching Basic Yoga for Advanced Misfits, as well as teaching people how to cut through the junk to shine on. Archives
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