Doug Bentz- aka Swami Doug is a Professor in the Dance Department in the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA, where he has been training dancers professionally for over 40 years. Swami Doug earned a BA in Dance from Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. He began his professional dance career in 1968 and has been dancing, and evolving, ever since; he has danced professionally in New York City and throughout the United States and Europe. In addition to dance, he has studied yoga at the Kripalu Yoga Center and has completed a Pilates Teacher Training Program at Harmony Pilates Studio in Pittsburgh, PA with a certificate in Pilates Mat and Reformer. He is currently pursuing additional Pilates Teacher Training at Harmony Pilates Studio with the goal of completing the Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Certification from the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) in 2017. Swami Doug offers “custom-made” private sessions for dancers and non-dancers, drawing from Pilates, Yoga, and deep breathing/relaxation techniques to provide healing body-work. He sees private clients at Moxie Mind & Body Pilates Studio in Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh, PA.
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Swami Doug Doug Bentz contact info:
grayhart@mac.com
http://www.dougbentz.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doug.bentz1
Links mentioned in the Podcast:
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA, Conservatory of Performing Arts
http://www.pointpark.edu
Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) (Medieval Camping) http://www.sca.org
SCA for Central/Western PA: Kingdom of Aethelmearc
http://www.aethelmearc.org
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA
http://www.kripalu.org
Harmony Pilates Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.movewithharmony.com
Moxie Mind & Body Pilates Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.moxiemindandbody.com
Pilates Method Alliance
http://www.pilatesmethodalliance.org
East End Food Coop, Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.eastendfood.coop
La Gondola Pizzeria, Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA, 412-261-5252
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Marathon Man by Jason Shaw from the album Audionautix: Acoustic, licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Available at www.FreeMusicArchive.org