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Brent Blue, M.D., a physician board-certified in both family-practice and emergency medicine, is an FAA-designated Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, former team physician for the U.S. aerobatic team, and widely-published author of articles on aviation medicine. Brent is the Managing Member and Founder of Aeromedix.com LLC, our sister aviation website, Managing Member of Oxygen to Go, LLC and Controlled Oxygen Delivery Systems, LLC, and the President and Medical Director of DocTalk, Inc.

Lawrence is cofounder and chairman of Heminge & Condell, an advisory and investment firm and co-founder and vice-chair of Oxygen, the first online and on-air network for women. As a cofounder and former president of GBN, he continues to focus on scenario and strategy development for companies in media, information technology, finance, retail, logistics/transport, and telecommunications. In addition, Lawrence is a director of and strategic advisor to Ealing Studios, the oldest continuously operating film studio in the world, and a director of and advisor to Design Within Reach, an innovative retailer that he helped found.. A classics scholar, Lawrence is the author, producer, or executive producer of dozens of articles, television programs, and feature films.

A graduate of the American University with a degree in general studies, Stacy brings more than a decade of experience to Oxygen in weight training and fitness. She comes from the Total Energy System Training in Bedminster, New Jersey, a sports training facility specializing in functional training. Stacy received her Personal Training certification from the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and Adult CPR certification through the American Red Cross. Continuing education in strength and conditioning and other allied fitness disciplines enables her to remain current on fitness trends and teaching methods. She is a professional member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and the Women's Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to encouraging physical activity for young girls.

Peggy Hall is a certified yoga instructor, personal trainer, nutritional therapist and weight and lifestyle management consultant and is a published author and sought-after speaker. Peggy can be heard weekly on the ABC Radio Network's "Health and Wellness Clinic with Peggy Hall" syndicated to nearly 200 stations nationwide. Peggy is a contributing editor and columnist for Clean Eating magazine and a regular feature writer for Oxygen. Her work has appeared in Self, Men's Journal, Yoga Journal and many others. She's the former health and fitness editor Surf Life for Women magazine. Peggy also contributed to the books Surf's Up: A Girl's Guide to Surfing (Ballantine, 2005) and Surf Girl's Guide to Surfing (Orca, 2004). Peggy served as the online expert/guest editor at www.Self.com and writes the "Fit for Surf" column at www.wetsand.com. She also reaches an audience into the millions as a health and wellness writer at www.Suite101.com. An avid surfer, Peggy put her passions together and created the highly-acclaimed and best-selling Yoga for Surfers series, which has helped thousands of surfers worldwide surf better and live better. Heralded by Men's Journal as one of the "Top Five Trends in Fitness", Yoga for Surfers has garnered heavy media coverage, with Peggy being featured in Yoga Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, ABC News.com, Surfer, Surfing, TransWorld Surf and Muscle & Fitness Hers, just to name a few. Peggy's energy and enthusiasm make her a popular guest on shows such as The KTLA Morning News, "The Mix", KFMB Morning News among others. Yoga for Surfers has also been featured on NBC's The Today Show. A highly sought-after and engaging speaker, Peggy was selected to lead yoga classes for Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women Conference in 2007, alongside such luminaries as Ariana Huffington, Meg Whitman and Sally Ride. Billy Jean King taught tennis lessons, and Peggy Hall taught yoga! Currently, Peggy teaches at Yoga Works studios in Orange County and presents special workshops on health and wellness for various resorts and spas throughout Southern California. She created the first-ever "Surf Flex" conditioning program for Equinox Fitness. Known for her enthusiastic and inspiring teaching style, Peggy draws from various styles of yoga to create innovative, challenging and enjoyable classes. Her clear instruction and encouraging approach makes even the most demanding poses accessible to all, and her radiant energy is an excellent testament to the life-enhancing benefits of yoga. In addition to receiving a Certificate in Yoga Studies from the University of California Irvine Extension, Peggy is also certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) as a Personal Trainer and Weight and Lifestyle Management Consultant. A longtime instructor at the university level, Peggy is the former Director of Teacher Education Programs at the University of California, Irvine Extension. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master's degree in international relations from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Fluent in French and Arabic, Peggy lived in Paris for a short time and also in Morocco for several years where she first taught English for the Peace Corps and then worked in marketing for Proctor & Gamble. Prior to her career in health and wellness, Peggy provided corporate training in business writing, presentation skills and accent reduction for dozens of Fortune 500 companies through her cross-cultural communications business, "Global Learning". Peggy is currently at work on her next DVD series, Total Body Tune-Up. Other titles in production include Heal Your Back, Yoga for Students and Yoga Secrets. She's also finishing up her book Quit Fighting with Food. When she's not teaching, writing or surfing, Peggy devotes her time to animal welfare issues through Compassion for All, the non-profit organization she founded with her husband David...