Edie Raether will speak on March 30

UNC Asheville's Career Center will host "Life is Calling…What is Your Intention," a series of events March 30-April 1, designed to help participants discern their life and career intention. The series will feature national speakers, resume clinics, an equine-assisted learning experience, Feldenkrais Method workshops and a guided labyrinth. All events are free and open to the public.

Intention Week kicks off with a talk by noted inspirational speaker Edie Raether at 4 p.m. Monday, March 30, at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, room 222. In her presentation on "Ignite Your Intuitive Intelligence to Unleash Your PowerZone," she will challenge the audience to discover passion and purpose in life. Raether is an international speaker, author and consultant who has presented more than 3,500 programs to professional associations and Fortune 55 companies on five continents. Her books have been published in numerous languages and she is one of 175 women worldwide with the Certified Speaking Professional mark of excellence designation awarded by the National Speaking Association.

Other events include:

-- Career Counselor and yoga instructor Alex Moody will lead a class on "Yoga and Intention: Aligning Your Potential" at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, room 224. This two-hour workshop will explore the opening and guiding power of hatha yoga. She will demonstrate how to listen to one's inner voice through meditation, breathing and postures. Moody holds a master's degree in Education from the University of Virginia. She currently works at UNC Asheville's Career Center and teaches yoga in the Asheville area.

Horse Sense of the Carolinas will visit campus on April 1

-- The instructors of Horse Sense of the Carolinas Inc. will show how horses can benefit students in "An Equine-Assisted Learning Experience" at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, on the A.C. Reynolds Green, located behind Ramsey Library. Shannon Knapp, founder and president of Horse Sense, will demonstrate how working with horses can teach leadership development and team building skills. After a 10-year career as a college professor, Knapp began working with abused and neglected horses. She now pairs rescued horses with people in her innovative Horse Sense curriculum.

-- Veteran movement coach Lavinia Plonka will lead two workshops on "Stepping Up in Style: The Feldenkrais Method of Movement Education" at 4:30 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, room 222. She will demonstrate this noted mind-body approach to develop poise, create posture awareness and move toward life goals. Plonka's movement experience spans more than 30 years. She has served as artist-in-residence at the Guggenheim Museum and movement consultant for theater and television companies around the world, from the Irish National Folk Theatre to Nickelodeon. Currently she is the director of the Asheville Movement Center.

-- UNC Asheville's Career Center staff will lead a guided labyrinth experience from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, April 3, at the UNC Asheville Labyrinth, located on the grassy knoll above UNC Asheville's Weizenblatt Hall and below Ramsey Library. Rain location is UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall.

-- Walk-in resume clinics will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, at A.C. Reynolds Green and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, in Rhodes-Robinson Lobby. The Career Center staff will give advice for creating a resume or offer review of a current resume. No appointment is needed.

For more information, call UNC Asheville's Career Center at 828/251-6515 or click on www.unca.edu/career/lifeiscalling.html.