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WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL EVENTS:
Important note:
No refunds,changes, or credits 14 days prior to workshop.
May 17 - Saturday
Advanced Asana Class:
Arm Balances
With John Schumacher
This class is for dedicated practitioners who can perform Bhujapidasana, Astavakrasana, and Bakasana, push up into Urdhva Dhanurasana with straight arms, and can hold free-standing Sirsasana II in the middle of the room for three minutes. No therapeutics.
Time: 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $40
Location: Woodley Park
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May 18 - Sunday
Pranayama VI
With John Schumacher
For students who have been practicing digital pranayama in the Iyengar tradition for three years or more. Pre-registration required.
Time: 2:30- 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $25
Location: Bethesda
May 18 - Sunday
Pranayama V
With John Schumacher
For students who have completed Level IV pranayama or who have extensive training in the Iyengar approach to pranayama. Pre-registration required.
Time: 4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
Cost: $25
Location: Bethesda
May 18 - Sunday
Discussion Group:
Practice
With John Schumacher
Our annual discussion on the why's, when's, and how's of establishing and maintaining an effective yoga practice. Specific questions and problems will be addressed and explored. Open to all. Refreshments will be served.
Time: 6:45 - 8:30 p.m.
Discussion starts promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE ~ Refreshments served.
Location: Bethesda
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June 1 - Sunday
Let The Energy Flow:
Vinyasa and Iyengar Yoga
With Lori Lipton
Learn how to flow through asana, mindful of proper alignment. Begin to explore how to link postures in a continuous flow with deep awareness of the breath. Will intruduce basic elements of Surya Namaskar, Sun Salutations. For students at the Level I/II and up, must know standing poses, including Ardha Chandrasana, Half Moon Pose, and Parivrtta Trikonasana, Revolved Triangle Pose.
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $25
Location: Woodley Park
June 4-8 ~ Berkeley Springs, WV
SERENDIPITY
Teaching Backbends:
A Weekend for Teachers and Serious Students
With John Schumacher
In 1991, John attended a three-week backbend intensive for senior teachers with B.K.S. Iyengar in which Mr. Iyengar laid out the standard for teaching backbends. In this extended workshop from Thursday morning to Sunday mid-day, John will show you the fundamental actions of all backbends and teach sequences for introducing beginning backbends. From there, we will gradually build up to the practice and teaching of Urdhva Dhanurasana and Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana. The schedule will consist of a three hour morning class and two hour afternoon class. This is a wonderful opportunity to focus deeply in a quiet and supportive environment, learning the art of practicing and teaching backbends.
Weekend fee is $365, and includes tuition and Sunday brunch. For more details contact Linda San Gabriel at Linda@unitywoods.com or call (301) 656-8992 ext. 118.
June 6 - Friday
Think On These Things:
Discussion on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
With Giulia Mainieri
These discussions on the Yoga Sutras focus on how to make the teachings part of your overall practice. (please read How to Know God and /or BKS Iyengar's Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali). All are welcome!
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Bethesda
FREE!
June 15 - Sunday
Ignite The Fire Within:
Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutations)
With Lori Lipton
Offer your prostrations to the power of the Sun. Learn the flowing sequence of asanas with mindfulness of alignment, proper use of breath and discipline of the mind. Surya Namaskar is a physical practice creating power and strength in body and mind. Level I/II and up, must know Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Upward Facing Dog Pose.
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $25
Location: Woodley Park
June 22 - Sunday
Annual Picnic and Softball Game
Join Unity Woods' students, staff, faculty, family and friends for a vegetarian pot luck and our annual championship sporting event!!! Please bring your favorite softball glove and a dish to share, and plates and utensils for your own group.
Time: 2:15 - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Maplewood Park, Bethesda
5299 Alta Vista Rd. - just south of Beltway
Off Route 355 / Rockville Pike
From 355/Rockville: right onto Alta Vista
From 355/Bethesda: left onto Alta Vista
Aug. 19 - Sept. 9, Tuesdays
Overcoming the Fear of Full Arm Balance
With Rocky Delaplaine
Explore what the Iyengars call the "fear complex" and see the world from the point of view of an "upside down tree."
SHORT COURSE (not a workshop)
Time: 1:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
8/19: Lower Body
8/26: Arms and Shoulders
9/2: Art and Science of kicking up
9/9: Putting it all together
Cost: $72/all four or $20/per class drop in
Location: Woodley Park
July 10 -31, Thursdays
Adominable Abdominals
With Mary Pappas-Sandonas
Come build a flexible and strong core and discover your center. These muscles include those that surround the abdomen, lower back, and hips. Every movement you make starts from your core. Like a pebble tossed into a lake, the effects of the core muscles are felt throughout your entire body. Lengthening, strengthening and creating endurance in the core stabilizes the lower and upper body and their extremities, making them less prone to injury. Flatter abs, a healthier lower back, increased balance and improved posture are its rewards... AB-solutely. NOT suitable for pregnancy or lower back injuries.
SHORT COURSE (not a workshop)
Time: 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Cost: $72/all four or $20/per class drop in
Location: Bethesda
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September 7 - Sunday
Stress and the Yoga Sutras
Stress has been implicated in a wide variety of diseases and medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, asthma, autoimmune disorders, diabetes and obesity. Yoga is widely accepted as a method to relieve stress. Why? Can yoga actually prevent diseases of slow accumulation?
This workshop will consist of a one hour lecture/discussion on current research regarding yoga and the stress response. We’ll discuss how the state of the science relates to the yoga sutras, and then integrate what we’ve learned into a two hour Asana class. Prequisites: Must have completed at least one level one session to do the entire workshop (non-yogi’s are welcome to attend the lecture).
Alyson Ross, RN, MSN, is a certified Iyengar yoga instructor at Unity Woods Yoga Center in Washington, DC. She is currently completing her PhD in Nursing, focusing her dissertation on the health benefits of Iyengar yoga.
Time: 3:00-4:00pm Lecture $20
Time: 4:15-6:15pm Asana Class $30
Location: Bethesda
September 19-21, Friday - Sunday
Lois Steinberg Workshop
Lois holds and advanced teaching certificate from B.K.S. Iyengar and has a PhD. in Nutritional Science from the University of Illinois. She has been teaching yoga for 26 years and has accumulated four years of total immersion at the Iyengar Institute in Pune. She is well-known for her knowledge of yoga therapeutics and serves as Chair of Medical Research on the board of the Iyengar National Association of the US. In demand worldwide, Lois teaches with the enthusiasm and experience gained from years of devoted study and practice. We are proud to welcome her for her first workshop at Unity Woods. At least one year of Level II.
Location for entire workshop: Bethesda.
Fri. ASANA 6:00-8:00pm, $40
Sat. ASANA 9:30am-12:00pm, $50
Sat. ASANA 3:30- 5:30pm, $40
Sun. ASANA 9:00-11:30am, $50
Sun. Restorative Pranayama 3-5:00pm, $30
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