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General Information Before You Attend Workshops
Important note: There are no refunds, changes, or credits 14 days prior to workshop.
February 1, 8, 15, 22 - Mondays
Introductory Series
With Esther Geiger
A four week progression that introduces the fundamentals of Iyengar Yoga. You must enroll for complete series.
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $60 course
Location: Bethesda
February 3, 10, 17, 24 - Thursdays
Introductory Series
With Anara Lomme
A four week progression that introduces the fundamentals of Iyengar Yoga. You must enroll for complete series.
Time: 8:00 - 9:15 p.m.
Cost: $60 course
Location: Ballston
February 4, 11, 18, 25 - Thursdays
Introductory Series
With Carol Cavanaugh
A four week progression that introduces the fundamentals of Iyengar Yoga. You must enroll for complete series.
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $60 course
Location: Woodley Park
Feb. 5 - Friday
Yoga and the Energy Field
With Jill Cahn
This class teaches us how to better identify and enhance the subtle force of prana through our asanas. Completion of Level I.
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Cost: $20
Location: Bethesda
February 6 - Saturday
The Compassionate Backbend
With Mary Pappas-Sandonas
Rescheduled to March 13
February 13 - Saturday
Let's Twist!
With Anara Lomme
We'll explore twisting actions through different families of asanas. Prerequisite: one year of practice. No back injuries.
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $40
Location: Bethesda
February 14 - Saturday
Yoga for Two: Beginners
With Carolyn Bluemle and Rocky Delaplaine
Have you ever been in a pose where you can't tell right from left, up from down, back from front? Just think of the possibilities with four arms and four legs. Yoga for Two is a workshop for pairs; we'll practice giving and receiving support in many forms. Give yourself and your friend or partner a real valentine treat and have fun investigating new possibilities of entanglement. We welcome LGBT and hetero friends, platonic friends, and just friends friends. Basic level, open to new and continuing yoga students. If you don't have a partner, we'll try and match you up with one.
Time: 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $60/pair
Location: Bethesda
NEW DATE: February 28 - Sunday
Overcoming the Fear of Full Arm Balance
With Rocky Delaplaine
This workshop is appropriate for students who fear kicking up into full-arm balance. We will explore what the Iyengars call the "fear complex" and cover a range of strategies to help you see the world from the point of view of an "upside down tree." Level I/II and up.
Time: 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $40
Location: Bethesda
March 1, 8, 15, 22 - Mondays
Introductory Series
With Esther Geiger
A four week progression that introduces the fundamentals of Iyengar Yoga. You must enroll for complete series.
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $60 course
Location: Bethesda
March 3, 10, 17, 24 - Thursdays
Introductory Series
With Anara Lomme
A four week progression that introduces the fundamentals of Iyengar Yoga. You must enroll for complete series.
Time: 8:00 - 9:15 p.m.
Cost: $60 course
Location: Ballston
March 4, 11, 18, 25 - Thursdays
Introductory Series
With Terence Ollivierra
A four week progression that introduces the fundamentals of Iyengar Yoga. You must enroll for complete series.
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $60 course
Location: Woodley Park
March 6 - Saturday
Advanced Asana Class:
Forward Bends, Hips, & Twists
With John Schumacher
This class is for dedicated practitioners who can lie flat on their legs in Paschimottanasana who can do full Padmasana comfortably, and can hold free-standing ten minute Sirsasana away from the wall, Salamba Sarvangasana for ten minutes, and have no knee problems. No therapeutics, please.
Online Registration
Time: 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $50
Location: Woodley Park
March 7 - Sunday
Yoga and Collage
With Rocky Delaplaine
Explore the imagery that emerges from within through yoga and collage. No prior art experience necessary.
Time: 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $30
Location: Bethesda
March 7 - Sunday
Advanced Pranayama
With John Schumacher
The Level V pranayama class if for those who have completed Level IV pranayama or who have extensive training in the Iyengar approach to pranayama. Level VI is for those who have been practicing digital pranayama for two years or more.
PRANAYAMA V: 2:30- 4:00 p.m.
PRANAYAMA VI: 4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
Cost: $30 each level
Location: Bethesda
March 7 - Sunday
Discussion Group
& 30th Anniversary Celebration:
The Unity Woods Story
With John Schumacher
When I was a kid, I was a big Lone Ranger fan. It was a half hour program, but once a year they would have a special one hour show during which they would tell the whole story about the Lone Ranger: how he met Tonto; where his horse, Silver, came from; why he used silver bullets; and so on. I never missed it.
Since we've just celebrated our 30th anniversary, I thought you might be interested in hearing some of the behind the scenes stories about how Unity Woods got started and how we got to where we are today. It might not improve your Trikonasana, and there won't be any silver bullets or white horses, but I think you'll be entertained, and you'll certainly know a lot more than you do now about this place you come to every week and the people who keep it going.
THE CELEBRATION!
Just because a little blizzard fell on us for our original party date, does not mean that we would pass on the opportunity to celebrate this special anniversary with our students. Please join us this evening as John and students share Unity Woods stories, and while we enjoy snacks and each other's companies.
We will provide snacks and drinks, but the dessert table is always open for contributions from our students!! Please join us for this special event.
Time: 6:45 - 9:30 p.m.
Discussion starts promptly at 7:00 p.m.
FREE
Location: Bethesda
March 13 - Saturday
The Compassionate Backbend
With Mary Pappas-Sandonas
In anticipation of the spirit of Valentine's Day, open your heart and create a more joyful, balanced and anxiety-free backbending practice. Appropriate for practitioners who are lovingly energized by backbends and those who still harbor feelings of fear and trepidation at the thought of this level of practice. While practicing, we will explore the neurophysiology-neuropsychology of backbending and how to work through the aforementioned bugaboos within one's practice. No back or shoulder injuries.Open to students working on/currently able to do Urdhva Dhanurasana.
Time: 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $50
Location: Bethesda
March 20 - Saturday
Backbends on the Ropes
With Carolyn Bluemle
Learn to use the ropes for greater support and deeper challenge in your backbends. There will be three groups of five persons, so there will be plenty of times on the ropes. Please do not come with back problems without asking Carolyn whether it is appropriate first.
Strong Level II and up.
Time: 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $50 each
Location: Bethesda
March 26-28 - Friday to Sunday
Joan White Workshop
We are delighted to have Joan White return to teach at Unity Woods after a hiatus of many years. Joan has been to India to study with the Iyengars a remarkable 27 times and is one of the few teachers in the US to have received an Advanced teaching certificate from B.K.S. Iyengar. She is a past board member of the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the US (IYNAUS) and former chair of the certification committee. Joan has won the Best of Philly award four times in the past seven years and teaches workshops across the country and around the world.
Joan's teaching of the subtle play of asana and breath and her extensive knowledge of how to create different effects in the asana by working with different actions will take your practice to new dimensions.
These classes are for experienced Level II students who are familiar with inversions. All classes will be held in Bethesda.
Schedule:
Friday: 6:00-8:00pm, $50
Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm, $75
Saturday: 4:00-6:00pm, $50
Sunday: 10:00am -1:00pm, $75
Cost: $250 all sessions
April 30-May 2 ~ Berkeley Springs, WV
SERENDIPITY
An Weekend Retreat:
A quiet weekend of yoga and fellowship for intermediate students
With John Schumacher
Slip away for a quiet weekend in the beautiful fall foliage of West Virginia. Beginning Friday evening and going to midday Sunday, John will guide you through a series of postures, breathing practices, and quiet sitting that will give you a respite from the demands and concerns of your normal daily routine and let you get back in touch with the serenity of you inner being.
The Program:
Morning and evening classes will include asanas to energize and relax you, and pranayama to help you get in touch with your inner being.
The schedule will be geared toward creating a focused and tranquil state of mind, an opportunity to step back from the busy-ness of everyday life and allow yourself to deepen your yoga experience. All classes will include a period of quiet seated meditation.
Eligibility:
Students with at least two sessions of Level II and/or an introduction to the fundamentals of inversions.
Schedule:
Friday: 5:30pm - Orientation
Friday: 6:00-7:30pm - Asana and Pranayama
Saturday: 9:00am - 12:00pm - Asana
Saturday: 4:00-6:00pm - Asana and Pranayama
Sunday: 9:00am -12:00pm - Asana
Sunday: 12:00-2:00pm - Lunch
Cost: $285
For information on accomodations, contact Susan Mann at susan.mann@yoga.com, or call Susan at 301-330-0430. For information about the workshop, and to register, call Annick at (301) 656-8992 ext. 105.
June 4-6 ~ Berkeley Springs, WV
SERENDIPITY
Special Issues: A Workshop for Teachers
Learn how to help students who need special attention. For all information on accomodations, contact Susan Mann at susan.mann@yoga.com, or call Susan at 301-330-0430. For information about the workshop, and to register, call Annick at (301) 656-8992 ext. 105.
