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Unity Woods Yoga is an active participant in the national and international yoga community. John Schumacher and our other teachers write articles, follow scientific studies, present at conferences and teach around the world.
This page is regularly updated with news and information about the practice of yoga. We hope you will check back often to see what’s new.
Recent Posts
- The Trouble with Popularity May 10, 2012 The Washington Post covers the business of yoga this week: "The Struggles of DC Area Yoga Studios." What with the booming popularity of yoga as a practice, there has been a quick proliferation of yoga studios in our city. As a result, even some long-established studios are feeling the pinch of increased competition.
- Can Yoga Wreck Your Body? March 13, 2012 The New York Times article "Can Yoga Wreck Your Body" raises many important issues: Who should do yoga? Just what IS yoga? What role does teacher training play in the possibility of injuries occurring? What is dangerous and what isn’t? Can yoga really wreck your body?
- 2012 City Paper "Best Of" Poll - Vote Now! February 9, 2012 The Washington City Paper is now holding its annual Reader's "Best Of" Survey. Unity Woods Yoga has been nominated as Best Yoga Studio in the area, so please vote for us!
- Teaching yoga because you love it February 2, 2012 I chuckle at the idea that teaching yoga is an escape from stress. One of the things I tell prospective trainees and employees at Unity Woods is that yoga does indeed help you deal with stress, but it doesn’t make it disappear. Running a center is a full time job with all the demands of any business. We’re not just om-ing the day away.
- A Response to "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body" January 18, 2012 The recent New York Times article, “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body”, has certainly created quite a stir. My inbox had over forty emails on the subject. Some of the issues the article raises do warrant further examination and discussion.
- Yoga and Meditation, Part 2 January 18, 2012 The Yoga Sutras say, “Posture should be steady and comfortable” (Sthira sukham asanam). You may have noticed that your own poses often feel anything but steady or comfortable. How can you find steadiness and comfort even in the midst of struggle?
- Drop-in Community Classes January 1, 2012 At Bethesda, $5 cash-only drop in yoga classes for all levels. Community classes are mixed level, one-hour asana classes taught by a rotating selection of Unity Woods teachers. They are offered every Friday of the session in Bethesda. Time: 6:00-7:00pm Cost: $5 cash-only drop-in
- The Subjective Nature of Yoga Therapeutics December 7, 2011 When you get right down to it, there are some important things that make yoga therapeutic that really can’t be measured all that well. That is one of the reasons why I say that yoga therapy is subjective. Although in many ways it is a science – much about it CAN be predicted, repeated, and measured – yoga therapy is truly more an art.
- Yoga Helps Prepare for the Holidays October 30, 2011 See the Sunday Style section of today's Washington Post for a feature on managing the potential health pitfalls of the holidays with yoga; Unity Woods Yoga Center is featured.
- Yoga and Meditation October 26, 2011 Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg tells a wonderful story about an experience she had while on retreat. She went in to meet with her meditation teacher, prepared to describe all the profound experiences she was having while sitting…only to be asked to recount every detail of how she put on her shoes that morning.