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DC Yoga Podcast Episode 37b- John Schumacher "Deep relaxation without force."

- "I do yoga and people have come to call it Iyengar Yoga."
- Bringing Iyengar yoga to the DMV area
- Opening Unity Woods in 1979 on 40 acres in MD
- Letting the Universe decide
- The parallels between music and yoga
- Opening Unity Woods Bethesda in 1985- the first yoga studio in the area
- Apprenticeship instead of Yoga Teacher Training
- The traits of a good yoga teacher: strong and disciplined personal practice
- Becoming a nationally recognized yoga teacher
- Leading annual retreats to Jamaica...for the last 37 years
- The daily morning practice
- Urban legends
- What is fitness? The purpose of an Asana practice
- The explosion of yoga industry in the US
- Pranayama
- Pratyahara
- Meditation
- Sitting instead of meditating
- Quiet in a full sense
- Changing people's consciousness instead of changing the world
- The 8 limbs of Patanjali's yoga