DC Yoga Podcast - John Schumacher Part II Final

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