Level 2 is for intermediate students with consistent Iyengar Yoga experience. This class refines standing poses, introduces pranayama, help students develop their inversions and build their strength and stamina.

Level 3 allows for more focus on inversions and restorative poses, in addition to the entire range of asanas. For those with significant Iyengar yoga experience.

For those with back problems. The emphasis is on postures that increase strength and flexibility. Students will learn how classical and modified yoga poses can benefit back conditions such as lower back pain, disc disease, sciatica, upper back and neck tightness, or asymmetry in the body due to scoliosis or other minor imbalances.

For intermediate and advanced students who are ready for more challenging poses.

This class is for students who have completed the introductory course in Iyengar yoga. The basic poses are refined with an emphasis on all the standing poses. Inverted poses (headstand, plow, and shoulderstand) are introduced.

Level I/II classes are for students who have completed Level I and prefer a gradual transition to Level II. This level is also ideal for those with previous yoga experience who are new to Unity Woods.

This month our featured offering is part of a series of discussions offered by Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher, John Schumacher. Each quarter John hosts a free discussion at his Unity Woods Yoga Center in Bethesda, Maryland. This month the topic of discussion is the prevalence of Yoga Teacher Trainings and how to navigate these potentially murky waters. John references his own journey to become a teacher as well as a rather egregious example of a 5 hour workshop he came across which claimed to teach you everything there is to know about yoga and yoga therapy. John's examples remind us of how precious this gift of yoga is as it offers us an avenue for self-discovery.

Every Quarter, Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher, John Schumacher, offers a lecture and discussion to his students which is free and open to the public. These talks are held in his Bethesda, Maryland Unity Woods Yoga Center. This lecture, held in the summer of 2009 is on the topic of Yoga and Awareness. John tackles the concept that anyone can do the physical poses of yoga asanas, but what makes yoga yoga is really the sense of awareness one brings to the practice. John asks us to "Tune In, Turn On and Drop Out", but quite a bit differently than the original use of the term as described by Timothy Leary. To find out how, listen to the audio recording below or subscribe to our podcast in iTunes or through your favorite feed reader.

The holidays and end of the year inventory can be a particularly difficult time for many people for many reasons, not least of which is the stress which it tends to bring. In the spirit of the holidays, iHanuman would like to offer you a few end of the year gifts in hopes of reducing your stress levels.First, a sequence of asanas taught in the Iyengar Tradition in honor of Mr. Iyengar's 90th birthday celebration being held this week in Pune, India. For twelve days in a row we will post a new asana.

This pose is taught as part of a workshop recorded with Bobby Clennell on May 2010 by iHanuman at Studio Bamboo Institute of Yoga in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The weekend included classes on Breast Health, Menopause, Backbends, Inversions, Pranayama and Meditation. For full audio downloads of all of the classes, please visit the iHanuman.com Download Store.

This pose is taught as part of a workshop recorded with Bobby Clennell on May 2010 by iHanuman at Studio Bamboo Institute of Yoga in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The weekend included classes on Breast Health, Menopause, Backbends, Inversions, Restoratives and Pranayama. For full audio downloads of all of the classes, please visit the iHanuman.com Download Store.

This pose is taught as part of a workshop recorded with Bobby Clennell on May 2010 by iHanuman at Studio Bamboo Institute of Yoga in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The weekend included classes on Breast Health, Menopause, Backbends, Inversions, Pranayama and Meditation. For full audio downloads of all of the classes, please visit the iHanuman.com Download Store.

This week marks the week of BKS Iyengar's 90th birthday. In honor of this auspicious event, iHanuman humbly offers you asanas as taught in the Iyengar method by Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher John Schumacher. John is among the students who has traveled to India this week to celebrate with Mr. Iyengar.

This week marks the week of BKS Iyengar's 90th birthday. In honor of this auspicious event, iHanuman humbly offers you asanas as taught in the Iyengar method by Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher John Schumacher. John is among the students who has traveled to India this week to celebrate with Mr. Iyengar.iHanuman will post asanas every day until the winter solstice in honor of this event. Parsvottanasana or Extended Sides of the Body Pose is a foundational standing pose in the Iyengar Tradition and a great prep for the more advanced revolved standing poses.

This week marks the week of BKS Iyengar's 90th birthday. In honor of this auspicious event, iHanuman humbly offers you asanas as taught in the Iyengar method by Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher John Schumacher. John is among the students who has traveled to India this week to celebrate with Mr. Iyengar.iHanuman will post asanas every day until the winter solstice in honor of this event. Utthita Parsva Konasana or Extended Side Angle Pose is a foundational hip-opening and strengthening standing pose in the Iyengar Tradition.

This week marks the week of BKS Iyengar's 90th birthday. In honor of this auspicious event, iHanuman humbly offers you asanas as taught in the Iyengar method by Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher John Schumacher. John is among the students who has traveled to India this week to celebrate with Mr. Iyengar.iHanuman will post asanas every day until the winter solstice in honor of this event. Urdhva Hastasana or Upward Hands Pose describes the external rotation of the upper arms as taught in the Iyengar Tradition.

This week marks the week of BKS Iyengar's 90th birthday. In honor of this auspicious event, iHanuman humbly offers you asanas as taught in the Iyengar method by Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher John Schumacher. John is among the students who has traveled to India this week to celebrate with Mr. Iyengar. iHanuman will post asanas every day until the winter solstice in honor of this event. Tadasana or Mountain Pose is the foundation for all of the standing poses taught in the Iyengar Tradition.

May 19-23, 2008 marks the first annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Yoga Week. The NIH Yoga Week is free and open to the public and this year's event boastest  yogic greats such Yogiraj Alan Finger, Senior Iyengar Teacher John Schumacher, Sat Bir Khalsa, and Dr. Timothy McCall. iHanuman filmed and recorded several of the talks during the event and we are honored to offer them to you. In this talk given in a packed conference room to NIH doctors, researchers, yoga students and teachers, John addresses "The Secret Treasure of Yogic Alignment". There are 3 parts to the talk and one question from the audience. Enjoy!

May 19-23, 2008 marks the first annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Yoga Week. The NIH Yoga Week is free and open to the public and this year's event boastest  yogic greats such as Yogiraj Alan Finger, Senior Iyengar Teacher John Schumacher, Sat Bir Khalsa, and Dr. Timothy McCall. iHanuman filmed and recorded several of the talks during the event and we are honored to offer them to you. In this talk given in a packed conference room to NIH doctors, researchers, yoga students and teachers, John addresses "The Secret Treasure of Yogic Alignment". There are 3 parts to the talk and one question from the audience. Enjoy!

In this interview, John shares how he lives his yoga.

In this interview John gives his advice on living in the present with non-attachment.