Dear fellow yogis of the Southeast region!

Big thanks to our community for responding to the IYNAUS survey. I'm happy to report that we are the region with the highest participation rate.

To serve you better, we are in the process of studying the results and as soon as we have more details we'll share those with you. In the meantime given the interest that you have for receiving information about workshops and educational opportunities, we'll continue sharing those in the newsletter. We also want to let you know that we are working on developing new scholarship opportunities for the rest of the year.

In other news, the time of the year to select new board members is approaching. If you are interested in serving your community by becoming part of the IYASE board, stay tuned! We will be sharing details soon about the positions available, along with the the nomination and selection process.

Namaste,

Mariana Scotti

IYASE President 2020

The Gift of Covid-19

Rosa Santana, owner of Yoga Rosa Studio in Hallendale Beach, Florida, gives us an intimate look into her journey with Covid-19. A story that is still unfolding:

" . . . I had never felt the way I was feeling, therefore had no frame of reference for how to handle it with my yoga practice. I learned that covid causes inflammation of the endothelial cells, which line the blood vessels. They are everywhere, so everything hurt, including my brain. My usual go to pose when my nervous system feels agitated, Supta Baddha Konasana, was impossible. All supine poses made me feel like someone was stepping on my sternum and pushing down. Prone poses and twists were fabulous, as long as I had support. My endurance was zero. I experimented with the poses by entering them in a touch and go fashion. The only pose that I could find peace for a long time was child’s pose. So I embraced my inner child, and rested on my bolster as if it were a soothing teddy bear. . . . "

We are sad to share the news that, while continuing online classes, John Schumacher's Unity Woods Yoga center is shutting its doors on Cordell Avenue in Bethesda after more than three decades as a local fixture. Click the image below for the full story.

Our studios are struggling to make ends meet in this challenging business environment. Please do what you can to support our IYASE studios in their online offerings.

Observations & Corrections in the Age of Zoom

An ONLINE Teacher Training with John Schumacher

Saturday, September 12, 2020 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

God in the Yoga Sutras & Bhagavad Gita

ONLINE with Edwin Bryant

Thu, Sep 24, 2020 2:00 PM and Sun, Sep 27, 2020 5:30 PM

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