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Judith Hanson Lasater

Judith Hanson Lasater is a yoga teacher, physical therapist, and writer best known for pioneering Restorative Yoga. ((https://www.restorativeyogateachers.com/)) Teaching since 1971, she has authored 11 yoga books, including Relax and Renew, Restore and Rebalance, and Teaching Yoga with Intention, and was a founding editor of Yoga Journal. ((https://www.judithhansonlasater.com/))

Biography & Author's Journey

Judith Hanson Lasater became a prominent figure in American yoga by combining long practice with formal study of body and mind. In 1970, while in Austin and writing a master’s thesis, she took yoga at a student YMCA to ease arthritic symptoms and return to dance; by 1971 she was teaching. She later became a longtime student of B.K.S. Iyengar, earned a doctorate in East-West psychology, and trained as a physical therapist. Those experiences gave her work its lasting focus on alignment, anatomy, therapeutics, and everyday practice. ((https://www.yogamatters.com/blogs/community/meet-judith-hanson-lasater))

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Everything is better when you are rested
-Yoga: Restorative Yoga, with Judith Hanson Lasater
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Trust yourself first
-Interview with Judith Hanson Lasater on Yoga and Aging
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We all need refuge every day
-Keys to a Rewarding Home Yoga Practice
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To me, there is no greater tapas than consistency
-The Ten Most Important Sutras
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The only real way human relationships work is by mutuality in a spirit of mutual consent
-The Ethics of Yoga Therapy
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I have learned that discipline and anger do not have to go together and that forgiveness and giving in are not the same thing
-Swammie Mommie
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Above all else, he helped us find our best selves
-Eulogy for B.K.S. Iyengar

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