Restorative yoga teacher Judith Lasater offers a program of yoga poses to help rebalance your mind and body and counteract the effects of chronic stress.
JUDITH HANSON LASATER holds a BS degree in Physical Therapy from the University of California, San Francisco, as well as a PhD in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She also holds a BA and an MA in unrelated areas. She has taught yoga since 1971. In l974, she helped found a nationally known yoga teacher training program in San Francisco, CA, which has since trained thousands of teachers. She was a one of five founders ofYoga Journal, has served on its editorial advisory board, and has written and modeled for numerous articles and columns for the magazine over the years. Lasater has taught yoga as an invited teacher at national and international conventions of yoga teachers for decades, and has written eight books.
“As we increase the speed of our communications and interactions,
Restorative Yoga becomes more indispensable to our practice and our
lives. I’m grateful for master teacher Judith Hanson Lasater, who
continues to elevate the conversation with this new
compilation of detailed, advanced Restorative postures,
highlighting a universal truth of self-care in practice—slowing
down is just another way of waking up.”—Elena Brower, author of Art
of Attention and Practice You
“With insight, playfulness, precision and big heart, Judith Hanson
Lasater gives us the radical teaching that being relaxed and being
present go together, and then lights the way with twenty
restorative poses, eleven sequences and immeasurable inspiration.
This new resource is as essential to yogis as a yoga mat.”—Cyndi
Lee, author of Yoga Body, Buddha Mind
“Judith Hanson Lasater has arguably done more than anyone since BKS
Iyengar to popularize and refine this deeply therapeutic practice.
This book should be required reading for yoga teachers and yoga
therapists. It will also interest anyone who's looking for a
self-directed approach to relieving stress, cultivating
mindfulness, and healing body, mind and spirit.”—Timothy McCall,
MD, author of Yoga as Medicine
“Restore and Rebalance is a vital resource for yoga teachers
and students alike; and anyone who wishes to delve deeply into the
science of restoration for building resiliency, health, and
well-being at all levels of our body, mind, and spirit.”—Richard
Miller, PhD, author of iRest Meditation
“Judith Hanson Lasater is an American pioneer in the field of
restorative Yoga. Restore and Rebalance takes us deeper in
our understanding of reducing stress which is present in all
illness. Highly recommended for Yoga teachers, students, and all
health professionals”—Larry Payne Ph.D., Founding President,
International Association of Yoga Therapists Founding Director,
Yoga Therapy Rx and Prime of Life Yoga programs Loyola Marymount
University
“This compassionate book is valuable for people recovering from
serious medical or psychological conditions, and those that would
teach them. With its creative poses, beautiful photographs and
practical advice, it unobtrusively unites current knowledge with
ancient wisdom. The prose seems to have a curative effect all
its own.” —Loren M. Fishman, MD, B.Phil.,(oxon.) Columbia Medical
School
“Relaxation is one of the most important practices to learn for
mental, physical and spiritual well-being. In Restore and
Rebalance, Judith Lasater guides you with such elegant detail on
how to use yoga props, to relax, to restore, and to find balance in
your life. She offers valuable information for teachers and
students of yoga.”—Elise Browning Miller, MA, Senior CIYT
(Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher), owner of the California Yoga
Center in Mountain View, California
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