The Uplifted Yoga Podcast Why You Can’t Skip Savasana with Judith Hanson Lasater [Episode 205]
Only doing savasana for a few minutes? According to today’s guest, that’s not long enough! Today we welcome to the show Judith Hanson Lasater, world-renowned expert in restorative yoga. In this mind-blowing episode, she shares with us why rest and sleep are different, and how we need BOTH. Judith explains the three unique stages of savasana. And if you’re playing music while you rest, think again! Judith teaches us the potent power of silence. Whether you’re a yoga student or teacher, you’ll walk away from this episode with a renewed enthusiasm for self-care. Thank you, Judith for inspiring my 4pm rest time and for this amazing episode!
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Judith Hanson Lasater holds a Ph.d. in East-West Psychology and a BS in Physical Therapy, and has taught yoga around the world since 1971. She is a founder of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco, CA, as well as of Yoga Journal magazine. Ms. Lasater trains yoga teachers in virtually every state of the union and is often an invited guest at international yoga conventions. She is president emeritus of the California Yoga Teachers' Association as well as the author of numerous articles on yoga and health for nationally recognized magazines. She served as an advisor on three National Institute of Health studies on the health effects of yoga practice. She was selected by Natural Health magazine, on the occasion of their 40th anniversary, as one of the five people in the USA who has had the most influence on natural health in America during those 40 years. In September, 2014, she was interviewed on the nationally broadcast NPR (National Public Radio) very popular radio show “All Things Considered” about the passing of yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar. In its 40th anniversary edition in 2015, Yoga Journal magazine named Ms. Lasater as the most influential yoga teacher in the USA of those 40 years. She is the author of 10 books, the latest of which is Restore and Rebalance: the yoga of deep relaxation.
Special Guest: Judith Hanson Lasater
www.judithhansonlasater.com www.lasater.yoga
Creator & Host: Brett Larkin
Sound Engineer: Zach Cooper
Producer: Benn Mendelson
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