I don't think we find compassion. I think we become the space that compassion wants to live in. — Judith Hanson Lasater Compassion Copy Share Image
Taking time out each day to relax and renew is essential to living well. — Judith Hanson Lasater Each day Copy Share Image
“... the only thing I was to do while living was to love everyone. That, she let me know, is the purpose… — Judith Hanson Lasater Life Copy Share Image
Do not look for joy anywhere else. It is living in you, and gives meaning to all Existence. — Judith Hanson Lasater Existence Copy Share Image
Compassion is fierce and strong, and it holds people accountable. But it doesn't do it with anger or judgment. — Judith Hanson Lasater Compassion Copy Share Image
I believe that yoga should lead us to a place where kindness and compassion are instantaneous. — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“I believe that perception does not shape your life; it is your life.” — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“Learning to be present with yourself and to abide in that which is steady and comfortable does not allow space for self-judgment.… — Judith Hanson Lasater Living fully Copy Share Image
The time to recognize the power of community is here again. Not as some romanticized renaissance from times past, but as a… — Judith Hanson Lasater Community Copy Share Image
“[Let] go of your attachments: your attachment to being right, to having total control, or to living forever. This process of letting… — Judith Hanson Lasater Attachment Copy Share Image
“If you expect more from yourself than from others, you are saying that you are better than others and therefore must perform… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“If I wanted to influence their behavior, it had to be through my own. The only real control I had was the… — Judith Hanson Lasater Control Copy Share Image
As products of our highly competitive and specialized society, with all its ladders and ceilings, neat compartments, titles, and categories, to remain… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
I think it's possible for all of us to use our yoga to distract us from our yoga. Because we get so… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty. — Judith Hanson Lasater Beauty Copy Share Image
“I suggest that, before speaking or taking some other action, you first ask yourself these questions: Is it necessary? Is it true?… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“What we learned about love and relationships from our childhood feels normal. But just because something feels familiar doesn't mean it is… — Judith Hanson Lasater Children Copy Share Image
“When carving stone, the sculptor removes everything that is not the statue. […] The art of revealing beauty lies in removing what… — Judith Hanson Lasater Art Copy Share Image
“We accept responsibility for ourselves when we acknowledge that ultimately there are no answers outside of ourselves, and no gurus, no teachers,… — Judith Hanson Lasater Responsibility Copy Share Image
“I came to understand that belief is a preconception about the way reality should be; faith is the willingness to experience reality… — Judith Hanson Lasater Belief Copy Share Image
We are deep into the year of the dragon and all around the intensity of the collective pushes forward to a new… — Judith Hanson Lasater Age Copy Share Image
“I wanted them to realized that there is enough time, enough love, and certainly enough apple pie in life ... I believed… — Judith Hanson Lasater Apple pie Copy Share Image
Eat by Choice, Not by Habit combines the author's humor, deep compassion for others and knowledge about food in a way that… — Judith Hanson Lasater Attitude Copy Share Image
“1. I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. 2. I am of the… — Judith Hanson Lasater Death Copy Share Image
“The sad thing about being caught up in attachment or aversion is that it interferes with the ability to experience things as… — Judith Hanson Lasater Aversion Copy Share Image
“If you expect more from yourself than from others, you are saying that you are better than others and, therefore, must perform… — Judith Hanson Lasater Goals Copy Share Image
“Truthfulness includes the small things that no one but you would ever know about. ... I also realized that I could not… — Judith Hanson Lasater Honesty Copy Share Image
“When you react, you are not in a state of love. When you can love without expectation, you are in a state… — Judith Hanson Lasater Desire for power Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it means that we are, in every moment, to remember the whole, to remember the gift of life, to remember the… — Judith Hanson Lasater Conscious mind Copy Share Image
“... [T]ruth has at least three levels. The first is a basic communication that we seek in our daily lives, that is,… — Judith Hanson Lasater Communication Copy Share Image
“Don't believe your thoughts; they are just neurotransmitters locking into receptor sites, not reality. ... As I studied and practiced more, I… — Judith Hanson Lasater Freedom Copy Share Image
I believe myself capable of great things. Some days it feels as if I can't do it alone. It is nice to… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“Now, well beyond my teens, I feel that there is no such thing as wasted love. Any love that we experience holds… — Judith Hanson Lasater Love Copy Share Image
Joy is big. Joy lives in your own drunken electrons, billions of them, spinning and dancing without end in their own intimate… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image