“... I consciously closed down my energy. He instantly left me alone. I learned a powerful lesson that day. When you open up your heart, it can be out of pride. Had I been wiser, I would have realized that… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share
“... the only thing I was to do while living was to love everyone. That, she let me know, is the purpose of life.” — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“Am I suggesting that we no longer try to achieve our goals? Absolutely not. It is not accomplishment that is the problem. The problem… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
Follow your nature. The practice is really about uncovering your own pose; we have great respect for our teachers, but unless we can uncover our own pose in the moment, it's not practice - it's mimicry. Rest deeply in Savasana every day. Always enter that pratyahara (withdrawn state) every day. And just enjoy yourself. For many years I mistook discipline… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share
“... I consciously closed down my energy. He instantly left me alone. I learned a powerful lesson that day. When you open up your heart, it can be out of pride. Had I been wiser, I would have realized that it would be better to keep my energy to myself unless I was truly the loving person that I thought… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share
We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty. — Judith Hanson Lasater 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 as it is, including the acceptance of the unknown. An interesting way to understand the difference is to use the words interchangeably in the same sentence: I believe in Santa Claus. I have faith in Santa Claus. Belief… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share
“Don't believe your thoughts; they are just neurotransmitters locking into receptor sites, not reality. ... As I studied and practiced more, I began to see that this emerging freedom from the tyranny of my thoughts was the only real freedom. ... This is a key to living yoga. Watching thoughts of anger, greed, boredom, impatience, I was no longer at… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share
“[Let] go of your attachments: your attachment to being right, to having total control, or to living forever. This process of letting go is… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
You can't make yourself be compassionate, you can only keep stepping back and becoming a larger container in which compassion wants to live. The… — 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 great power… — Judith Hanson Lasater 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? Is it… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
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