“If you expect more from yourself than from others, you are saying that you are better than others and therefore must perform at a superior level.” — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
“... 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
“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
Follow your nature. The practice is really about uncovering your own pose; we have great respect for our teachers, but unless we can uncover… — 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… — 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
“I came to understand that belief is a preconception about the way reality should be; faith is the willingness to experience reality as it… — 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… — 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
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
“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
“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
“If you expect more from yourself than from others, you are saying that you are better than others and, therefore, must perform at a… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share
The time to recognize the power of community is here again. Not as some romanticized renaissance from times past, but as a necessarily new… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share
Why are we doing all these handstands, backbends and arm balances? I don't know why we're doing them unless our lives are shaped and… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share
