“... 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
“Am I suggesting that we no longer try to achieve our goals? Absolutely not. It is not accomplishment that is the problem.… — Judith Hanson Lasater Children 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… — Judith Hanson Lasater Ambition Copy Share Image
“... I consciously closed down my energy. He instantly left me alone. I learned a powerful lesson that day. When you open… — Judith Hanson Lasater Loving person 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 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
“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
“[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
You can't make yourself be compassionate, you can only keep stepping back and becoming a larger container in which compassion wants to… — Judith Hanson Lasater Again and again 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
“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 Ask yourself 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
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
Why are we doing all these handstands, backbends and arm balances? I don't know why we're doing them unless our lives are… — Judith Hanson Lasater Arms 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
“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
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 Categories 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 Bigs Copy Share Image
“How do you honor the spirit of karma yoga and also honor your own needs? ... [Y]ou can come to karma yoga… — Judith Hanson Lasater Health 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
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 perception does not shape your life; it is your life.” — Judith Hanson Lasater Life 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 Caught Copy Share Image
What you want to get as a teacher is not an email or a Facebook post that says, 'I learned so much… — Judith Hanson Lasater Class Copy Share Image