JUDITH HANSON LASATER has taught yoga since 1971. She holds a
doctorate in East-West psychology and is a physical therapist. Dr.
Lasater is the president emeritus of the California Yoga Teachers
Association, and is one of the founders of Yoga Journal
magazine.
She trains yoga teachers in asana, kinesiology, yoga therapeutics,
and the Yoga Sutras, and she leads workshops and retreats
throughout the US and abroad. She is a pioneer in the teaching and
practice of Restorative yoga.
Dr. Lasater writes extensively about yoga. Her feature articles,
columns, and essays appear in numerous books, magazines, and
anthologies. She is the author of ten books on yoga, including
Relax and Renew, Restore and Rebalance, Yogabody, 30 Essential Yoga
Poses, Living Your Yoga, among others.
“I welcome this fine book to our anxious and weary world. We all
need the wisdom it contains. . . . Restorative yoga has been
helpful for my patients with such diverse conditions as back pain,
neck pain, high blood pressure, asthma, migraine and tension
headaches, stress-related diseases, chronic fatigue, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer.”—Mary Pullig Schatz,
M.D., Author of Back Care Basics and Relaxation Basics
“In Relax and Renew, Judith Lasater writes with insight and clarity
about a subject she loves: restorative yoga. These techniques will
help you ease stress and live well.”—Dean Ornish, M.D., Author of
Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease; Eat More,
Weigh Less; and Stress, Diet, and Your Heart
“Judith Lasater brings wisdom and experience to this remarkable
book. Her suggestions for menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause
are invaluable for women today.” Sadja Greenwood, M.D., Author of
Menopause, Naturally
“This book can help anyone develop and deepen the practice of yoga,
and use it in the work of healing not only one’s body, but one’s
life. The detailed recommendations for practicing the various
postures are extremely valuable. Restorative yoga can be a gateway
to deep relaxation and the cultivation of mindfulness. Enter,
enter!”—Jon Kabat-Zinn, UMMC Center for Mindfulness in Medicine,
Health Care, and Society, Author of Wherever You Go, There You Are
and Full Catastrophe Living
“Relax and Renew is a major contribution to the study of
relaxation. It offers you skillful ways to mind the body and mend
the mind.”—Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., Author of Minding the Body,
Mending the Mind and The Power of the Mind to Heal
“If what you want is simply a way to destress and relax, you’ll
love this book deeply. Lasater focuses on supported poses that
allow you to sink, settle, and completely bliss out. There are
sequences in here for short practices, for yoga at your desk, and
more.”—Book Riot
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