With a blend of yoga and physical therapy, Judith Lasater offers a practical program designed to enhance physical well-being through exercises, asana, and breathing techniques. This approach aims to empower individuals to cultivate strength, flexibility, and mindfulness, making it accessible for practitioners of all levels. Lasater's expertise ensures that readers can easily integrate these practices into their daily routines for improved health and relaxation.
The essential guide to correcting yoga misconceptions and avoiding injuries in your practice from Judith Hanson Lasater, a yoga instructor, physical therapist, and bodywork expert. "Tuck your tailbone to protect your back." "Increase your breath." "Pull your abdominal muscles into your backbone." Following these movement cues is often believed to benefit your yoga practice and protect your body when entering and holding poses. However, what may seem like a helpful correction can actually lead to injury or physical harm. In Yoga Myths, Judith Hanson Lasater draws on almost fifty years of experience as a yoga instructor and physical therapist to address the most common mistakes in our yoga practice and provide clear instructions for correcting these errors. Focusing on the eleven "myths" most detrimental to our practice, Lasater provides a comprehensive discussion of what the myth is, why it can hurt us, and how we can avoid it through step-by-step instructions and guiding photos. This book will allow you to return to the inherent wisdom, natural goodness, and spiritual wholeness of yoga and avoid life altering injuries for as long as you practice.
"Drawing from her nearly fifty years of yoga experience, and her background in Non-Violent Communication (NVC), a compassion-based practice, Lasater trains yoga teachers to effectively communicate not only technique, but also the more subtle lessons of respect, empathy, and compassion toward individuals, and to the group as a whole. She also shines an unflinching light on the use of touch in yoga. Teachers often use touch to stimulate understanding and awareness in the poses--but this is a subtle art: How often to touch? Where to touch? Where not to touch the student? Is a strong touch ever indicated? Lasater gives clear guidance on this important and timely subject. Lasater also empowers students, encouraging them to take ownership of, and responsibility for their practice. She covers myriad topics that can be difficult for students at any level to navigate, such as how and when to say "no" to an adjustment; keeping boundaries; when to leave a class; helping your teacher understand your needs; how to communicate your appreciation and/or thanks to your yoga teacher; and if and when to report a teacher's behavior to the yoga studio staff. The skills that Lasater offers in this book help create a safe environment for students to "own" their learning process, and to progress technically at their own speed"-- Provided by publisher
A yoga teacher and physical therapist studies the structure and movement of the human body, revealing how a knowledge of both can improve your yoga practice In Yogabody , author Judith Hanson Lasater emphasizes how an understanding of the human body is essential for understanding the dynamic movement of asana. Drawing on almost forty years of experience as a yoga teacher and physical therapist, she focuses here on macroanatomy and kinesiology in relationship to asana.Organized into five parts—the locomotor system, the vertebral column, the lower extremity, the trunk, and the upper extremity— Yogabody takes you on a fantastic journey through the bones, joints, connective tissue, nerves, and muscles, revealing how these structures interact to create and express movement.Judith conveys her expert knowledge in clear, concise language that makes it easy to understand, to remember, and to integrate. For seasoned teachers, novice teachers, and those in training to teach, Yogabody will help you guide your students to move with more enjoyment and less difficulty. For yoga students, Yogabody will help you practice more confidently on your own. Packed with color anatomical drawings, black-and-white diagrammatic asana illustrations, and helpful charts, you will learn what your body is made of, how it is designed to move, and how to bring the knowledge of both to awaken to asana.
"Learn how to communicate with compassion and choose language that reflects your personal values and aims with this essential guide to Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Judith Hanson Lasater and Ike Lasater, longtime students of yoga and Buddhism, had studied the concepts of satya (truth) and the Buddhist principle of right speech for years, but it was not until they began practicing Marshall Rosenberg's techniques of NVC that the concept of speech as a spiritual practice became real for them. Here the authors describe their personal journey through NVC and reveal how speech becomes a spiritual practice when you give and receive with compassion all the time-at home, at work, and in the world. They introduce the basics of NVC with clear explanations, personal examples, exercises, and resources. Some of the skills you'll learn include how to: Extend empathy to yourself and others Distinguish between feelings and needs Make requests rather than demands Choose connection over conflict Create mutually satisfying outcomes And much more"-- Provided by publisher
Kennen Sie das Gefühl der Enttäuschung und Frustration, wenn Sie einem anderen gegenüber Ihre Wünsche nicht so ausdrücken können, wie Sie das eigentlich gerne möchten? Sagen Sie manchmal gar nicht erst, was Sie sich wünschen, weil Sie den anderen nicht belasten wollen? Tendieren auch Sie dazu, Ihre Wut und Schuldzuweisungen gegen sich selbst zu richten? Judith und Ike Lasater haben sich lange Zeit mit Yoga und Buddhismus beschäftigt und auch sie kennen solche Situationen. Obwohl sie mit dem Yoga-Prinzip des Satya (Wahrhaftigkeit) und der buddhistischen Regel der richtigen Sprache vertraut waren, haben sie erst durch ihre Beschäftigung mit Marshall Rosenbergs Gewaltfreier Kommunikation (GFK) gelernt, diese Prinzipien im alltäglichen Leben umzusetzen. In diesem Buch beschreiben Judith und Ike Lasater ihre Reise durch die Welt der GFK und machen deutlich, wie Sprache zu einer spirituellen Praxis werden kann, die auf mitfühlendem Geben und Nehmen basiert. Sie schildern ihre ganz persönlichen Erfahrungen, geprägt von Versuch und Irrtum, Erfolg und Misserfolg, Lachen und Herausforderungen – selbst beim Schreiben dieses Buches! Das Ergebnis ist eine verständliche Einführung in die GFK mit anschaulichen Beispielen und hilfreichen Übungen.
