quotes

Honour yourself as part of the infinite. Living Your Yoga: Once today, close your eyes, and imagine that your are part of all that is around you, regardless of whether you like it or not. Judith Hanson Lasater

Yoga practice allows our suffering to come to the surface. Living Your Yoga: Practice one of your favourite asanas.  When you feel the stretch, hold the pose, breathe, and let the stretch resolve itself. Judith Hanson Lasater

Practicing yoga is a loving act of respect. Living Your Yoga: In your practice today, treat your body with the respect you would give to my body. Judith Hanson Lasater

We don’t injure what we respect. Living Your Yoga: Treat all people you meet and all objects you handle with respect.  At the end of the day, notice how happy you feel. Judith Hanson Lasater

Thinking is active; awareness is receptive. Living Your Yoga: Sit quietly in a comfortable position for five minutes, and let yourself just receive each moment as it arises.  No thinking, no judgements. Judith Hanson Lasater

Never throw away your filter. Living Your Yoga: Despite the wisdom and power of the teacher, you are the only master of yourself.  Listen with a loving filter to your teacher, then absorb what resonates and let go of what doesn’t. Judith Hanson Lasater

It’s not about what comes in but what comes up. Living Your Yoga: We often believe that what we learn from the outside makes us better yoga students.  Today when you practice, pay more attention to your own wisdom as it comes up. Judith Hanson Lasater

Trust Yourself first. Living Your Yoga: Others can offer us advice and help, but deep inside we always know what is best for us.  Today consciously choose to trust yourself first when you make a decision. Judith Hanson Lasater

Do what you love. Living Your Yoga: Doing what you love is empowering and even health-enhancing.  Pick something, such as listening to your favourite piece of music, planting some flowers, or petting your dog, and do it for ten minutes today – just because you love it. Judith Hanson Lasater

Laugh more. Living Your Yoga: Children laugh dozens of times a day.  Laughing decreases blood pressure and relieves tension.  Find something funny in your life today and laugh at it.  Better yet, find something about yourself to laugh at. Judith Hanson Lasater