Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT
Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT
Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT, has been a yoga teacher since 1971. A founder of Yoga Journal magazine, she trains yoga teachers all over the United States and on six continents. She is coauthor of What We Say Matters: Practicing Nonviolent Communication and author of Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana and six other books.
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By my early 20s I had taken up the study of yoga, and I really wanted to “understand” what life was all about. Soon I realized that I couldn’t figure it all out by thinking, and my questioning became more practical: How was I going to act in this life? What choices would I make? It is said that the only things we really own are our actions, and if that was the case, I wondered, what exact principles could I use to guide my actions in my everyday life?
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Even in childhood I had a philosophical bent. I distinctly remember sitting at the dinner table with my twin brother and discussing with him why the dog could eat hamburger and it became “dog,” whereas we could eat hamburger and it became “us.” An interesting question for a couple of 9-year-olds to pursue. Sadly, we never figured it out.
By my early 20s I had taken up the study of yoga, and my worrisome won- dering about the big questions of mean- ing and purpose in life was becoming more refined. Now I really wanted to “understand” what life was all about.
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