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" . . . perfect for yoga practitioners, beginners, and teachers . . . a gift of life that will provide a new beginning for many people." -- New Age Retailer, October 2000
". . . a book well worth keeping by your reading chair for inspiration and thoughtful contemplation." -- Yoga International, June-July 2000
". . . the real value in this book stems from the fact that its author is a yoga student . . ." -- Yoga Journal, January-February 2000
"With humorous and endearing anecdotes . . . , Judith shares openly how she deals with the everday situations we all face." -- Yoga Chicago, December 2000
". . . a book well worth keeping by your reading chair for inspiration and thoughtful contemplation." -- Yoga International, June-July 2000
". . . the real value in this book stems from the fact that its author is a yoga student . . ." -- Yoga Journal, January-February 2000
"With humorous and endearing anecdotes . . . , Judith shares openly how she deals with the everday situations we all face." -- Yoga Chicago, December 2000
Book Description
If you think you have to escape to a cave in the Himalayas to find the enlightenment that yoga promises, think again. In Living Your Yoga, Judith Lasater, Ph.D., P.T., stretches the meaning of yoga beyond its familiar poses and breathing techniques to include the events of daily life as practice.
Using the time-honored wisdom of the Yoga Sutra and the Bhagavad Gita to steer the course, she serves up off-the-mat practices to guide you in deepening your relationships with ourselves, your family and friends, and the world around you. Inspiring and practical, she blends her heartfelt knowledge of an ancient tradition with her life experiences as a daughter, wife, mother, friend, and yoga teacher and practitioner. The result: a new yoga that beckons us to find the spiritual in everyday life.
Living Your Yoga is divided into three parts, each exploring the nitty-gritty of those qualities to be cultivated and those challenges to be transformed through awareness. Each chapter contains an essay; a guided Living Your Yoga practice, plus more suggestions for practice; and Mantras for Daily Living.
Part I: Awakening of Awareness: Yoga within Yourself, including spiritual seeking, discipline, letting go, self-judgment, faith, perspective, and courage.
Part II: Widening the Circle: Yoga and Relationships, including compassion, control, fear, patience, attachment and aversion, suffering, and impermanence.
Part III: Embracing All Life: Yoga in the World, including greed, service, connection, truth, success, nonviolence, and love.
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Some years ago, I was working at my desk and realized that I had misplaced a bill that was due. Read the first page
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Making It Real,
By louienapoli "louieb" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life (Paperback)
Here in Manhattan it's not unusual to go to one of the yoga studios that now seem almost as prevalent as McDonald's, only to get overpowered by the stench not of sweat but of ego and one-upsmanship (up-yogiship?). It's like "Any pose you can hold, I can hold better." Worse, I've left class, or home practice, only to wait for the train or bus in a fit of impatience. I've meditated only to find myself procrastinating over doing something that needs to be done--six months ago. In short, I've practiced a lot of hatha yoga and meditation, and benefited from it, but there was no carry over into my life. Which is what it's supposed to be about, not an end in itself. And the Sutra's of Patanjali are nice, poetic semi-haikus but forget about applying them on the A train. Here comes Iyengar veteran Lasater with a book on integrating yoga into everyday life so you don't leave it all on the sticky mat. Every chapter deals with handling different emotional qualities, from developing courage to conquering fear and impatience. Lasater gives examples from her life. It's reassuring to read how an accomplished yogi and teacher struggles with the same issues. And the yogic methods she's found to overcome them. This book is an excellent complement to the standard books on the technique of yoga. Don't let the title fool you. This isn't a soft-headed New Age primer full of platitudes. This is a how-to manual full of practical guidance. So good it should come with a karma-back guarantee.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Very Inspiring,
By A Customer
This review is from: Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life (Paperback)
This book was exactly what I was looking for. It integrates Yoga practice (not poses or hokey stuff) into everyday meaningful life lessons. It is very insightful and offers ways to gain and incorporate this insightfulness into your life.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Touches on the spiritual, while focusing on the practical,
By "cattykitt99" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life (Paperback)
This was a really good book. It wasn't necessarily about Yoga postures or the theory or practice of Yoga. It focused more on the principles on how to live your life, while using Yoga as a medium to achieve some of them. This was one of those books that calms your mind and brings you a sense of peace, inspiring you to want to incorporate those principles into your own life. I will be reading more of her writings in the future.
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