A Free 5-Day Book Club + Practice Series

December 12–16, 2026

Savasana Summit

Celebrate the release of Savasana: The Practice of Radical Rest and reimagine your relationship with silence through five days of practice, reflection, and conversation.

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with Judith Hanson Lasater and Lizzie Lasater

Judith Hanson Lasater helped found Yoga Journal magazine, has taught yoga since 1971, and is the author of two other pioneering books on Restorative Yoga. Together, Judith and Lizzie Lasater  have spent decades helping students and teachers explore the transformative power of rest.

Join us for a five-day online summit featuring self-paced video lessons, guided practices, and conversations, plus two live Zoom gatherings with Judith Hanson Lasater and Lizzie Lasater.

Live on Zoom:
Saturday, December 12 and
Wednesday, December 16, 2026
9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific • 12:00 to 2:00 PM Eastern
17:00 to 19:00 London • 18:00 to 20:00 Europe

All sessions will be recorded, so you can participate live or watch the replays at your own pace.

Why this book? Why now?

For years, students have asked Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD and Lizzie Lasater a deceptively simple question:

I love how I feel after doing Restorative yoga, so why is it so difficult to prioritize?

Their exploration of that question became this book.

Savasana: The Practice of Radical Rest is a mother-daughter collaboration born from decades of teaching, practicing, and witnessing the same struggle in students and themselves again and again: not a lack of knowledge, but a resistance to practice.

Together, Judith and Lizzie bring decades of experience to a conversation that feels more relevant than ever—exploring the beliefs, habits, and cultural conditioning that keep us stuck in busyness, and what becomes possible when we allow ourselves to soften.

During this Savasana Summit, they'll guide you through the book's most important teachings and practices—one chapter, one conversation, and one Savasana at a time.

The hope is simple: that you leave with a new relationship to rest and begin creating the conditions for greater contentment to flourish in your life.

Over five days, you'll learn...

  • Why rest is not a luxury, reward, or sign of laziness.

  • The hidden beliefs that make deep relaxation difficult.

  • How stillness, quiet, darkness, and warmth help the body naturally downshift.

  • Simple ways to practice radical rest in everyday life.

  • How to begin creating a Savasana lifestyle rooted in ease, presence, and contentment.


By the end of the Summit, you'll understand why conscious rest changes everything—and how to make it part of your daily life.

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What becomes possible when you finally slow down?

Join thousands of students around the world for five days dedicated to stillness, reflection, and radical rest.

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Voices you'll hear during the Summit:

These teachers read the book early and loved it. Many will join Judith and Lizzie for a conversation about Savasana.

Shiva Rea

Author “Tending the Heart Fire - Living in rhythm with the pulse of life.”

Invite the depth of Savasana into your life as a treasure of wisdom, practices, and insights from the most respected teachers of the regenerative arts of yoga. Thank you, Judith and Lizzie, for this gift.

Elena Brower

Bestselling author of Practice You

"We've spent a lifetime proving ourselves. Savasana is the invitation we've been avoiding; Judith and Lizzie ask us to release accomplishment and practice the truth of rest. When you're ready to come home to yourself, this book will hold you there."

Jason Crandell

Yoga teacher trainer and co-host of the Yogaland podcast

"From the defining voice of Restorative Yoga comes another essential addition to every yogi's library. This is a book of stories, lived experience, and wisdom, paired with clear, practical guidance on the postural techniques that make rest actually restful."

Richard C. Miller

Founder of iRest® Meditation and author of Yoga Nidra: The iRest Meditative Practice for Deep Relaxation and Healing

In a culture that glorifies busyness and measures our worth by productivity, Śavāsana offers a quiet revolution. Blending modern neuroscience, timeless yogic wisdom, and compassionate guidance, Judith and Lizzie Lasater reveal deep rest not as a luxury but as a biological necessity. More than a pose, śavāsana is our doorway home.

Cyndi Lee

Founder of OM Yoga Center and author of Long Life Yoga

"Just reading the book made my breath slower, my mind quiet, my body softer. This timely book speaks to the moment when everybody is touting the benefits of relaxing but only the Lasaters are teaching us how to do it."

Amy Ippoliti

Co-author of The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga

"Judith and Lizzie, the irresistible mother-daughter duo, make the case for prioritizing the life-changing practice and art form of lying down. Their decades of teachings on Savasana have transformed my own sleep, my ability to recover, and given me the tools to walk with more ease in a turbulent world."

Bradshaw Wish

Host of The Funny Thing About Yoga podcast

"Judith and Lizzie beautifully capture the essence of Savasana in this book. For yoga teachers and practitioners alike, this book offers thoughtful insight into the profound gift of Savasana and reminds us that this posture is so much more than simply the end of practice, it is a return to ourselves."

Sarah Ezrin

Author of The Yoga of Parenting

"In a world intent on maxx'ing everything from our wealth to our health, Judith and Lizzie offer readers an invitation to not only do less, but also to simply be. We all crave slowing down. This book teachs us exactly how."