lasater.yoga

This course is beautiful and refreshing. As a newer teacher, I found Judith and Lizzie’s perspective refreshing and relevant to the teaching style I am looking to refine. Mahalo ladies for doing what you do 🙏🏽

I live in a remote area and sometimes feel very distant from my teachers so this training was very helpful for me. I have had the great fortune of studying with Judith in person occasionally, but having her come into my home and speak to me through this medium was very powerful for me.

I really like the fact that asking the student if I may touch them helps me, as a teacher, to slow myself down. I read "Teaching Yoga with Intention" and also like how you acknowledge that every person has their own power and to respect that, by asking permission and communicating. I am very intentional when touching a patient and it matters a lot! I have seen first hand how a patient feels and responds when a healthcare worker does not ask for permission to touch a patient and give them treatment. As you said, we all have our own power and how wonderful to acknowledge that and respect that power. Lastly, having a clear intention of why we feel the need to touch and being clear with ourselves about that. Thank you! There is a lot I enjoyed about the course. You made sure to cover the basic foundations of teaching yoga. For the final project, I am committed to practicing savasana 3x/week for at least 3 weeks (I hope to increase this because as a student in a respiratory therapy program, I feel I really need it). I have a home practice and am quite hard on myself about practicing despite my school and clinical schedule because I used to practice 6 days/week except moon days and Saturdays. Lately, I have been practicing at home about twice a week (nice long practice) and once a week at a studio. In addition, I read both your books, "What we say matters" and "Teaching Yoga with Intention." I already use props quite a bit and love them! Self empathy is something the final project had me revisit as well. I saved the entire final project in a word document with the intention of doing all of them in the near future. I need yoga in my life as it grounds me and helps me stay centered for myself and those I love. It also helps me be more compassionate with my patients and I notice your books have had an impact. The yoga sutras are something I will incorporate more too. I loved the Upanishads and read two versions. I read the Bhagavad Gita but was not as drawn to it as the Upanishads. Incorporating a yoga sutra is a great idea. I sometimes have incorporated a Yama or Niyama. The ability for yoga to cease the fluctuations of the mind is always a intention in my class by continuing to bring the student back to their body with specific body instructions (Yoga Sutra 1.2). With sincere gratitude, Melody

This course should be mandatory at all Teacher Trainings! The teaching methods, verbiage , and helpful tips cover areas that were not addressed in my training. This is so helpful!

Being able to study with Judith Hanson Lasater at my own pace and at my own convenience was a delight and this was an outstanding course. I have implemented many things from this class in my teaching, including allowing the top hip in triangle (and warrior 2) to come a bit forward - thank you!

This course is built in a way that inspires me to go deeper in every subject. I have been using Judith Hanson Lasater's books for years, but now I have been able to integrate the knowledge and wisdom from the books in my own practice as well as my teaching in a much more profound manner.

Teaching Yoga was my second course after Savasana Intensive, and it is a true compass in the way of teaching Yoga! I am waiting for my third course :-)

I got a lot of information and ideas from this course as it was easy to engage with and offered many concepts to think about. I loved the books, especially What We Say Matters.

Felt like I was right in the room with them as they taught. Picked up so many tips. And learned a lot of new things. This course has made me a better Yoga student and teacher.

The material is useful and clear and the best part is that I can refer back to it whenever I want! I like the question and answer style of it and getting to know Judith's style of teaching which I only know through my own teachers as I have never had the chance to attend one of her classes.