Judith Hanson Lasater is President of the California Yoga Teachers Association, and serves on the advisory boards of Yoga Journal and Healing Lifestyles and Spas. She is the founder of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco, California and the Yoga Journal magazine. Her yoga training includes study with B. K. S. Iyengar in India and the United States.
Judith teaches yoga classes and trains yoga teachers in kinesiology, yoga therapeutics, and the Yoga Sutras in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also gives workshops throughout the United States, and has taught in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, England, France, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and Russia.
Judith Hanson Lasater Publications
She writes extensively on the therapeutic aspects of yoga. She is the author of:
- Yoga Myths (2020)
- Restore and Rebalance (2017)
- What We Say Matters (2009)
- YogaBody (2008)
- A Year of Living Your Yoga (2006)
- Yoga Abs (2005)
- Yoga for Pregnancy (2004)
- 30 Essential Yoga Poses (2003)
- Living Your Yoga (2000)
- Relax and Renew (1995)
Currently, Judith is consulting on four studies being conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These studies focus on the use of restorative yoga to reduce hot flashes in menopausal women, to reduce metabolic syndrome, to reduce anxiety during drug rehabilitation, and for women in treatment for breast cancer.
Judith Hanson Lasater lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.