Rodmell Press: Yoga: Relax and Renew

Relax and Renew:
Restful Yoga for Stressful Times
Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D., P.T.
ISBN 0-9627138-4-8 | $21.95
paperback | 256 pages
8 1/2" x 10"

Advance Praise

"I welcome this book to our anxious and weary world. We all need the wisdom it contains. . .. Restorative yoga has been helpful for my patients with diverse conditions, such as back pain, neck pain, high blood pressure, asthma, migraine and tension headaches, stress-related diseases, chronic fatigue, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer."

—Mary Pullig Schatz, M.D.
From the "Foreword"
Author of Back Care Basics

"In Relax and Renew, Judith lasater writes with insight and clarity about a subject she loves: restorative yoga. These techniques will help you ease stress and live well."

—Dean Ornish, M.D.
Author of Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease; Eat More, Weigh Less; and Stress, Diet, and Your Heart.

"Judith Lasater brings wisdom and experience to this remarkable book. Her suggestions for menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause are invaluable for women today."

—Sadja Greenwood, M.D.
Author of Menopause, Naturally

"This book can help anyone develop and deepen the practice of yoga, and use it in the work of healing not only one's body, but one's life. The detailed recommendations for practicing the various postures are extremely valuable. Restorative yoga can be a gateway to deep relaxation and the cultivation of mindfulness. Enter, enter!"

—Jon Kabat Zinn, Ph.D.
UMMC Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health
Author of Wherever You Go, There You Are and Full Catastrophe Living

"Relax and Renew is a major contribution to the study of relaxation. It offers you skillful ways to mind the body and mend the mind."

—Joan Boryshenko, Ph.D.
Author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and The Power of the Mind to Heal

"Relaxation is the key to yoga and to wholesome living. Dr. Judith Lasater's Relax and Renew makes an immensely valuable contribution to the existing literature. It is practical, precise, and refreshingly sound. I consider it essential reading for all yoga teachers, physical therapists, and anyone wishing to remove tension from the body and mind and restore energy and joy."

— Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.
Founder-Director, Yoga Research and Education Center
Author of The Yoga Tradition

"Relax and Renew is a wonderful manual that delivers exactly what the title promises. Judith Lasater's clear directions and illustrations, together with her deep knowledge of yoga, are invaluable."

Ali MacGraw
Actor and Yoga Practitioner

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