Restorative Yoga

An early disciple of [[B.K.S. Iyengar]], the yoga teacher and ''[[Yoga Journal]]'' editor [[Judith Lasater]] helped to popularize restorative yoga, based on [[Iyengar Yoga]]'s asanas and [[Yoga using props|use of props]].{{cite news |last=Isaacs |first=Nora |title=Exercisers Slow It Down With Qigong |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/fashion/05Fitness.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 April 2007 |quote=Judith Hanson Lasater, a yoga teacher since 1971 who now teaches restorative yoga, a form that encourages relaxation.}}{{sfn|Lasater|1995}}{{sfn|Gates|2006|pp=89–94}} Lasater states that "you will need" a [[yoga mat]], four [[Yoga brick|yoga blocks]], three firm [[bolster]]s, three hand towels, three eye bags, eight firm blankets, a broad {{convert|6|ft|m}} long yoga belt, a folding metal chair with the front rung removed, and two {{convert|10|lb|kg}} sandbags. For home practice, she suggests substituting throw pillows, couch cushions, or large bags of rice or dry beans as improvised props.{{sfn|Lasater|2017|pp=9–10}}

An early disciple of [[B.K.S. Iyengar]], the yoga teacher and ''[[Yoga Journal]]'' editor [[Judith Lasater]] helped to popularize restorative yoga, based on [[Iyengar Yoga]]'s asanas and [[Yoga using props|use of props]].{{cite news |last=Isaacs |first=Nora |title=Exercisers Slow It Down With Qigong |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/fashion/05Fitness.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 April 2007 |quote=Judith Hanson Lasater, a yoga teacher since 1971 who now teaches restorative yoga, a form that encourages relaxation.}}{{sfn|Lasater|1995}}{{sfn|Gates|2006|pp=89–94}} Lasater states that "you will need" a [[yoga mat]], four [[Yoga brick|yoga blocks]], three firm [[bolster]]s, three hand towels, three eye bags, eight firm blankets, a broad {{convert|6|ft|m}} long yoga belt, a folding metal chair with the front rung removed, and two {{convert|10|lb|kg}} sandbags. For home practice, she suggests substituting throw pillows, couch cushions, or large bags of rice or dry beans as improvised props.{{sfn|Lasater|2017|pp=9–10}}

Lasater proposes twelve asanas and their variants, for a total of twenty poses, with detailed instructions that occupy much of her 2017 book ''Restore and Rebalance''. The poses are reclining or supported variants of Baddha Konasana, Balasana (child's pose), [[Uttanasana]], [[Downward Dog Pose|Downward Dog]], [[Prasarita Padottanasana]] (wide-legged forward bend), [[Chakrasana|Urdhva Dhanurasana]] (upward bow), [[Setu Bandha Sarvangasana|Setu Bandhasana]] (bridge), legs up the wall, [[Sarvangasana]] (shoulderstand), [[Halasana]] (plough), Urdhva Paschimottanasana (upward-facing forward bend), and Shavasana.{{sfn|Lasater|2017|pp=vii–viii}}

Lasater proposes twelve asanas and their variants, for a total of twenty poses, with detailed instructions that occupy much of her 2017 book ''Restore and Rebalance''. The poses are reclining or supported variants of [[Baddha Konasana]], [[Balasana]] (child's pose), [[Uttanasana]], [[Downward Dog Pose|Downward Dog]], [[Prasarita Padottanasana]] (wide-legged forward bend), [[Chakrasana|Urdhva Dhanurasana]] (upward bow), [[Setu Bandha Sarvangasana|Setu Bandhasana]] (bridge), legs up the wall, [[Sarvangasana]] (shoulderstand), [[Halasana]] (plough), Urdhva Paschimottanasana (upward-facing forward bend), and [[Shavasana]].{{sfn|Lasater|2017|pp=vii–viii}}

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