such as Mental (Jnana) and Devotional (Bhakti) Yoga". She continues to serve on Yoga Journal'''s advisory boards, and is a regular presenter at its annual conference. Leader of yoga in America Lasater has been called "One of the nation's [i.e. the USA's] foremost [yoga] instructors", and a "yoga teaching star", having led workshops in 44 American states as well as in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, China, England, France, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, and Russia. She has written numerous books on yoga; they have been translated into Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The yoga therapist and teacher Janice Gates devoted a chapter of her book about women in yoga to her. Gates quotes Lasater as saying that the problem is always practitioners' attitude, not the practice itself; people in the West often seek an austere yoga in the hope of controlling their bodies, but, Lasater notes, "When the Buddha sought enlightenment, the 'austerity stage' is the first one he tried and the first one he dropped". Family life Lasater is married with three grown children. WorksRelax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times, Rodmell Press, 1995 (Co-authored with Mary Pullig Schatz), — how to deal with stress in one's life, using Restorative Yoga, with advice on problems such as back pain, insomnia, and pregnancyLiving Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life, Rodmell Press, 2000, — how to bring the spiritual lessons from yoga into the challenging situations of daily lifeYoga for Pregnancy: What Every Mom-to-Be Needs to Know, Rodmell Press, 2003, — short book on yoga poses and breathing for pregnant mothers30 Essential Yoga Poses: For Beginning Students and Their Teachers, Rodmell Press, 2003, — a guide to practising and teaching yoga, explained through poses like Trikonasana, Vriksasana, and VirabhadrasanaYoga Abs: Moving From Your Core, Rodmell Press, 2005, — how to develop core strength in the abdominal muscles, using yogaA Year of Living Your Yoga: Daily Practices to Shape Your Life, Rodmell Press, 2006, — aphorisms and affirmations to accompany a yoga practiceWhat We Say Matters: Practicing Nonviolent Communication, Rodmell Press, 2009 (Co-authored with Ike K. Lasater), — advice and exercises for dealing with violence, using what Buddhism calls 'right speech'Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana, Rodmell Press, 2009, — deeper understanding of yoga through the relationship of asana practice to anatomyRestore and Rebalance: Yoga for Deep Relaxation'', Shambhala, 2017, — using Restorative Yoga with new asanas to relax