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Lilias Folan,
known as the "First Lady of Yoga"
since her groundbreaking 1972 Yoga series
Lilias! Yoga and You, has been
regarded as one of America's most knowledgeable and beloved Master Yoga
teachers. Through her television
shows, books, audio tapes, videos, dvds, workshops
and seminars, Lilias has spent nearly forty
years inspiring students and teachers throughout the USA with the benefits of yoga for the body, mind and
spirit. Steeped in many different yoga traditions, in recent years
Lilias relies strongly on her own personal experience and intuition to
influence her teaching.
Lilias first
became involved with yoga at the age of 30
when her doctor suggested trying the system
of simple stretching and breathing
techniques to help relieve a variety of
ailments including back pain, sleeping
problems and a general case of the
"blahs." Yoga gave Lilias, then a
housewife and mother, a renewed vitality and
energy. With this increased zest for life,
she continued her yoga practice in New York
City where she studied and taught with some
of the finest teachers from Europe, India
and America.
With skill and
knowledge, Lilias began teaching classes in
her Ohio community sharing what she had
learned. Four years later, her television
series Lilias! Yoga and You,
which was produced by PBS affiliate WCET in Cincinnati Ohio, aired nationally
on PBS stations, and viewers across the
country watched and practiced with her.
Lilias' audience grew to include everyone
from housewives to athletes, executives,
children and seniors as well as Olympians,
artists, poets, members of Congress and even
a former president of the United States. She taught internationally
in Australia, Russia, Italy, Ireland, Germany, and for the British Wheel
of Yoga.
The PBS series
led to other ventures including two
best-selling books on yoga, several audio
programs and numerous award-winning videos.
Now, Lilias Folan is regarded as the
"master of her craft," bringing
yoga to the public with her easy,
comfortable approach. Nearly forty years after
discovering her love of yoga, Lilias
continues to inspire audiences around the
world with workshops and seminars spiced
with her knowledge, vibrancy and enthusiasm.
Lilias' position
as a major influence in the field of health
and fitness has gained her international
renown. In fact, the Soviet Ministry of
Health extended an invitation to Lilias, one
out of ten honored guests asked to speak,
teach and participate in the first
Soviet/American Yoga Teachers Conference,
held in Moscow in 1991.
In her third book, Lilias! Yoga Gets
Better With Age (Rodale Press), Lilias turns her attention to a
demographic that has not yet been addressed--her own! At 70 plus,
she is living proof that yoga is a continually changing, growing,
deepening practice, that can be learned with ease at mid-life and
beyond.
Lilias Folan is a Yoga Alliance Certified
Teacher with E500 + T500 hours. Yoga Alliance credits are
available for Lilias' programs.
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