Lilias, Yoga and You
| Lilias, Yoga and You | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Exercise |
| Created by | Lilias Folan |
| Presented by | Lilias Folan |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 500[1] |
| Production | |
| Production company | WCET Cincinnati |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | October 5, 1970 – 1999 |
Lilias, Yoga and You was a PBS television show hosted by Lilias Folan, a Cincinnati, Ohio based practitioner of modern yoga. The show first aired in October 5, 1970 on Cincinnati PBS member station WCET and three years later[2] was carried on PBS across the United States, where it ran until 1999.
Presenter
Lilias Folan began to practice modern yoga in 1964. She studied under the yoga masters T. K. V. Desikachar, B. K. S. Iyengar, and Angela Farmer. Through her show she became known to Americans as the "First Lady of Yoga". She is married with two sons and seven grandchildren.[3]
Lilias! Yoga Gets Better With Age
WCET premiered Lilias! Yoga Gets Better With Age in March 2006, highlighting Folan's career and exploring the impact yoga has on the mind, body and spirit.[2]
Books and other media
Folan has published four books: Lilias, Yoga and You (1972), Lilias, Yoga and Your Life (1981), Lilias! Yoga Gets Better With Age (2005), and Lilias! Yoga: Your Guide to Enhancing Body, Mind, and Spirit in Midlife and Beyond (November 1, 2011)[4][5]
Several VHS and DVD recordings of her yoga routines have been released, plus an audio-only book, Lilias Yoga Complete (1987),[6] and one meditation CD, The Inner Smile (1998).[7]
Music
The music in the show's opening credits was "The Valley of the Bells" from Maurice Ravel's Miroirs.[citation needed]
Commentary
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Gerald Nachman observed of the television program in 1979, "My yoga lady remains a mystery woman, a comely creature from a distant planet ... Lilias is demure and quite serious ... By far her most intriguing aspect is that she never sweats ... She seems friendly, but if you tried flirting, I suspect she'd politely guide the conversation back to firming up those inner thighs."[8]
See also
- Folan (surname)
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
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- ^ Gates 2006, pp. 61–64.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Lilias Folan. Lilias! Yoga: Your Guide to Enhancing Body, Mind, and Spirit in Midlife and Beyond. ISBN 9781616084516.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Lilias Folan. "Lilias Yoga Complete (Audible Audio Edition)". Amazon. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ^ "Lilias Folan, Steven Halpern - Inner Smile". Amazon. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ^ Gerald Nachman, "A love that's shaping up," San Francisco Chronicle, August 29, 1979 (re-printed as "Chronicle Classic" in January 13, 2013 "Datebook" section).
Sources
- Gates, Janice (2006). Yogini: Women Visionaries of the Yoga World. Mandala. ISBN 978-1932771886.
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External links
- Lilias Yoga website
- LILIAS FOLAN: First Lady of Yoga Cincinnati Fifty Plus! August 2003 By Kirstin Taylor
- Lilias! Yoga and You at IMDb
