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(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 500[1] |
| Production company(s) | WCET Cincinnati |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | October 5, 1970 – October 31, 1999 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Lilias! Yoga Gets Better With Age |
Lilias, Yoga and You was a PBS television show hosted by Lilias M. Folan, a Cincinnati, Ohio based practitioner of 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 October 31, 1999.
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.[3]
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 were "The Valley of the Bells" from Maurice Ravel's Miroirs.
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
- ↑ http://www.liliasyoga.com/index.php/yoga/journeys/category/written_about_lilias/9
- ↑ http://www.cetconnect.org/lilias Lilias! page on CETconnect.org
- ↑ http://www.cetconnect.org/lilias Lilias! page on CETconnect.org
- ↑ http://www.liliasyoga.com/index.php/about
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/dp/1616084510
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004U73FFG
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000008A4X
- ↑ 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).
External links
- Lilias Yoga website
- LILIAS FOLAN: First Lady of Yoga Cincinnati Fifty Plus! August 2003 By Kirstin Taylor
- Lilias! Yoga and You at the Internet Movie Database
