Lilias Folan (1936–2026) began to practice
yoga as exercise in 1964, and was soon teaching at the YWCA in
Stamford, Connecticut. She studied
asanas under the yoga masters
T. K. V. Desikachar,
B. K. S. Iyengar, and
Angela Farmer, and gained wider knowledge of
yoga under the
Sivananda Yoga masters
Swami Vishnudevananda and
Swami Satchidananda. She joined the Connecticut
ashram of the
Divine Life Society led by
Swami Chidananda. In the 1980s she met
Swami Muktananda, creator of
Siddha Yoga, who told her to teach
meditation. Through her show she became known to Americans as the "First Lady of Yoga". She was married with two sons and seven grandchildren. Folan died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 90. ==
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