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Master Teacher Lilias Folan has been teaching her thoughtful style of yoga for over forty years. Recognized as the “First Lady of Yoga” since her television show debuted on PBS in 1972, hers is an audience of housewives, executives, artists, seniors, members of congress, Olympians and at least one former president. Also a prolific author, her books include last year’s release: “Lilias! Yoga!: Your Guide to Enhancing Body, Mind, and Spirit in Midlife and Beyond.” Lilias continues to teach throughout the US and abroad.

If you’ve not seen Briohny Kate Smyth’s Equinox video yet, it’s likely you’re also still using a rotary phone. At nearly four million views, it’s been the talk of Yogatown and beyond since its mid January release. Yes, her scantily clad, gravity defying handstands are impressive, but Briohny’s defied even more impressive elements in her young life.

Judith Hanson Lasater is one of the west's pioneer yogis and one of the founding editors of Yoga Journal. She's written eight books, including Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga For Stressful Times and Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life. Judith is also a talented poet as it turns out. She shares her wonderful poems for the first time, along with her incredible insights on yoga here in my interview with her.

Beryl Bender Birch is the First Lady of Power Yoga. She's the founder of the Hard and Soft Yoga Institute and the Give Back Yoga Foundation. Beryl is the author of Power Yoga and Beyond Power Yoga, and was named by Yoga Journal as one of seven "Innovators Shaping Yoga Today". Here's my conversation with "spiritual revolutionary" Beryl Bender Birch.

Andrea Marcum’s So I Dont Lose My Center is the perfect 25 minute download to help you keep it together when you can’t make it to class.