"Lillah is the best instructor I've encountered in 35 years as an educator. Her patient and thorough instruction, precise demonstration, and gentle but knowledgeable monitoring enable me to practice yoga with confidence."
Diane Wilson – Public Education
Lillah's DVD’s "Yoga: Your Freedom from Back Pain" and "Yoga: Relief from Neck and Shoulder Pain” were favorably endorsed by Dr. Andrew Weil, Yoga Journal and Prevention Magazine. (Dr. Weil; author of “Creating Optimal Health” and “Self-Healing” newsletter and product line.)
Lillah Schwartz, E.R.Y.T.*, pioneered the Iyengar Method in North Carolina in 1979, studying with the Iyengars in India and in the US. She is a Nationally Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor, founder and director of Lighten Up Yoga Centers and the Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program. As a senior student of the yogic arts, Lillah has offered classes in corporate and private sectors and has been inspiring upcoming yoga teachers in the direction of the Iyengar method since 1984.
Lillah penetrates and brilliantly integrates her extensive knowledge of the deeper applications and practice of yoga as a healing art, empowering her students to dynamically apply the principles of yoga, bringing a new sense of clarity, vitality, and self reliance into their daily lives. She is an inspirational speaker, compassionate teacher, and energizing workshop leader.
Lillah’s exquisite way of ‘seeing,’ enables her to uniquely and safely guide her students so they can experience the natural freedom of movement intended in the practice of yoga.
Gifted in the therapeutic applications of yoga, as well as certified by the National Safety Council, Lillah has helped thousands become pain-free with yoga. She is also certified in the Eric Small Adaptive Iyengar Yoga for MS program, that she teaches nationally through the MS Society. In October 2007, Lillah received the “Recreation Leader of the Year” award from the Asheville Mayors Committee for Citizens with Disabilities for her Yoga for MS classes.
“I am dedicated to and have been deeply changed by the teachings of BKS Iyengar. I am grateful to have studied with Mr. Iyengar, his daughter, Geeta, and numerous senior teachers in his lineage. Tapping my knowledge of science, anatomy, bio-mechanics and the spiritual path, I translate Mr. Iyengar’s actions and principles into practical and meaningful language to benefit the evolution of my students. My particular passion for assisting the students with special needs includes those managing scoliosis, fibromyalgia, menopause, chronic pain and/or fatigue, carpel tunnel, MS, and parkinsons.”
“Of the many teachers I have had in my thirty years of practicing yoga, Lillah’s clarity, dedication and compassion enabled me to heal a severe knee injury while learning the powerful influence of daily mindful yoga practice.”
Marguita Wepman, Macrobiotic Counselor
* Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with the National Yoga Alliance.
