
Yoga Philosophy Teacher, Entrepreneur and Change Leader
Inspiring People in their Lives
A Life in Service to Humanity
Lila Lolling is a classical-trained yoga instructor, yoga therapist, and author of Walking the Ancient Path of Yoga. For over two decades, she has educated thousands of people in the fields of holistic living, classical yoga wisdoms, sacred ecology, and yoga therapy.
She is a inspirational presenter and facilitator who has developed the art of taking complex, classical yogic teachings and making them relevant for modern times. Her teachings are accessible, inspirational, and spiritual yet grounded in science. Lila effortlessly weaves the interconnection of nature, spirit, and the human experience into each offering.
Throughout her yoga career, she has owned yoga studios and founded a 501c3 nonprofit organization, dedicated to teaching yoga in ASL. She has served as a board member, manager, and director at various retreat centers. Lila has been featured in leading yoga magazines for her social justice advocacy, was voted New Yorker of the Week by NY1, and has addressed the world's dignitaries at the United Nation's International Day of Yoga on the topic of Yoga for Peace.
Lila continues to reinvent herself and uncover how best to serve humanity and our planet during this critical time of global rejuvenation and healing.





The Yoga Journey
Lila’s journey into yoga began in the late 1990s as a means to reduce epileptic seizures...and it worked. Since 2004, Lila has been seizure-free and she contributes that to living a holistic, yogic lifestyle. This has inspired her to share with others the secrets to health and healing.
Her monastic education was found within the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and the Saraswati lineage of South India. Her primary education is Advaita Vedanta, a non-dualistic philosophy propagated by Sri Adi Shankaracharya (780 CE) and Swami Sivananda (1887-1963).
Lila has lived, studied, and taught at traditional yoga monasteries. She continues to be a dedicated practitioner, finding ways to be in service and assist others to move through life with more ease, joy and peace.
The Environmental Journey
Lila's journey into environmentalism began around the same time she was introduced to a holistic, yogic lifestyle.
Her activism began on Austin's Capitol steps to protect watersheds from development back in the early 2000s. She then moved to more direct action, which included Permaculture, homesteading, volunteering at community gardens and CSA's, and joining any cause to protect and preserve nature's resources.
In 2018 her focus shifted to helping the planetary crisis we are facing, having participated in several programs from a variety of climate-focused organizations including Omega Institute's Center for Sustainable Living, EcoPsychology Initiative, Drawdown, and the Pachamama Alliance. She continues to make regenerative choices in her daily life and dreams of a world where we live in harmony with each other and the natural world.
The Business Journey
Lila has a love of business and is always seeking ways to make businesses more regenerative, people-centered, and holistic. Her career began as an Executive Assistant to CEOs, where she learned hands-on how to run a successful business. She "retired" from corporate life as a Project Manager. She has since taken those teachings and applied them as an entrepreneur.
Over the past 15 years, she has consulted yoga studio owners and retreat center administration in a variety of aspects. Lila refers to herself as an idea generator and works to create operational systems that are regenerative and beneficial for employees and our planet.