Heather Lilleston’s Yoga Video
Originally from northern california, Heather has been living and teaching Jivamukti yoga in New York Yity since 2003. She completed the Jivamukti teacher training with Sharon Gannon and David Life while finishing her bachelors at New York University. She then completed her 800-hour advanced certification in 2008. She has continued her training, exploring a more Iyengar based approach with Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee at the Yoga Shanti 300-hour teacher training in 2010, which she now assists as a mentor. She has trained numerous new teachers at Pure Yoga in her personally designed mentorship program and has been a guest teacher at The Shala teacher training program in New York City.
Her classes integrate creative vinyasa sequences with meditation, chanting, good music and spiritual philosophy. Weaving scripture from both the yoga and tibetan buddhist traditions into the asana practice, her goal is to create a space for practitioners to realign themselves with conscious intention: the determining factor for all present and future happiness. She is known for her sweetness, passion and authenticity. heather has studied with a myriad of teachers: Sharon Gannon, David Life, his holiness the Dalai Lama, Gurumayi, Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie Mcnally, Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman.
