Wai lana biography wikipedia
Wai lana biography wikipedia
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Hui Lan Zhang
Yoga teacher
Hui Lan Zhang or Zhang Huilan (simplified Chinese: 张蕙兰; traditional Chinese: 張蕙蘭; pinyin: Zhāng Huìlán) is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, popularly known as Wai Lana in the West.[1][2] In China, Zhang is called the "mother of yoga" (yujia zhi mu 瑜伽之⺟) in recognition of her significant contributions towards popularizing yoga in the country during the s and s.[3] She is (co)author of numerous works on yoga written in Chinese, most notably Yoga: Qigong and Meditation (Yujia: qigong yu mingxiang 瑜伽——气功与冥想).[4]
Zhang produced her Wai Lana Yoga series for public television in the United States[5] where it has been airing nationwide since and is still airing today after 18 years—making it the longest-running fitness series ever on public television.
Wai Lana Yoga has also aired internationally on five continents: North and South America, Asia, Europe, Australia and t