Dolly Lai

• Certified Yoga Therapist

Dolly Lai is a certified Yoga Therapist with professional degrees and practical experience in Physiotherapy and Special Education. Her holistic approach guides participants through an integrated practice of asana, pranayama and Yoga Nidra meditation. To enhance student understanding, she also provides an explanation of the anatomical and physiological benefits of each pose to ensure her classes deliver a bio-mechanically sound practice.

For the last 20+ years, Dolly has shared her knowledge of traditional Indian yoga in Florida, Illinois and California to promote overall health and well-being. Her early career focused on infants and young children with special needs. In addition to hands-on clinical work, she was also responsible for setting up programs to bring PT techniques to villages in rural India, coordinating a national awareness campaign to highlight the needs of people with disabilities, and developing a plan to attract the Special Olympics to Calcutta.

In Orange County, Dolly began designing programs for both pre-natal yoga and Mommy-and-me yoga over ten years ago and has implemented them at a large medical wellness facility and local yoga studios. Besides her regular yoga classes, she specializes in working with participants with limited mobility and medical conditions. She has successfully run her own yoga studio for the last 15 years and teaches 12-14 classes per week.

Over the years, her practice has evolved to incorporate spirituality, weaving deep philosophy, storytelling and humor into her teaching.