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Ojai’s First Yogi

Our own Suza Francina gets a really nice profile in the September issue of LA Yoga, which is a print and online publication. Check it out, and maybe Suza can let us know who's presence she is gracing in the photo below. An excerpt...

suza francina ojai first yogiIn the first moments Suza arrived in the valley, known as Southern California’s Shangri-La, she met influential artist Beatrice Wood. Suza attended the Happy Valley School, where classes were cancelled when J. Krishnamurti was speaking, to allow students to participate in another type of education. Suza credits her time listening to the great teacher with giving her courage to always question and never follow an idea or person blindly.

A sense of questioning and curiosity led her to yoga; she watched women traipse with their mats and blankets into her neighbor Sarah Kirton’s living room. Suza joined the class. Inspired, she made a pilgrimage to the B.K.S. Iyengar Institute in San Francisco, where, in 1974, she began the teacher training program with Mary Dunn and Judith Lasater, earning her certification from the institute.

Posted by Tyler Suchman on September 4, 2007 08:47 PM | | | Ojai’s First Yogi

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That's Indra Devi at age 94, who used to come to Ojai and teach yoga at World University. I managed to catch up with her when she was traveling around the world, to interview her for "The New Yoga for People Over 50." The photo was taken by Ojai yoga teacher Elizabeth Cleveland.

Comment #1 Posted by: Suza | September 4, 2007 10:44 PM

Two bright lights in Ojai. thanks, Suza :)

Comment #2 Posted by: Tyler | September 5, 2007 09:07 AM

Suza, what a great article on you! You are indeed a bright light and inspiration. miss you! and my back misses you. hope to get back into the swing of classes soon.

Comment #3 Posted by: Leslie Davis | September 5, 2007 04:35 PM

Suza - congratulations on the article!
Sally

Comment #4 Posted by: Sally | September 5, 2007 09:31 PM

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