Vanda Scaravelli
[1] Her mother, Clara Corsi, was a teacher and one of the first women to graduate from a university in Italy.At the age of three Vanda started learning the piano, and went on to train as a concert pianist, taught by Ernesto Consolo [it].World class musicians such as Pablo Casals, Andres Segovia and Arturo Toscanini were frequent visitors to the family villa, Il Leccio.[1] As a young girl, Vanda met the philosopher Krishnamurti, who became a family friend.[4] Scaravelli-style yoga, inspired by her work and that of her student for 23 years Diane Long,[5][6] continues to be taught into the 21st century,[7][8][9] by teachers such as Esther Myers in Toronto.