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'''Krishna Kaur Khalsa''' is a Black American teacher of [[Kundalini Yoga]] as taught by [[Yogi Bhajan]]. Born '''Thelma Oliver,''' she pursued a career in films and theater before in 1970 dedicating herself to empowering others through the practice of yoga.
[[File:Krishna_Kaur_Khalsa_1976.jpg|thumb| Krishna Kaur 1976]]
==Early years==
Khalsa was born Thelma Oliver in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] on May 6, 1941. Her father, Cappy Oliver played trumpet with [[Lionel Hampton]]'s band and her mother tried her hand at roller skating, wrestling, and singing before settling down to raise five children. She studied dance at a school run by [[Jeni Le Gon]] before majoring in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of California in Los Angeles [[UCLA]].<ref>"New Girl on Broadway," Ebony Magazine, October 1966, p. 57 http://books.google.ca/books?id=OkbpkXl3lMwC&pg=PA57&dq=for+thelma,+the+journey+was+uphill&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FiM3VODdIOXjsATqrYCoAQ&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=for%20thelma%2C%20the%20journey%20was%20uphill&f=false</ref>
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