I am a professional dancer and instructor based in Southern California. I took Meera's Lakshmi workshop series and I cannot say enough good things about the experience. Meera is a consummate dance professional both in skill and creativity. The quality and depth of the material she presents, and the time, care and energy she clearly puts in provides her workshop students with an enormous value, both personally and monetarily.

Each weekly class wove together her sharing of knowledge on the Hindu goddess Lakshmi with her innovative and exciting fusion choreography combining traditional Indian dance poses and movements with Belly Dance moves and other styles to result in a beautiful, powerful and expressive style which is her unique trademark. The choreography, weaving together the traditional and the modern in an exciting, dynamic way, is challenging, but broken down so carefully with a weekly practice video to enable the students to truly master the movements, which is important for the purpose of also integrating the goddess energy and intentions, which brings a depth and meaning to the dance unlike the simple movement memorization of standard dance classes.

Meera's workshops serve to both challenge the experienced dancer, as well as provide newer dancers with all the support and practice materials they may need to fully engage with the material. The Lakshmi workshop was designed to be transformative if the students wishes to delve into the deeper symbolic and spiritual aspects, or it could also just be light and fun. That was the beauty of it: Meera provides all the material, and each student can tailor it to their own preferences based on what they are wanting to get from the experience.

Meera's generous spirit shines through in her workshops, and she backs it up with extras through emails and links, creating a rich, fulfilling dance experience that should not be missed! If you haven't taken a workshop in Meera's Goddess series yet, I highly recommend you get yourself signed up for the next one!