Meenakshi first traveled to India in 1988 to study meditation and the philosophy of the Vedas with Swami Shyam, as well as other learned scholars in the Himalayas. She is a certified meditation and yoga philosophy teacher from the International Meditation Institute in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas. She currently teaches ashtanga yoga, Swaha yoga, restorative yoga, yoga dance, meditation, and chanting in Canada and around the world. She has been teaching Sanskrit and yoga philosophy in teacher training courses since 1999.
Meenakshi is also a practicing Shiatsu Therapist since 1993, and has a healing and informative touch. She also leads Kirtan with her band SWAHA, with inspired musical compositions with her partner & keyboardist, Ron Reid. She has produced three CD’s of Sanskrit chanting Prayer’s, Salutations, and Vishnu’s Dream, and the latest one entitled “Bolo”.

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