A week after her husband, Les Alexander, left for California to produce his first sit-com, "No Soap Radio", Meera gave birth to her latest production, Sam. They moved to the west coast, where Les began producing movies. Two years later,son Dave was born. Although Meera was a full time mom, she continued to teach yoga privately in her home, and when the boys were a little older, moved with them to the Yogaville Ashram in Virginia. For the next three years, Sam and Dave attended school at the Vidyalayam, (Temple of Learning) where they had close contact with Sri Gurudev, and were taught in the yogic tradition.

One of the outstanding aspects of the Ashram was the Lotus Temple, an ecumenical shrine designed by Satchidananada as a spiritual home for people of all faiths. Meditating together every day at noon became Meera's cherished ritual, and it was during one of those divine meditations that Big Yoga came to her.

Big, not just in terms of large, but expansive, inclusive, integrating all aspects of yoga, including chanting, asana, pranayama, deep relaxation, jnana, raja, kriya and karma yoga, as she had been taught under the guidance of her Guru.

It wasn't until she came back to the West Coast that Meera actually started teaching Big Yoga. With Sam and Dave off at college, Meera has devoted more time to teaching her unique class, which is an adapted version of Integral Yoga Beginners Hatha One. And now, the first of several videos is ready for release. Yoga can benefit everyone.
Meera Believes "You don't have to be thin to enjoy the benefits of yoga!"
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