Sheela Chandrasekhar has been in the dance routine for the past over thirty years. She trained under Smt Krishnaveni of Mysore and learned the fundamentals by the celebrated Guru Late Sri V.S. Koushik of Sanathana Kalakshetra. She owes her advanced training in Bharatanatyam to Guru B Bhanumati. She has been under her tutelage for over 30 years. She has attended many advanced workshops conducted by stalwarts in the field like Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan and Guru Smt Bragha Bessel (abhinaya), Late Smt Kamala Rani of Kalakshetra (nattuvangam) and Smt Savitri Jagannatha Rao (padams) also of Kalakshetra. she is taking training in nattuvangam from the well-known mridangam maestro, Vidwan Sri N Narayanaswamy.