Mary Baker, Mantra Simran Kaur, M.Ed., E-RYT 500, KRI Certified Level 3 Teacher of Kundalini Yoga, Certified Y12SR Leader, YACEP, Level 1 and Level 2 Lead Trainer and Mentor in the Aquarian Teacher’s Academy for the Kundalini Research Institute
Mary believes that yoga is not self-improvement, but the awareness to be humanly human and divinely inspired. Yoga is calming the waters of the mind to find the inner peace, the essence of ourselves.

In the Yoga of Awareness, Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, Mantra Simran utilizes this ancient yogic science and technology and focuses on the activation of the vital life force or kundalini energy located at the base of the spine. As we connect our personal intentions and activated kundalini energy (kundalini-shakti) to pure consciousness (kundalini-shiva), deep meditative states of peace, bliss, and connectedness are the organic results. Being alive and aware in the present moment gives us the gift of wonder and amazement as we explore our life with each breath.

Mary is a native of Seattle but has lived in Boise for the last 40 years. It was in the Seattle’s environment that she was introduced to yoga and to the teachings of Yogi Bhajan. Yogi Bhajan himself declared Mantra Simran an Instructor of Kundalini Yoga. Mary is certified through Yoga Alliance and Kundalini Research Institute as a KRI Certified Level 3 Teacher of Kundalini Yoga and an E-RYT 500. She is also a member of the Aquarian Trainer’s Academy as a Level 1 and Level 2 Lead Trainer and Mentor. She is an accomplished musician playing in various groups around town and bringing the vibrational healing of the gong to her Kundalini Yoga classes. Mary enjoys teaching all types of yoga and bringing in the added dimension of sound. Mary retired 10 years ago from the Boise School District after spending 35 years as a teacher and school counselor.