Mercedes Bahleda

Buddhist, New Age, World

Mercedes Bahleda is a teacher and yogini originally from New York City who is a dedicated practitioner of Yoga, Meditation, Voice, and Buddhist Philosophy. She traveled extensively throughout India and Ladakh studying Eastern disciplines and spent over a year in solitary silent retreat. As a popular musician and kirtan singer she has toured the world giving concerts and workshops. Mercedes has three kirtan albums including the best-selling “Mercy Songs” and the "Path To Bliss" with White Swan Records. A student of David Life, Darren Rhodes, Maureen Fleming, and Charles Kellis (The Juilliard School of Music), she is dedicated to helping people use voice, body and mind as a path to realization and happiness—relating ancient teachings of the east to the modern world. She has produced several instructional yoga and teaching DVDs as well as guided meditation and world music CDs. She is in the process of recording a new album and publishing a book of her translations on the teachings of the Wise Woman Sutra, a conversation between the Buddha and a woman in India over two thousand years ago. Certification: Certified Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher 300 Hrs. Asian Classics Twelve Level Sutra Series, Asian Classics Twelve Level Tantric Series. The Yoga Studies Institute Advanced Philosophy Trainings; The Yoga Sutra, The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, The Bhagavagita, The Yoga Studies Institute Eight Level Tibetan Yoga Asana Training. Mercedes holds an honors degree in Performance from New York University where she has also served as faculty. Publications: The Yoga of Lady Niguma, Yoga of the Ancients, The Path to Bliss, Mercy Songs & UMA (with Ferenz Kallos), The White Tara Mantra Album, Meditations for Passion.