Martijn Bakker (1974) started practising yoga during his studies in 1994. One year later he subscribed for the yoga teachers course of the Saswitha Stichting. In 1997 he graduated as an engineer in Technology with Business Studies and he got the 'qualification to teach certificate' from the yoga teachers course at the Saswitha Stichting. After his studies he got a job in IT in which field he is still working today. Next to that he is teaching yoga as a hobby.

 From 2002 onwards Martijn participated in several yoga courses in the tradition of  T. Krishnamarchaya at different institutes in both Europe and India. In 2003 Martijn started to teach yoga to some of his friends and in 2004 he opened Yoga Centre. In March 2006 an article on the yoga tradition of T. Krishnamacharya written by Martijn was published in the Dutch yoga magazine Tijdschrift voor Yoga.

 Martijn participated in the following yoga courses and workshops:

• 1995 - 1997: yoga teachers course at the Saswitha Stichting (Bilthoven, the Netherlands)
• 2002 - 2006: yoga teachers course at ETY (Etude et Transmission de Yoga) / Vormingsschool Viniyoga in the Netherlands, Belgium and France
• 2003: ' Universal Yet Personal - The Yoga of T. Krishnamacharya' course at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India (4 weeks)
• 2004: 'Pilgramage of Sound' vedic chanting course at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India (2 weeks)
• 2004: Individual Patanjali Yoga Sutra classes at Yoga Raksanam in Chennai, India (2 weeks)
• 2005: 'The Yoga of Healing' course at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India (2 weeks)
• 2006: 'Étude de la Bhagavad-Gita' at ETY (Etude et Transmission de Yoga) (7,5 days)
• 2006: 'Svastha Yoga Weekend' at Yoga Junction in London, United Kingdom (2 days)
• 2006: 'Secrets of Mantras' seminar by the KHYF (Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation) in Austria (9 days)
• 2007: 'The Science and Art of Yoga - Step 1: Yoga for Body, Breath and Mind' course at Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda in Chennai, India (4 weeks)