Mantra + Nada Yoga

Mantra + Nada Yoga YTT Module: Yoga of Sound

with Mary Bue, eRYT 500, YACEP

Returning in 2026

Saturday & Sunday

8:30am - 6:00pm

+ 10 hour e-course, do at your own pace

30 Yoga Alliance CEUs

Mantras are vehicles for transformation and deeper connection to that which is divine within us. Loosely translated:

  • manas: mind

  • tra: instrument, technique, or protection

When working with mantras, we are utilizing an ancient tool to focus and refine the mind, calm and soothe its random fluctuations, linking to our breath, and tuning into our infinite wellspring of creativity, peace, and hope.

Join Mary Bue, e-RYT 500, YACEP, to explore the transformational qualities of sound + mantra, from the lens of a professional singer-songwriter, yoga instructor + music teacher.

In this training, we will explore these ancient symbolic sounds, words, and phrases.

Using the art of listening, we will delve into multiple forms of mantra: Vedic, Tantric, Bhakti, and the Yoga of Sound – Nada Yoga – which surrounds and informs all three.

With respect and gratitude to whence this practice came, we will discuss how to incorporate mantra into public and private classes, with reverence to their origins and attention to cultural sensitivity.

We will touch upon:

  • The power of sound and music

  • Creating a holistic personal practice incorporating sound and mantra

  • Learn mantras for the heart, peace, and the planet

  • Bija (seed) syllables

  • Pronunciation of Sanskrit to the best of our ability

  • Chanting of important Yoga Sutras

  • Patanjali invocation and forgiveness chants

  • Energetic effects of sounds

  • Incorporating sound/mantra into teaching

  • Brief history of origins of mantra

  • Discussion of deities & their respective mantras

  • Physical and neurological effects of mantras

  • Tips for guiding call and response chanting & Kirtan 

Meet Your Guide

Mary Bue, eRYT 500, YACEP

Mary Bue is a registered yoga teacher (eRYT 500), an indie musician, and a teacher in the Viniyoga tradition,  a breath-centered, flowing practice that believes in adapting postures to fit the whole person (not forcing a person to fit into a posture!).  Mary received her certification at Whole Life Yoga in Seattle, WA by Tracy Weber, (student of Gary Kraftsow,  student of T.K.V. Desikachar) and her 300 hour from Yoga Center Retreat (formerly Yoga Center of Minneapolis).  In 2020,  Mary received an additional 200 hour certificate in Nada Yoga (the Yoga of Sound) from Nada Yoga School in Rishikesh India. 

Mary has pursued continuing yoga education in prenatal yoga,  yoga for anxiety & depression,  pranayama, and 30 hour certification in Trauma-informed Yoga with Firefly Yoga International. Mary was a teaching assistant for Whole Life Yoga’s ten month long, 200 hour teacher training in 2010 and has also assisted in WLY’s “Yoga for Healthy Backs” Series.  She has her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Transpersonal Psychology from the University of Minnesota – Duluth. Mary has also received volunteer training in sexual assault victim advocacy from PAVSA and domestic violence victim support from DAIP, and in 2017 was awarded PAVSA (Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault) Community Ally of the Year. She founded and ran Imbue Yoga Studio (2016 - 2019) in south Minneapolis contracting with 12 excellent teachers in multiple lineages and many special guests. 

As a wanderer-luster and experience junkie, she has worked in many types of jobs: as a clinical research assistant in a prison & hospital,  an AIDS prevention outreach worker on the streets and harm reduction work in needle exchanges, as well as many hundreds of hours as a server,  bartender and barista. 

In her life as a musician, Mary has toured in 40+ states, released 7 albums, been awarded four artist grants, enjoyed three Artist in Residence awards, and has served on the board and steering committee of the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival.   

All of these experiences culminate in the guiding of Creativity and Yoga Retreats. Mary has led and co-led retreats in Northern Minnesota,  Wisconsin, New Mexico, Bali, Malta, Ireland, and Italy.  

Mary is an avid runner (10 half marathons and two full marathons), nature lover and vegan. In her spare time, she enjoys playing music,  cooking, writing blogs, poetry and in journals, painting cow portraits, reading non-fiction and traveling.