 He moved to California to become a Hollywood stuntman and was influenced by the Nature Boys, a Los Angeles-based group of beats who lived a natural lifestyle, maintained vegetarian diets, and lived "according to Nature's Laws".Baker also studied philosophy, religion and esoteric spiritual teachings, even becoming a Vedantic monk for a time.He later became a follower of Yogi Bhajan, a Sikh spiritual leader and teacher of Kundalini Yoga.