[3] He was influenced by the Indian mystic Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj whose book "I Am That" was translated to English in 1973.
In 1994 Simard was giving some tango classes at a place run by Bassam Shamma.
In 1996, El Mundo Del Tango moved into a facility of 4000 square feet on 6904 Miramar Road in San Diego.
He trained and mentored professional and amateur dancers in Tango, Ballroom, Classical Ballet, Jazz, and Olympic Skating throughout the world including Canada, England, Argentina, the former Soviet Union, Turkey, and Greece.
The plan was to create a reconstitution of Buenos Aires, and anyone who stepped into the mall would forget they were in San Diego.