Yoga Journal Singapore — December 15, 2017

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ART DIRECTION : ANUJA BAGADE


Acharya


Premayamananda


As a young man named Petracca Giuseppe, Dada (as Premayamananda is fondly
called by his followers) enjoyed his wine, cigarettes and tamasic food, along with
long discussions about communism and capitalism. Yoga and meditation made him
unexpectedly turn to his calling “of a total different plane”, and he became Acharya
of Ananda Marga. “My new lifestyle became so intense and pleasing that I never even
thought of going back to my old self,” he told Yoga Journal Singapore.

It was his regular training in Sweden, followed by his learnings in Varanasi, India, that
led him to become a yoga teacher in 1994. Since then, he has spent most of his time
in South East Asia, mostly Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.

ANANDA MARGA YOGA SOCIETY, SINGAPORE


You can learn yoga from Dada at Ananda Marga Yoga Society of Singapore at
No.18 Waringin Park, Sin Chuan Garden, Singapore 416331.
For details, http://anandamarga.org.sg/ 73

december 2017 / january 2018

yogajournal.com.sg
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