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

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