Prema Baba Swamiji has been my personal Yoga and Meditation Master since 2006. Together with his beloved wife, Prema Amma, he founded the international Spiritual Yoga® movement - a deeply attuned path of awakening and spiritual realization.

My profound connection with Prema Baba began even before we met. Simply reading his book opened something deep within me. When I reached out to him soon after, a stream of inspiration, energy, and inner transformation began to unfold. Baba’s wisdom, his loving presence, and his deep understanding of the human heart continue to touch me - again and again.

There were years when Baba lived more inwardly-silent, unseen by the world - and years when he was outwardly active, offering spiritual trainings such as The Future Self and The Seven Rays, and hosting his own live radio show. After co-authoring the bestselling book Young for Life, Baba spent a period in Hawaii, where he became seriously ill. It took several years of healing - supported by the devotion of Prema Amma - for him to return. Yet throughout it all, I felt a deep and unbroken connection with him. I sense that during this time, Baba was integrating rare spiritual energies into his body and transmuting karma - for many.

Since 2021, Prema Baba and Amma have begun to share their mission for Mahavatar Babaji more visibly with the world. Since then, I’ve actively supported them in establishing Spiritual Yoga Netherlands and sharing their monthly Awakening & Initiation Satsangs specially offered for the Netherlands.

In 2023, Prema Baba and Amma came to visit me unexpectedly in the Netherlands. From that spontaneous meeting, I organized a three-day retreat and several satsangs. “One evening, there were suddenly seventy people gathered in our living room… it was magical.” This moment marked the birth of our Dutch Spiritual Yoga community.

A Life of Light

From a very young age, Prema Baba was deeply connected with the light. At the age of four, he began meditating consciously and would often enter deep states of samadhi. His father introduced him to Autobiography of a Yogi by Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, through which he absorbed spiritual teachings at a very early age.

Later, he became a student of the great Siddha master Swami Muktananda and eventually found his personal Guru: Sri Sri Swami Nagananda. Throughout his life, Prema Baba has met many great masters. In 1997, he was inwardly called to India, where Sri Sri Nagananda sent him on a forty-day pilgrimage. During this sacred journey, he met Mahavatar Babaji, who personally initiated him into the ancient techniques of Kriya Yoga.

With Spiritual Yoga®, Prema Baba and Amma now offer a refined path of spiritual awakening - through deep meditation, initiation, and inner healing - all in alignment with Babaji’s sacred lineage. The purpose of Spiritual Yoga is to guide human consciousness back to its divine essence: to light, love, unity, peace, and stillness.

Prema Baba Swamiji often says:
“You don’t have to change the darkness. Your focus on the light will make the darkness disappear.”

The Initiation

With spiritual depth, humor, and openhearted clarity, Prema Baba Swamiji shares his journey to enlightenment in his book The Initiation - which I published in Dutch in 2024 through my publishing house, Mukti (Dutch available via this link | English edition is available on Amazon).

His entire life is devoted to the service of light. Through his books, satsangs, and initiations, Baba shares his core message: that our connection with light and love - with the divine essence of our being - is essential to truly live. He speaks of Vitamin G - the God Vitamin - as vital nourishment for the soul, helping us grow beyond craving, emotional unrest, and greed.

Every month, Prema Baba and Prema Amma offer an Awakening & Initiation Satsang especially for the Netherlands. In September, they will return to offer a retreat and a special evening gathering. Please see the agenda for up-to-date information. If you would like to stay informed, feel free to contact us at info@mariekekrista.nl.

In 2024, I founded the Spiritual Yoga Netherlands Foundation. Through this foundation, I coordinate and support the activities being organized in the Netherlands for Prema Baba Swamiji and Prema Amma. You can learn more about their mission and work on the official Spiritual Yoga® website.