” Welcome to So’Ham –  

In India, over 30 years ago, Vasudev, was given his name by the Yoga Guru Swami Shyam. Since then, he has been gathering people in sacred circles to chant, dance, meditate and sing in praise of life.

A dedicated student of Eastern Yoga philosophy and spiritual practice, his repertoire includes traditional bhajans, devotional songs, along with his original melodies, ballads and reggae hits. His back catalogue of music has been discovered by millions of listeners around the world.

Vasudev started meditating in 1987 at the age of 17. The following year he met his teacher Swami Shyam. After finishing high school, he went to the ashram in the Himalayas to study with him.

From 1998 onward he has been greatly influenced by Vigdis Garbarek, a Norwegian
housewife and wise woman. In 2002 he connected with Ängsbacka, retreat centre in Sweden. Vasudev also studied with Ramesh Balsekar in Mumbai and is inspired by many teachers including Alan Watts, Eckart Tolle and Nisargadatta Maharaj. From 2006 he sat in circle with Chandra Lacombe. Vasudev says, “I
am very grateful to all my teachers as I walk my own path”

Vasudev grew up in Oslo, Norway, but have since made the world his home — especially,
India, Sweden, Brazil and Bali, Indonesia. He shares kirtan (bhajans) — sacred song circles –
wherever he goes.

Since Vasudev moved to Bali in April 2012, he has been leading kirtans groups there. This year he also undertook a world tour that took him to India, Egypt, Grece, Finland, Sweden and Norway. Always playing and singing kirtans to help people connect to their hearts.

Now, Vasudev, who is considered one of the finest Kirtan singers in Bali will be joining us for the kirtan retreat at So’Ham retreat center.

Dont miss this opportunity to for one week sing your hearts out with Vasudev and his merry group. It will be an inner experience you  don’t want to miss.

Prema is co founder and lead yoga teacher of So’Ham Retreat Center.

Prema is a 500 hr RYT, Yoga Alliance approved teacher & yoga teacher trainer. She’s been practicing and teaching for over 20 years.
All of her classes are gentle alignment-based hatha yoga classes with some dynamic movement and breath-work making her classes very calming and therapeutic. Her classes are for beginners to intermediate.

She studied many years with well-respected and international yoga teachers such as Darren Rhodes, Bruce Bowditch and Christina Sells.
She has deep knowledge of the body and movement from studying massage, lymphatic system and shiatsu, meditation and pranayama/breathwork that she integrates with yoga to support calming the nervous system.

Prema keeps her classes basic, clear and simple for students to be safe and to experience connection to their heart and body, and to calm the mind.
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Check out Prema’s Youtube to learn more about her classes!
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Prema began her yoga studies when she first traveled to Ganeshpuri India at the age of 17 and met her meditation teacher, she had the experience of love for no reason at all – unconditional love. After her first Hatha Yoga lesson she fell deeply in love with the physical and meditative aspects of yoga, and thus began her life’s journey of practicing and studying yoga, meditation and wellness.

I made my way to India by hitchhiking from Sweden in 1977. Spirituality was not something I was interested in at all. It discovered me. I spend a few months in a music school in Dharamsala. I play mridung, tabla, cymbal and harmonium.  Towards the end of that journey, I came across a small yoga ashram in the center of Sri Lanka. For 3 months, I practiced intensive Hatha Yoga and experienced several amazing, earth-shattering experiences of my true self. Life took u-turn.

After returning to Sweden, I was determined to find a path that would resonate with me. In January 1979, I stepped into a Siddha Yoga Meditation Center in Stockholm. I was home. The following years I visited the ashrams in upstate New York and in Ganeshpuri, India. 1983 I moved into the ashram in Ganeshpuri and remained there for 12 years (in between Ganeshpuri and upstate New York). Deeply involved in my training/sadhana, yoga training, yoga center leader trainings, yoga philosophy and spiritual practices. A tremendous amount of spiritual growth and understanding took place during those year.

Time for next change, 1995, “Mats, its time for your to continue your sadhana outside the Ashram”. I found home in Los Angeles, where I stayed for 22 years. Very involved the yoga and spiritual community there. Participating and putting together yoga retreats, yoga workshops, kirtan sessions, etc. Had my children in LA and balanced young ones with sadhana. As my understanding grew, my spiritual concepts continued to dissipate. More growth.

Forward to 2017. Prema and I, along with five of our children, moved to a large property in the Swedish countryside. Far away for the hustle and bustle of LA. We opened a Holistic Cafe, a Yoga and Meditation Center and dove into a different kind of life.

I feel very fortunate and blessed for this life and for the growing understanding and experience of what I really am.

Born and raised in Verona, Italy. Started practicing SiddhaYoga Meditation in his teens.It is a that age that he picks up both guitar and Mrdang (Classic Devotional Indian Drum)and keeps honing his skills.

Complets a BA & MA in Oriental Languages and Philosophies and
is off to live in an ashram UpState NY for a few years. His career started working for UNDP in NYC and later as a consultant in the Energy & Renewables Industry. All the while he keepsplaying, jamming and meditating.

Finally in 2020 moves to Stockholm and continues to foster his passion for yoga,  music and kirtan. He just published an album with Annika Schullerqvist and Jack Lidback available on Amazon, Apple, Spotify and Youtube.