Prema Baba Swamiji

Prema Baba Swamiji, Dr. Donald Schnell, was born on February 4th, 1955.

Prema Baba Swamiji is since his birth spiritually passionate and deeply connected to the Light. At a young age Baba’s father offered him the book "Autobiography of a Yogi" and the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda and Baba read and applied all these teachings. Through his memory of past lives and by activating the Kriya Yoga, Baba could control his lifeforce energies (Pranayama) and the senses (pratyahara) to stop his heartbeat and entered often into Yogic Samadhi.

Baba was fascinated with hypnosis and while in middle school he was ready for the works of Milton Erickson, MD. and the books by Edgar Cayce. Baba developed himself also physically and became a member of the National Eagle Scouts association. At 16, Baba became an Eagle Scout. (The Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

At age 18, Baba became an initiate in the world’s oldest spiritual institution, AMORC. Baba was initiated into their advanced titles.

At age 21, Baba was the founder of the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Mesa Arizona, fully approved by Swami Muktananda. In India Baba received directly from Baba Muktananda the power to give his Prema Shakti and wisdom to others. Baba was blessed by Swami Muktananda with the peacock feathers and Swami Muktananda gave him permission to open and run the ashram.
In these years Baba received many devotees in the ashram including Best Selling Author of Crack in the Cosmic Egg, Joseph Chilton Pearce as Hilda Charlton the famous Yogini of Mexico.

During the next decades Baba lived a more secluded life. Baba traveled back and forth to India to study and to receive the blessings of several Indian Saints, Sages, Gurus, Mystics and Yogis. During this time, Baba completed advanced education in Chiropractic including a rare doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy.

In 1984, after Baba visited the ashram of Sathya Sai Baba in Puttaparthi, he found his guru on earth, Swami Sri Sri Nagananda. From his childhood Baba received visions from Swami Sri Sri Nagananda, he revealed himself in Baba's dreams and meditations.

In 1997, Prema Baba was inwardly called to come to India. Baba went to India, and Sri Sri Nagananda sent him on a journey before he received his initiation into the Swami order. On this journey in India Baba was mystically initiated by Mahavatar Sri Babaji, the King of the Yogis. About this journey and initiation, Baba has written the book by the name: The Initiation.

Babaji asked Baba to dedicate his life with the mission to helping others experience the Light within. For this mission Baba had even his own national public television show, Young For Life. This was a 26 city fundraising tour for PBS television. And Baba is featured on an Episode of GAIA TV.

Beside "The Initiation", Baba coauthored two other books Fitonics and Young for Life. The three books were sold in New York to top publishing houses.
Dr. Wayne Dyer, Richard Sutphen, Joseph Chilton Pearce, Roxanne Emmerich and Tony Robbins have met Baba and mentioned Baba and his work.

In 2022 Baba married Swami Mataji Amma, together they are the founder of the Spiritual Yoga® Meditations and Masterclasses.

With the Spiritual Yoga® Baba brings deep Meditations, Light, Blessings and Divine Love, with specific breathing exercises and a blossoming powerful energy to the West.