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Måns Broo
Måns began his yogic path in his late teens, when he joined the Hare Krishnas and lived in an ashrama, devoting himself fully to the path of
bhakti-yoga. After about a year he moved back into the world, trying to apply the teachings he learned in the ashrama, and also delving more
deeply into the teachings of the tradition of Krishna-bhakti. These studies eventually led to a Ph.D. in Comparative Religion from Åbo Akademi
University, Finland, where he works as adjunct professor.
Måns has also studied Sanskrit at Uppsala University, Sweden, and (together with Martin Gansten) published a critically acclaimed first ever
complete translation of the principal Upanishads into Swedish. He has recently published an introduction to the Hindu scriptures in Swedish
and a book of religious poetry in Sanskrit. He is also the editor-in-chief of a Finnish yoga-magazine Ananda and teaches and writes about
yoga philosophy.
Being a very non-physical, but more intellectual person, Måns would never have taken up ashtanga yoga had not Petri Räisänen asked him to teach
at Koh Mak in 2006. Out of curiosity and social pressure (not too much!) he decided to give ashtanga a shot during his two weeks of teaching,
and found to his surprise that he liked it. He has been doing ashtanga since then – though with a small baby in the family, not so much lately –
and is very happy about this new addition to his yogic practices.
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