Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)

Directed by

Lisa Leeman, Paola di Florio

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, an Indian yogi who traveled to America in the 1920s to share yoga and meditation. It covers his teachings and the impact he had on spreading Eastern spirituality in the West.

contemplativeinformativeinspirationalspiritualpeacefulhistoricalreverent

What happens

Awake: The Life of Yogananda is a 2014 documentary about the Indian yogi and guru Paramahansa Yogananda who came to the West in the 1920s to teach yoga and meditation. The film is in English with subtitles in seventeen languages. The film, directed by Paola di Florio and Lisa Leeman who are independent American filmmakers, was commissioned by Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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