Awake: The Life of Yogananda

2014

Action / Documentary

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 64% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 1513 1.5K

meditation mystic hindu yoga spirituality woman director

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Plot summary

An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the go-to book for seekers from George Harrison to Steve Jobs.

Director

Paola di Florio Photo
Paola di Florio

Top cast

Anupam Kher Photo
Anupam Kher as Narrator
George Harrison Photo
George Harrison as Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer Photo
J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self
Ravi Shankar Photo
Ravi Shankar as Self
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
797.15 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles de  us  es  fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 2
1.44 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles de  us  es  fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by rsderek81 T 10 / 10

Really really well done!! Very artistic and captures

Really really well done!! Very artistic and captures the essence of Yogananda! I’m surprised the reviews aren’t higher?!?
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

I had often seen the book cover and

I had often seen the book cover and still hadn't read the book. Now, I think it's time to read. The documentary covered in broad brushstrokes the almost mythic life of Yogananda. So many stories about mystics and aesthetes abound, partly couched in ignorance and maybe racism. This is the genuine guruji whose message of classical yoga started an awakening in the west. It's a message that still needs to be carried. So much of yoga-as-the-workout as it's taught in the west, is only a superficial understanding of the original purpose and intent of yoga, which is mankind's oldest, continuous study of the human mind. As a classical yoga teacher, Yogananda's story is one I'd recommend to students. The film was produced before one of the interviewees, Bikram Choudhury, hot yoga's founder, got into "hot water" over sexual misconduct and evading a multimillion dollar lawsuit surfaced. It was that segment that I'd feel should be edited out. He has lost credibility or at least integrity, as I see it. The practice of yoga was developed to remove suffering. In view of the existential crisis of climate that's affecting the globe's populations and nature, there's more need than ever for Yogananda's message. I wonder what he would say about it.
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

Inspiring storyline speaking about the life of an

Inspiring storyline speaking about the life of an inspiring remarkable indiviadual. If you've ever wondered about the purpose of life, this is a must see documentary.
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