Awake: The Life of Yogananda

Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Film poster
Directed byPaola di Florio
Lisa Leeman
Produced byCounterPoint Films - Peter Rader
Music byVivek Maddala, Michael Mollura
Release date
  • October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10)
DVD 2/2016
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1][2][3]

The film, directed by Paola di Florio and Lisa Leeman who are independent American filmmakers, was commissioned by Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship. It includes interviews with disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda, as well as with Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Krishna Das, and others.[4][5] It was filmed over three years with the participation of thirty countries, including on pilgrimages in India, at Harvard Divinity School and its physics labs, the Center for Science and Spirituality at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California.[4]

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  5. ^ Linden, Sheri (10 October 2014). "Awake: The Life of Yogananda': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 May 2022.