Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “Awake: The Life of Yogananda” is a shallow introduction to the fascinating life of Paramahansa ...

Unity of Santa Barbara will present a special screening of the critically acclaimed film AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda at the Unity of Santa Barbara Sanctuary, located at 227 E Arrellaga Street, at 7 p ...

The opening line of Awake: The Life of Yogananda may serve as a general barometer of how viewers will receive this documentary about the revered titular yogi: “I was conscious in my mother’s womb.” ...

“Awake: The Life of Yogananda” wants to do two things: introduce Paramahansa Yogananda, who imported yoga and meditation to the United States, to a wider audience, and also provide viewers with a ...

Yoga’s journey from 5,000-year-old spiritual practice to means to achieving flat abs and tight glutes encapsulates the interlocked processes of cultural appropriation, ravenous capitalism, and the ...

It was 1920. A young yogi with flowing hair landed on America’s shores, as a delegate to the International Congress of Liberals in Boston. A century ago, India was very much the land of mystical hocus ...

Paramahansa Yogananda was born to be a guru. Raised by devout Hindu parents in the shadow of the Himalayas, he claimed his first memories of seeing beyond the physical world came before he left the ...

Fittingly enlightening, “Awake: The Life of Yogananda” is a vivid, elegantly assembled portrait of the savvy guru with the cherubic face and penetrating gaze who brought meditation to the West.

Yoga's journey from 5,000-year-old spiritual practice to means to achieving flat abs and tight glutes encapsulates the interlocked processes of cultural appropriation, ravenous capitalism, and the ...