Long before yoga became known in the West for its muscle-honing, gravity-defying postures and see-through stretch pants, it was a very different practice in the West. In the 1920s, a swami from India, ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.” ...

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 ...

In 1933, one of the world's foremost yoga gurus, Paramahansa Yogananda, visited Indianapolis to give "Yogoda lessons," described then in the Indianapolis Star as a system for "harmonious and full ...

This biopic, directed by Paola Di Florio and Lisa Leeman, celebrates the life of Paramahansa Yogananda. It is an inspiring, fascinating and informative documentary that is affectionately told. But, it ...

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 ...

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 ...