Awake: The Life of Yogananda

About Awake: The Life of Yogananda

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.

Awake: The Life of Yogananda is a 2014 documentary film directed by Lisa Leeman and Paola di Florio. It runs 87 minutes and was released in October 2014.

Anupam Kher takes the lead as Narrator (voice), Russell Simmons as Self, George Harrison as Self (archive footage), and Ravi Shankar as Self.

Shelv files it under spirituality, mystic, mysticism, and yoga. It streams on Gaia Amazon Channel in the United States.

The Golden Child, The Mistress of Spices, and The Juniper Tree make useful companions to Awake: The Life of Yogananda.