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"He was called "the 20th century's first superstar guru" (Los Angeles Times), and today, nearly a century after he arrived in the United States, he's still the best known and most beloved of all the Indian spiritual teachers who have come to the West. Now, finally, Paramahansa Yogananda has the authoritative biography he deserves. Yogananda, considered by many to be the father of modern yoga, has had an unsurpassed global impact thanks to the durability...
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Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Determined to prove that Yoga can transform anyone, filmmaker Kate Churchill finds a test subject to document. Nick Rosen is skeptical, but agrees to be her guinea pig. Kate immerses Nick in yoga and follows him around the world as he examines the good, the bad and the ugly of Yoga. The two encounter celebrity yogis, true believers, kooks and world-renowned gurus. Tensions soar as Nick's transformational progress lags and Kate's plan crumbles. Ultimately,...
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Zeitgeist Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Richard Alpert, after being expelled from Harvard in 1963 for experimenting with LSD, morphed into Ram Dass, a serious and much loved spiritual leader, author and lecturer. This film visits Ram Dass in 2001 as he remakes his life since suffering a stroke five years ago. Balances fascinating, often hilarious footage from the hippie era with contemporary material and interviews with Ram Dass and his associates.
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Paradise Filmworks International
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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"Often seen as an exercise regime, Yoga is much deeper. It is a Path to the Divine, and its origins are shrouded in antiquity...This Path to the Inner Self is detailed by Georg Feuerstein, Ph. D., author of thirty books on Yoga and the Yogis themselves, as they live it today in India"--Container.
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Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"From a rebellious young woman with a dangerous heroin habit to a globe-trotting fashion model to 'First Lady of Yoga' (The New York Times), Colleen Saidman Yee tells the remarkable story of how she found herself through the healing power of yoga--and then inspired others to do the same, "--Amazon.com.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"The incredible story of the woman--actress, dancer, yogi, globetrotter--who brought yoga to America and to much of the rest of the western world. Born Eugenia Peterson in early 20th century Russia, Indra Devi was a rebel from earliest childhood. In the 1930s she fled to Berlin, and then--driven by her passion for yoga and a fascination with yogic philosophy (and Theosophy)--she journeyed to India, at a time when unaccompanied young European women...
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Iyengar Yoga is universally respected, practiced worldwide and credited by multitudes as life transforming, but because its founder B. K. S. Iyengar is famously reclusive, little is known about the man who invented this powerful practice. Thanks to exclusive, intimate access to this legendary yogi, Jake Clennell's documentary is able to showcase the profound spirituality embedded in his practice, which has led religions around the world to incorporate...
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