EnlightenUp! the Film

Filmmaker and yoga enthusiast Kate Churchill is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. In her documentary, EnlightenUp!, she invites Nick Rosen, a journalist new to yoga, to be her guinea pig. For the next six months she follows him as he samples various yoga studios, styles and methods around the world. As Rosen begins to uncover the many dimensions of the practice of yoga, his tendency is to have an analytical and skeptical take on his experiences. This seems to frustrate Churchill whose questions directed at Rosen begin to become more emotionally charged in turn seeming to increase the pressure for enlightened results. The dominant theme that seems to emerge for Rosen is the apparent conflict between the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga. It is possible that Rosen may not recognize the depth of his resistance as he doesn’t seem to make a connection between his yogic exploration and the deep feelings about his mother that keep rising up in his consciousness. The film inadvertently conveys that one cannot force transformation on someone else’s schedule. Yoga enthusiasts will have an easier time identifying the essence of modern yoga as presented in EnlightenUp! whereas others may walk away with the idea that the current phenomenon of yoga is less than what it purports to be.

Featuring: B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Norman Allen, Sharon Gannon, David Life, Gurmukh, Dharma Mitra, Cyndi Lee, Alan Finger, Rodney Yee, Beryl Bender Birch, Shyamdas, Diamond Dallas Page and many more!

Currently playing in New York, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Irvine and coming to many more cities soon:
http://enlightenupthefilm.com/in-theaters/