Is Mindfulness Right for You? (2021)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 21M
Director : Jeremy Norrie
Sinopsis
This insightful and informative documentary explores the popular world of Mindfulness from the perspective of four people who study and teach it. Mindfulness is defined as a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Developed by Thích Nhất Hạnh himself, the exercises taught here combine simple stretching and graceful gestures with mindfulness meditation. Join Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village monk Brother Michael to explore ten unique movements. Practice them before or after sitting meditation anytime you have a few minutes to refresh your body and quiet your mind.
Monjes y monjas Budistas Zen, guiados por el maestro Thich Nhat Hanh, dedican su vida a transformar su sufrimiento, a practicar el arte de la contemplación y a meditar sobre la naturaleza de su existencia. Unos hombres y mujeres que han renunciado a todas sus posesiones para perfeccionar la técnica del 'mindfulness'. La vida de una comunidad de Plum Village (Francia) que se enfrenta a cuestiones existenciales y a la rutina cotidiana de la vida monástica.
The influential life and powerful messages of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh are explored in this biographical documentary. For more than 50 years, this amazing social activist has preached self-awareness and compassion for all living beings. Follow him as he travels through France and the United States—including a stop at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.—spreading peace by teaching mindfulness and forgiveness.
Un clásico del cine de artes marciales. El protagonista vive alegre y humildemente en un pequeño pueblo junto a su madre, componiendo poemas, escribiendo cartas y haciendo retratos. Un día, una joven se traslada a vivir al edificio que está junto al suyo, abandonado y que tiene fama de estar encantado. Aunque se siente atraído por ella, su llegada también supone el inicio de sus problemas, al verse involucrado en intrigas políticas.
Documentary approach follows six people (and a robot) who transform their lives using stillness and mindfulness.
Dos monjes viven en un monasterio aislado. Bajo la atenta mirada del más viejo, el más joven ve pasar las estaciones de la vida. Primavera: un niño monje se ríe de una rana que intenta librarse de una piedra que tiene en la espalda. Verano: un monje adolescente conoce el amor. Otoño: un monje de treinta años intenta hacer algo que va contra su naturaleza. Invierno: el monje está próximo a la vejez y alguien llega al monaterio. Primavera: el viejo monje conversa con la naturaleza; cerca de él juega un niño monje
As well as providing the subject for Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, Jacques Mayol did more than anyone to establish the sport of free diving to enormous depths without an oxygen supply. Using breathing techniques derived from yoga, he went to 50, 60, and even 100 meters—depths no one had considered to be within the bounds of human possibility. Mayol was a sportsman, a mystic, a vagabond, but above all, a man who believed in testing the limits of experience. This visually stunning tribute shows a man’s quest to be at one with the vastness of the ocean and to have no fear of the abyss within, where lurks serenity, freedom and finally, death.
La historia, ambientada en el período Kamakura, trata sobre un monje budista, que cumpliendo los últimos deseos de su madre, dedica su vida a la meditación, divulgándola entre los japoneses.
At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.
Doris Dörrie acompaña al maestro zen Edward Brown en sus conferencias y en sus clases de cocina para comprobar que cocinar, o mejor dicho, saber cómo cocinar, es cuestión de cuidarse uno mismo y cuidar a los demás. (FILMAFFINITY)
Inner peace and self-fulfillment are possible for each of us. Two modern day monks set off on an international journey to film a diverse range of people making the choice for a better life through meditation. Stunning cinematography combined with the power of people sharing from a place of profound peace delivers a palpable and moving experience. Available to rent or buy in 11 languages - English, Spanish, Portugese, Norwegian, Mandarin, French, German, Finnish, Italian, Dutch, and Swedish. https://vimeo.com
Mindfulness is the art of simply being present. From Oprah to Phil Jackson to Anderson Cooper, it's an art practiced by some of the world's most successful people. Brought to the west by Zen Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who was once nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mindfulness has recently gained mainstream popularity in both the media and in mental health treatment. This film features insights from Deepak Chopra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sharon Stone, Oliver Stone, Cesar Milan, and many more. Watch it and learn how to embrace mindfulness in your own life!
La película es una mezcla entre ficción y documental en la que se nos muestra a una joven, Lena, que analiza la sociedad sueca de los años sesenta. Lena quiere comprender la sociedad en la que vive, sus contradicciones y sus cambios, y se esfuerza por obtener respuestas sobre todas las cosas. Hace preguntas a la gente de la calle, líderes sindicales y políticos sobre temas como la posición de Suecia ante la guerra del Vietnam o ante la dictadura de Franco, sobre la no-violencia o sobre el sistema de clases. Organiza demostraciones públicas y funda un instituto en su propia habitación con el único fin de encontrar respuestas a sus preguntas.
Thich Nhat Hanh, monk, zen teacher, writer and peace activist, born in Vietnam in 1926, was the organiser of a non-violent resistance movement after the outbreak of the Vietnam War. We follow Thich Nhat Hanh around the time of Memorial Day of 9/11 in Washington D.C., where he teaches Members of Congress the concepts of ‘Mindful Living’. He tries to convey his message of peace straight to the centre of world power. Thousands of people participate each year in the meditation retreats led by Thich Nhat Hanh. In his monastic community Plum Village in the south of France, his home base, he brings groups of Palestinians and Israelis together. Horrible experiences are exchanged and discussed for the first time, in the hope that people may come to recognize each other’s suffering.
Through poetic cinematography and stories of teachers sharing their wisdom with children from a range of backgrounds, the film showcases the benefits of mindfulness as a way out of violence and suffering, and as an attainable solution for younger generations.
Shannon Harvey was working in her dream job as a radio news journalist when, at the age of 24 she was diagnosed with a devastating auto-immune disease. Determined to find a solution, she began researching cutting-edge mind-body medicine. Is it really possible, she wonders, that a simple practice that can be done anywhere, any time, by anyone, can ease suffering and promote physical and mental healing? Synthesizing the work of leading scientists with the ways of mystics, she undertakes a year-long experiment, with herself as the subject. Will meditation revolutionize her health and well-being, or is it just another over-hyped self-help fad? This compelling account of her journey provides fascinating insights about how to be well and happy in the modern world.
This VHS video includes two short documentaries by Elda Hartley. In the first, THE ART OF MEDITATION, Alan Watts gives us techniques and advice for meditating. Elda Hartley herself narrates the second film, MEDITATION: THE JOURNEY INWARD, which exposes viewers to different cultural approaches to meditation. Hartley then discusses how meditation enriches one's life, and what it can reveal to us.
Humble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.His extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful Istanbul religious group and he offers him an administrative post as a rent collector for their numerous properties. Muharrem's new job throws him into the modern outside world he has successfully avoided for so long. He soon witnesses conflict attitude toward alcohol consumption and goodwill.He notices that he himself has become proud, domineering and even dishonest.To make matters worse, Muharrem's inner peace is unnerved by the tormenting image of seductive woman who tempts him in his dreams,both night and day.With the balance of his devotion now upset,his fear of God begins to eat away at his senses.
Frank, an introspective astrophysics major, visits a remote lab to work with his mentor; doctor Roberts. After his arrival, he finds that Helen; a young woman seemingly from another world, a metaphysical realm, has been taken in by the doctor. The unexplainable phenomena that follow force Frank and doctor Roberts to look at life from a different angle.
Beautifully filmed by New Zealand nature photographer Richard Sidey over the past decade around the polar regions, Speechless: The Polar Realm is a visual meditation of light, life, loss and wonder at the ends of the globe. This is the second film in Sidey’s non-verbal trilogy which is comprised of:
- Landscapes at the World’s Ends (2010)
- Speechless: The Polar Realm (2015)
- Elementa (2020)