So, I'm home for a week, as it's the Lunar New Year holidays here in Malaysia. After two full days of cooking up a storm for the family, and skipping yoga practice under the guise of entertaining friends and relatives who visit, the only stretching I did for the past couple of days was to reach out for the jar of buttery pineapple tarts.
So after waving goodbye to the last of the in-laws this morning, I propped up my tired feet, decided to (slowly) ease back into yoga-mode, and slipped in this DVD. And for the next hour plus, I was laughing and nodding my agreement to Kate Churchill's docufilm, Enlighten Up.
Here's a synopsis of the film - a must-watch for anyone who's practising yoga. It also features yogis like BKS Iyengar, the late Shri K Pattabhi Jois, David Life, Sharon Gannon, Dharma Mittra, Cyndi Lee, Norman Allen and more. Enjoy!
Kate Churchill is a filmmaker and a dedicated yoga practitioner who insists that yoga can transform anyone. She decides to prove it. Her plan: select a subject, immerse him in yoga and follow him until he finds a yoga practice that transforms him. Her subject: Nick Rosen a skeptical, 29 year-old journalist living in New York City.
Intrigued by the opportunity to peek behind the curtain of a 5.7 billion dollar "spiritual" industry, Nick signs on to investigate yoga for 6 months. Before he can say OM, he finds himself twisted up like a pretzel, surrounded by celebrity yogis, true believers, kooks, entrepreneurs and a gentle teacher from Brazil who leads his class with his feet behind his head.
The more Nick investigates yoga the more contradictions he discovers, leading him to question whether yoga is anything more than a workout. As Nick searches for concrete facts and discards the lofty spiritual theories of his yoga teachers, he strays further from Kate's original plan. The two find themselves lost in Northern India, embroiled in a struggle between Kate's expectations and Nick's overt rejection of "spirituality."
They circle the globe talking to mystics, gurus, mad men and saints searching for the true meaning of yoga. Ultimately, both Nick and Kate end up in places they never could have imagined. They don't find the answers to their questions, they find much more.
So after waving goodbye to the last of the in-laws this morning, I propped up my tired feet, decided to (slowly) ease back into yoga-mode, and slipped in this DVD. And for the next hour plus, I was laughing and nodding my agreement to Kate Churchill's docufilm, Enlighten Up.
Here's a synopsis of the film - a must-watch for anyone who's practising yoga. It also features yogis like BKS Iyengar, the late Shri K Pattabhi Jois, David Life, Sharon Gannon, Dharma Mittra, Cyndi Lee, Norman Allen and more. Enjoy!
Intrigued by the opportunity to peek behind the curtain of a 5.7 billion dollar "spiritual" industry, Nick signs on to investigate yoga for 6 months. Before he can say OM, he finds himself twisted up like a pretzel, surrounded by celebrity yogis, true believers, kooks, entrepreneurs and a gentle teacher from Brazil who leads his class with his feet behind his head.
The more Nick investigates yoga the more contradictions he discovers, leading him to question whether yoga is anything more than a workout. As Nick searches for concrete facts and discards the lofty spiritual theories of his yoga teachers, he strays further from Kate's original plan. The two find themselves lost in Northern India, embroiled in a struggle between Kate's expectations and Nick's overt rejection of "spirituality."
They circle the globe talking to mystics, gurus, mad men and saints searching for the true meaning of yoga. Ultimately, both Nick and Kate end up in places they never could have imagined. They don't find the answers to their questions, they find much more.
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