Videos: a small selection of what we like

We understand that many of the following categories are completely subjective, and that the content could be ordered differently. Please keep this in mind as you browse through the categories. Our aim to give you "food for thought" and that you enjoy all the information that is out there that can make you think, feel, and take action for a the improvement of our lives as humans. Click on the image that calls your attention to open up the video. All of the content has links to its original sources, where you can find more information. Also, if you have more content you would like to see posted, please send us an e-mail to: yoga.sukhmani@gmail.com

Gods & Goddesses

It is said that all women have in ther unconcious the mark of a universal arquetipe: a character that repeats itself endlessly in the history of many cultures. Arquetipes can be guides to understanding our own history; we can know how women with similar stories have lived, and even more, how they have found the lesson under their story. In this video you will find many pictures of women arquetipes over different times and cultures. Enjoy!
www.heartgoddess.net

Art

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) was a russian painter that travelled extensively throughout the world. His paintings are very much inspired on the East: mountains, religious figures, and human figures that along with the natural landscape, evoke the sacred inside of us. His colors are not very realistic, and yet they evoke sensations that are very similar to those that we feel when we are near such spectacular places. Nicholas Roerich also made great efforts to ensure that governments protect art.

Yogi Bhajan

Yogi Bhajan (also known as the Siri Singh Sahib or Harbhajan Singh), dedicated a great part of life to sharing a technology called "Kundalini Yoga". These exercises, though physical, also work to clean up the mind of its repetitive thoughts, and to clean up the body of all the energetical blocks, so that we can perceive better and with more clarity the spirit: that part which transcends in us. The videos of Yogi Bhajan are amazing because of his humor, his acuteness, and the simple way in which he throws light over the most complex and painful processes of life.

Meditation y Mantra

Mantra is a very controversial subject when talking about meditation: some people are for it, and some people against it. In any case, mantra is sacred. Though some people might be scared to repeat the same phrase over and over, mantra has such a powerful effect that anyone who practices will be able to see for him/herself. These small videos of Yogi Bhajan explain very well what mantra is and why the mind has to be controlled.

Animals and our food

Life needs death to keep on living; our elders knew this and they lived on meat to survive. However our elders knew the meaning and weight of death, and they knew death was a very serious thing both for animals and humans. That's why, when they went out hunting, they first asked permissions to the gods to kill. There is even evidence that some cultures asked permission to the animal to kill him (and also to the plants). Today the way we kill our food has lost all meaning and ritual to it, and on the contrary, the animals are slaughtered in very cruel and insensitive ways. Animals can feel; let us not forget this fact. We share these videos (one small video and one amazing movie called earthlings) so that you think twice in what you eat and how you treat animals.

Health and Healing

In this interesting interview made to Deepak Chopra and Dean Ornish, the health subject is explored from a strict scientific point of view: very small changes in our lifestyle can cause major changes in our health. Also, the imprtance of conciousness in health is explored.
www.tedmed.com

In a rythmic and poetic stile, Sekou Andrews, presents the solution he proposes so that society can live with good health and happiness. Sekou makes a call for common sense, human kindness, and sense of humour, to make us see that the world's greatest problems can be solved with compassion and love towards our fellow beings. An amazing talk.
www.tedmed.com

Sadhana

Sadhana is a word used by many religious disciplines... Sadhana literally means "discipline"... Many wise men can tell you that discipline makes up habits, and habits make up our daily lives. In this video Yogi Bhajana talks about the importance of sadhana and why the hour you do it in, does matter.

Indigenous Wisdom

Impressive, true and sad is this letter that Chief Seattle writes to the President of the United States. A wild human being knew already what his conquerors are just learning now: God is one and the same for everyone; we are all brothers of the animals and nature, and we belong to Mother Earth and she doesn't belong to us. A must watch.