It’s true, sometimes life can change us in the span of an hour. This happens when we become aware that what we believed sometimes loses validity. Thus, when our mental schemas fall, we are left defenseless, as if naked, but simultaneously empowered.
In this sense, documentaries are an incredible way to tell truths that often lie hidden. Based on stories, narrated directly by those involved. This tool is an excellent method for telling uncomfortable truths….
The following is a compilation made by the site specialized in yoga, yogiapproved, which shows us a series of videos, available for free on Neftlix, and which are essential for every person looking for a more humane world.
Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)
Paramahansa Yogananda was the first yogi to bring Hindu concepts such as meditation to the West. His work, life and ideas changed the way the West has conceived the spiritual search in recent years. A great reminder, too, of the true purpose of yoga.
If you don’t have Netflix you can get this documentary on Amazon.
Farnaggedon: the invisible war of American farm families
Now that the world is involved in an industrialization process that has led it to be unhealthy for people and the environment, the revolution is in discreet and powerful places, such as small farms, where food is generated on a small scale, with a sense based on quality and local consumption.
If you don’t have Netflix you can find the documentary here on Amazon.
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Get Fat (2014)
so much obesity? What is the lifestyle of an American family? This documentary discovers that people in the most powerful country in the world do not know how to . By discovering how the food industry works with this documentary, you will simply start to eat healthier.
Find it here on Amazon.
The True Cost (2015)
This period is the one in which the most clothing has been consumed in the entire history of the world. This industry that seems harmless and that is renewed each season with the fashions in vogue, in reality leads to a deterioration of the environment and a system in which they are installed in countries where labor is very cheap. A documentary that opens our eyes to a panorama in which fashion stores present themselves to us with another face.
On Amazon find it here.
I am (2010)
It is the story of Tom Shadya, director of very popular film comedies such as Ace Ventura. Shadva meets with an accident and then his perspective on his life changes. Transcendental questions arise in him such as What is wrong in the world today? What can we do? This documentary explores the opinions of experts such as scientists and philosophers and leaves a halo of hope about the possibility of change even at the individual level.
If you don’t have Netflix, download it here.
Vacaconspiracy: the secret of sustainability (2014)
Also available, complete and free on YouTube, this documentary reveals the true consequences of agriculture intended to feed livestock. Millions of hectares, where entire ones have been cut down, to feed cattle that will later give us meat. An unsustainable system that simply must change if we seek to survive on this Earth.