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A look at Eastern spirituality in the Western world. While exploring various forms of Hinduism and Buddhism the film also focuses on specifically Western manifestations. Highlighted is the way that Buddhism has been embraced by forward-thinking psychotherapists. Also explored is the path of convergence with western science, thanks especially to Harvard’s Sara Lazar, who has used FMRI technology to conduct the breakthrough studies on the cortex of meditators, proving that meditative practice can reverse the aging process in the brain. Perhaps most exciting are the segments detailing how meditation has been used to help segments of the population that have long been overlooked: on the one hand, junkies and AIDS patients; and on the other, working-class children, who are introduced to it under the secular term "mindfulness".

USA - 2007 - 2 h 08 mn - HD • 16/9 - Colour

Director Alan Swyer Writer Alan Swyer Camera Aaron Landy Sound Derek Jones Editing David Flores Music Cathleen Wong, Derek Alan Jones

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