Egy tragikus haláleset fenekestől felforgatja egy kertvárosban élő, sikeres család életét, mély fájdalmat – és egy új szerelem lehetőségét – hagyva maga után.
Egy montreali általános iskola alsós osztályának mindennapjait szeretett tanárnőjük öngyilkossága a feje tetejére állítja. A gyerekek egymás között próbálják meg feldolgozni az őket ért tragédiát, s eleinte nem fogadják el az iskolába helyettesítő tanárként jelentkező emigráns algériai pedagógus segítségét. Mr. Lazhar azonban sajátos eszközökkel lát neki az osztály kedvenc tanárnőjének elvesztése iránt érzett fájdalom közös feldolgozásának, aminél már csak oktatási módszerei tűnnek szokatlanabbnak. A tanár úr gyorsan népszerűvé válik a gyerekek között, s most már a kollégák tekintenek rá egyre inkább csodabogárként. A mindig mosolygós Lazhar múltja pedig titkokkal és tragédiákkal teli, s a zárkózott férfi életének részletei apránként kerülnek nyilvánosságra a tanáriban.
A megözvegyült Dr. Burke Ryan a gyász feldolgozásáról ír önsegítő könyvet, melyből hatalmas siker lesz. Előadásokat kezd tartani, és az egyik Seattle-i szemináriumon összefut a hotelben Eloise Chandlerrel, aki torkig van a férfiakkal. A vonzalom azonnal érzékelhető, de a nő számára hamarosan világossá válik, hogy a férfi egyáltalán nem jutott túl felesége elvesztésén, és hogy a színpadi show egyáltalán nem fedi a valóságot. Lehet, hogy amikor legkevésbé várnák, megtörténik velük a csoda?
A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by changing one's perceptions, the human body can heal itself from any disease.
Janice is struggling; she moves through life as if in a haze, unable to let go of her anger and frustration. While her husband has found refuge at a new church, Janice finds it hard to seek solace in her faith despite her pastor’s pleas to heal her wounds by meeting with the mothers of her son’s victims.
Filmmaker Stephen Hosier takes a journey with Richard Csanyi, his childhood friend, as he investigates the life and death of his twin brother Attila, who was found dead on a rooftop in 2020.
On a quest for emotional healing and spiritual awakening, a naturopathic doctor and an accountant join others in the Peruvian Amazon to drink a psychedelic brew called ayahuasca.
An old widower, Jasper, routinely makes coffee in two mugs and picks up trash around his community. Some of his more interesting finds speckle his home. His neighbors mostly disregard him. On one of his regular hunts, he chances upon an envelope. To his surprise, he finds old wedding photos and presumes the addressee, Angie, to be the bride. Determined to complete the delivery, Jasper follows a map to the address. When he finally arrives, his excitement is upended when Angie, now divorced, rebuffs him and the photos. He leaves her with an open invitation to his home, should she change her mind. The next morning, Jasper starts his routine-only to find Angie at his door. After a heart-to-heart on loss and new life, Jasper invites Angie to pick up trash with him. Together, they go.
Trying to escape their past, Lee enters college only to meet an extension of the painful history looming over them.
After years of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, six US veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan travel to Peru on a quest for healing. With the help and guidance of three brothers who are traditional healers, they take ayahuasca and other plant medicines during a 10-day retreat in the Amazon rainforest.
Elena is in charge of the library in a private school. His monotonous life is affected when a new child arrives at school with whom he is obsessed and whom he treats like his son. One day he decides to take him away, generating a crisis in his real mother, Andrea, who will do everything possible to get him back.
How do we heal our deepest wounds? Two combat veterans, suffering from severe trauma, abandon pharmaceuticals in order to seek healing through psychedelic medicines. Recent scientific research has shown that these substances can help people to recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Beyond the personal stories, From Shock to Awe raises fundamental questions about war, the pharmaceutical industry, and the US legal system.
Off-beat dramedy following Pat (she hates Patricia), exuberant and melancholic author during a winter stay in her childhood cabin where buried memories resurface. Pat needs to look into the mirror and forgive herself in order to heal and save her relationship with her musician boyfriend Jan and maintain the fragile bond with her tween daughter Flavie. 1+1+1 features a restless but strong female lead and a blended family trying to live together, where each member is learning to love him.herself and to love each other.
In this interview, psychiatrist Dr Stanislav Grof, MD and his wife Christina explain holotropic breathwork, and discuss its uses in psychotherapy. Like hypnosis and psychedelic therapy, holotropic breathwork is a method for invoking non-ordinary states of consciousness for therapeutic purposes. Viewers see patients undergoing holotropic breathwork in a group session, and the patients themselves then report their experiences.
A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine.
The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations.
Ibogaine is a plant extract that stops drug addiction. In this documentary, a 34-year-old heroin addict undergoes ibogaine therapy with Dr Martin Polanco at the Ibogaine Association, a clinic in Rosarito, Mexico. In Gabon, where use of the iboga root is traditional, a Babongo woman's tribe uses the plant to help her recover from a depressive malaise. Director Benjamin De Loenen interviews people formerly addicted to heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, who share their perspectives about ibogaine treatment.
The therapist gave Lynn a jar which the therapist said extracted/isolated Lynn's grief and whenever Lynn developed grief, before she could feel it herself, a candy would be produced in the jar. The film tells the story of how the 'separation' of grief gradually numbs and sickens a person, who eventually ingests a great deal of grief herself and then returns to a state of 'self'.
Exploring the concept of the Ecology of Emotions, this musical film portrays an inner journey through the secret garden of creativity put into frame by the nature of Iceland. Hidden Eden is a metaphor for our inner secret garden of creativity. This project bloomed during an art residency in Iceland, sparked by conversations around our shared philosophies on voice and emotional connection. The nature of Iceland inspired us to make the connection on how the landscape reflects the emotional states of creativity and how it helps manage the homeostasis of our inner emotional landscapes. This exchange between emotion and the landscape opens a space for healing. Creativity provides us with the tools to access a garden of our authentic being, nourishing and balancing us. Allowing ourselves to explore the spectrum of our emotions through the lens of our relationship with the Earth invites others to do the same. The creative process can affect our well being and is a key to human evolution.