Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator

Sep 10, 2019

1h 26m

★ 6.3

Overview

The spectacular rise and scandalous fall of hot-yoga evangelist Bikram Choudhury is chronicled through archival footage and extensive insider interviews.

Genres

Documentary

Crime

Production Companies

Pulse Films

Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator Trailers

Cast

Self - Yoga Teacher

Larissa Anderson

Self - Yoga Teacher

Francesca Asumah

Self - Former Yoga Teacher

Sarah Baughn

Self (archive footage)

Bikram Choudhury

Self - Former Yoga Teacher

John Dowd

Self - Yogi

Mukul Dutta

Self - Former Head of Legal Affairs

Jafa-Bodden Micki

Self - Attorney

Carla Minnard

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self - Trail Attorney

Mark Quigley

Self - Studio Owner

Val Sklar Robinson

Self - Studio Owner

Mandeep Kaur Sandhu

As well as providing the subject for Luc Besson’s The Big Blue, Jacques Mayol did more than anyone to establish the sport of free diving to enormous depths without an oxygen supply. Using breathing techniques derived from yoga, he went to 50, 60, and even 100 meters—depths no one had considered to be within the bounds of human possibility. Mayol was a sportsman, a mystic, a vagabond, but above all, a man who believed in testing the limits of experience. This visually stunning tribute shows a man’s quest to be at one with the vastness of the ocean and to have no fear of the abyss within, where lurks serenity, freedom and finally, death.

10.0

Etugen

Jan 4, 2023

What is the purpose of our existence ? What is the soul ? Which are the power of mind, of conscience ? What is our link to nature ? Pondering these existential questions, this movie invites us to find out an universal wisdom, meeting shamans, healers, yogis, but also philosophers and doctors. From Mongolia plains to the Amazonian forest, it leads us far than we expected at first.

4.5

Finding Happiness

Feb 1, 2014

Finding Happiness is a film that captures a joyful reality. With a unique story directly from the heart and soul of each person who has lived it. Told through the eyes of a New York investigative journalist, Finding Happiness takes us on a journey to see how people can live in harmony, collaboration, compassion, cooperation, peace and love together in a conscious community called Ananda - which means "joy".

6.8

Awake: The Life of Yogananda

Oct 10, 2014

An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the go-to book for seekers from George Harrison to Steve Jobs.

0.0

Agniyogana

Sep 4, 2019

AGNIYOGANA is a meditative inquiry into the lost art of classical Hatha Yoga. Offering an experiential collage of action and stillness, light and darkness, sound and silence, AGNIYOGANA explores the richness of traditional Hatha Yoga teachings. AGNIYOGANA takes the viewer on a journey through time and space to rediscover the inner dimensions of Hatha Yoga and the true meaning of “yuj,”(yoga).

7.3

Heal

Oct 20, 2017

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.

No Image Available

4.2

Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga

Sep 8, 2009

Both during and after pregnancy, yoga is a perfect way to firm your body, build strength, and gain flexibility. These two yoga practices, filmed in a serene garden overlooking the Pacific Ocean, are also a wonderful way to maintain emotional balance and reduce stress during the exciting and often hectic times surrounding the birth of a child. In the prenatal sequence you'll practice safe and simple movements intended to strengthen and tone your body at any stage of pregnancy, while providing relaxation that will help create a luminous space in which your baby will thrive. The postnatal sequence is designed to redefine your body, restore your energy, and help you reconnect to yourself and your own wellness.

10.0

Ali MacGraw - Yoga Mind And Body

Dec 30, 2003

Explore a unique daily fitness regimen with actress Ali McGraw and yoga works, presenting a combination of short and long physical workouts and meditation periods to achieve well-being in body and mind.

0.0

Yoga Now: 50-minute Accelerated Workout

Jan 1, 2005

50 minutes of fast-paced hatha yoga for physical conditioning.

0.0

Yoga Now: 10-minute P.M. De-stressor

Jan 1, 2005

Calm your body and mind with 10 minutes of hatha yoga.

8.0

A Journey

May 29, 2017

A cinematic journey through the world. Non-verbal.

No Image Available

0.0

Sunseed

Nov 21, 1973

This documentary explores the growing American interest in the 1970s in Eastern religions and philosophy. The teachings and lifestyles of ten spiritual teachers and their followers are presented without voice-over narration.

No Image Available

0.0

YogaWorks for Everybody: Fit Abs

Dec 1, 2009

Build a strong core with two fun, demanding practices that combine core conditioning with interval training. The 10-minute "Fit Abs" practice alternates between traditional yoga movements and slow-burn holds. In "Core Yoga Flow" (40 min.), you move continuously.

No Image Available

0.0

Yoga for Wimps

Jan 1, 2004

Annika Carlson, an ACE- and AFAA-certified yoga instructor and trainer guides you through a series of yoga poses that are physically challenging, yet can be done by the average wimp! These poses, practiced with energy and enthusiasm, will produce amazing results. It's a fitness routine that everyone can do, regardless of age, fitness level, and flexibility (or lack thereof)! Yoga is just as much about your state of mind as it is about what your body is doing! Yoga for Wimps shows you how to tone your muscles, build strength, increase your energy, and reduce stress - all in a way that's not intimidating! Yoga for Wimps lets you work at your own pace to reap all of the wonderful rewards of yoga, without demanding too much from your body!

7.5

The Resurrection of Jake The Snake

Jan 23, 2015

A fallen professional wrestling superstar battles his past demons in a struggle to reclaim his life and the family that has given up on him.

0.0

Total Yoga

Apr 8, 2005

Total Yoga Earth is an escape into a peaceful landscape where the focus is on your practice and conscious breathing, not the interior decorating. This has the feeling of being taken to a peaceful outdoor world in another place and time where relaxation occurs due to the release of body tension. Instructors Tracey Rich and Ganga White explore the benefits of asanas and sun salutations for healing benefits. The 45-minute Practice includes: breathing, A Series, C Series, triangle, hero, twist, lying boat, backbends, forward bends, spiral twist, inversions and deep relaxation

No Image Available

0.0

Yoga to the Rescue

Sep 11, 2007

Relieve your aching neck, back, shoulders, wrists, and feet with this gentle yoga practice. Specially designed for those who've avoided yoga because of their lack of flexibility, low fitness level, or chronic pain, these simple exercises stretch, strengthen, and massage joints and muscles from head to toe, leaving you refreshed and restored. Instructor Desirée Rumbaugh has helped thousands with therapeutic Anusara yoga, and she can help you as well—whether you're a beginner or experienced practitioner.

No Image Available

6.5

Planet Yoga

May 4, 2012

Eastern discipline meets the Western need for spirituality

6.9

Kumaré

Jun 20, 2012

A documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all.

5.2

Naked Yoga

Jan 1, 1974

Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with images of Eastern art, processed for "psychedelic" effect. The narrator relates the practice of yoga to Buddhist philosophy. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2012.