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The Mindfulness Movement

Follow the emotionally compelling story of four main characters who reveal their personal hardships and explain how mindfulness transformed their lives.

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Robert Beemer

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So I had to quit
right in the middle - The Mindfulness Movement

So I had to quit right in the middle

The backstory was
even more embarrassing - The Mindfulness Movement

The backstory was even more embarrassing

Whether it was cross country,
playing basketball, jumping, - The Mindfulness Movement

Whether it was cross country, playing basketball, jumping,

There's something magical
while being in flow - The Mindfulness Movement

There's something magical while being in flow

So when I was in college
I was actually rooming - The Mindfulness Movement

So when I was in college I was actually rooming

It was preseason, just
playing with the team, - The Mindfulness Movement

It was preseason, just playing with the team,

I had an ankle injury and it
pretty much ended my career. - The Mindfulness Movement

I had an ankle injury and it pretty much ended my career.

I didn't really know who I was - The Mindfulness Movement

I didn't really know who I was

Being an athlete all my
life and loving to run - The Mindfulness Movement

Being an athlete all my life and loving to run

And that's when I started
the pain medicine. - The Mindfulness Movement

And that's when I started the pain medicine.

I started abusing that - The Mindfulness Movement

I started abusing that

I lived with my father's
parents after that, - The Mindfulness Movement

I lived with my father's parents after that,

I hadn't seen him since I was
four and by now I'm like 11 - The Mindfulness Movement

I hadn't seen him since I was four and by now I'm ...

He didn't die but he
spent the rest of his life - The Mindfulness Movement

He didn't die but he spent the rest of his life

I'd lived in five different
family configurations - The Mindfulness Movement

I'd lived in five different family configurations

And so I was terribly
unhappy and afraid and angry - The Mindfulness Movement

And so I was terribly unhappy and afraid and angry

[baby crying] - The Mindfulness Movement

[baby crying] - The Mindfulness Movement

One is a specific
type of meditation, - The Mindfulness Movement

One is a specific type of meditation,

[Daniel] Every time you
put your mind on your breath - The Mindfulness Movement

[Daniel] Every time you put your mind on your breath

This is quite a parallel
with going to the gym - The Mindfulness Movement

This is quite a parallel with going to the gym

Every time you lift that
weight, every repetition, - The Mindfulness Movement

Every time you lift that weight, every repetition,

[Richard] Among
novice practitioners, - The Mindfulness Movement

[Richard] Among novice practitioners,

This was a kind of
proof of concept study - The Mindfulness Movement

This was a kind of proof of concept study

[Narrator] Strengthening
that mental muscle - The Mindfulness Movement

[Narrator] Strengthening that mental muscle

[Diana] The way I define
mindfulness is paying attention - The Mindfulness Movement

[Diana] The way I define mindfulness is paying attention

So it's a quality of attention - The Mindfulness Movement

So it's a quality of attention

We can bring that quality of
awareness to our experience. - The Mindfulness Movement

We can bring that quality of awareness to our experience.

[reflective music] - The Mindfulness Movement

[reflective music]

In other words, we start taking
better care of ourselves, - The Mindfulness Movement

In other words, we start taking better care of ourselves,

[Deepak] When you're aware
of a sensory experience - The Mindfulness Movement

[Deepak] When you're aware of a sensory experience

[Jon] And it offers us
degrees of freedoms so that - The Mindfulness Movement

[Jon] And it offers us degrees of freedoms so that

There's no moment - The Mindfulness Movement

There's no moment

[Diana] I'm a big believer
in the growth of mindfulness, - The Mindfulness Movement

[Diana] I'm a big believer in the growth of mindfulness...

[Narrator] Some people
still associate meditation - The Mindfulness Movement

[Narrator] Some people still associate meditation

But in the 1970s a small
number of young scientists - The Mindfulness Movement

But in the 1970s a small number of young scientists

[orchestral music] - The Mindfulness Movement

[orchestral music]

I did have an experience
back in the late '70s - The Mindfulness Movement

I did have an experience back in the late '70s

One day at about the
10th day of this retreat - The Mindfulness Movement

One day at about the 10th day of this retreat

Since I happened to be already
working in a laboratory - The Mindfulness Movement

Since I happened to be already working in a laboratory

Nobody wants to go there unless
they are really suffering - The Mindfulness Movement

Nobody wants to go there unless they are really suffering

I started to seek
out physicians, - The Mindfulness Movement

I started to seek out physicians,

"Well maybe 10%, maybe 15%." - The Mindfulness Movement

"Well maybe 10%, maybe 15%."

[somber music] - The Mindfulness Movement

I would say, "Listen,
from our point of view, - The Mindfulness Movement

I would say, "Listen, from our point of view,

"What we're gonna do is
pour energy and attention - The Mindfulness Movement

"What we're gonna do is pour energy and attention

The doctors would
say, they'd say, - The Mindfulness Movement

The doctors would say, they'd say,

[acoustic guitar music] - The Mindfulness Movement

[acoustic guitar music]

Hundreds of thousands of
lives have been transformed. - The Mindfulness Movement

Hundreds of thousands of lives have been transformed.

[Jon] We want you
to meditate in the way - The Mindfulness Movement

[Jon] We want you to meditate in the way

Because it's just not like, - The Mindfulness Movement

Because it's just not like,

Just taking my seat has
gotta be a love affair - The Mindfulness Movement

Just taking my seat has gotta be a love affair

It's absolutely essential
that it is understood - The Mindfulness Movement

It's absolutely essential that it is understood

How would you even know
if you're doing harm - The Mindfulness Movement

How would you even know if you're doing harm

You're engaging in the
meditation practice
for the sake of, - The Mindfulness Movement

You're engaging in the meditation practice for the sake...

[reflective music] - The Mindfulness Movement

[reflective music]

[Sharon] When I was
a sophomore in college, - The Mindfulness Movement

[Sharon] When I was a sophomore in college,

I had a philosophy requirement
and I just chose that one - The Mindfulness Movement

I had a philosophy requirement and I just chose that one

It was in the
context of the course - The Mindfulness Movement

It was in the context of the course

I heard there were actual
practical tools you could use - The Mindfulness Movement

I heard there were actual practical tools you could use

I created a project, I said, - The Mindfulness Movement

I created a project, I said,

[Indian music] - The Mindfulness Movement

I couldn't focus and I
was very young, I was 18, - The Mindfulness Movement

I couldn't focus and I was very young, I was 18,

I'm somewhat famous for once
having marched up to Goenka, - The Mindfulness Movement

I'm somewhat famous for once having marched up to Goenk...

And I'd been hugely angry
but I didn't quite know it. - The Mindfulness Movement

And I'd been hugely angry but I didn't quite know ...

And the other part was
being kind to myself - The Mindfulness Movement

And the other part was being kind to myself

In that discovery, and it
was only after that, I think, - The Mindfulness Movement

In that discovery, and it was only after that, I think,

It still remains the pivotal
turning point of my life. - The Mindfulness Movement

It still remains the pivotal turning point of my life.

[Narrator] When Sharon
returned to America, - The Mindfulness Movement

[Narrator] When Sharon returned to America,

[Sharon] Some
combination of us would go - The Mindfulness Movement

[Sharon] Some combination of us would go

[Narrator] Eventually
Sharon, Joseph, and Jack - The Mindfulness Movement

[Narrator] Eventually Sharon, Joseph, and Jack

Up above the doorway, when we
first looked at the building, - The Mindfulness Movement

Up above the doorway, when we first looked at the building,

[Daniel] When I was a
graduate student at Harvard, - The Mindfulness Movement

[Daniel] When I was a graduate student at Harvard,

It's quite an interesting
accident of history - The Mindfulness Movement

It's quite an interesting accident of history

Like Jack Kornfield and Joseph
Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg - The Mindfulness Movement

Like Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg

[audience applauds] - The Mindfulness Movement

[audience applauds]

As a clinical psychologist
I was learning - The Mindfulness Movement

As a clinical psychologist I was learning

So I was very excited and
I went back to Harvard - The Mindfulness Movement

So I was very excited and I went back to Harvard

"There's an upside
to human potential - The Mindfulness Movement

"There's an upside to human potential

"Isn't that great?" - The Mindfulness Movement

"Isn't that great?"

[Narrator] Daniel became
a best-selling author - The Mindfulness Movement

[Narrator] Daniel became a best-selling author

When we started out way
back there were three articles - The Mindfulness Movement

When we started out way back there were three articles

In the last five years - The Mindfulness Movement

In the last five years

Right at the beginning, - The Mindfulness Movement

Right at the beginning,

People check their email - The Mindfulness Movement

People check their email

Every time you bring
your mind back, - The Mindfulness Movement

Every time you bring your mind back,

One of the other findings
about beginning meditation - The Mindfulness Movement

One of the other findings about beginning meditation

There is some very good
suggestive evidence from UCLA - The Mindfulness Movement

There is some very good suggestive evidence from UCLA

People who we call
long-term practitioners, - The Mindfulness Movement

People who we call long-term practitioners,

What happens is that all
of the genes that create, - The Mindfulness Movement

What happens is that all of the genes that create,

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Follow the emotionally compelling story of four main characters who reveal their personal hardships and explain how mindfulness transformed their lives.

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Director: Robert Beemer

Writer: Robert Beemer

Production: Interesting Stuff Entertainment

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 43/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Apr 2020

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://themindfulnessmovement.com/