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Movie Yoga

By Tav Sparks

Want to be in the movies? You already are! Read Movie Yoga and become a "Movie Yogi"!

Movie Yoga shows you how to turn on your inner Awareness Positioning System™, (APS™). While you watch movies and munch popcorn, you can connect the dots between your own life and what's up on the screen. Sparks describes the epic territory common to all genres of film & action, romance, horror, or mystery. Once you know how to look for it, you will discover your own life by watching it play out in film, frame by frame. 

Sparks inspires us with examples from his favorite movies and writes his descriptions with the beauty, power, and surprising force of the film clips themselves. You will never look at movies in the same way again!

(2009) 192 pp. Softcover, 6" x 9" in.

$18.95

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We all have different reactions to movies. Really paying attention to those unique responses is a yoga, or practice. Tav Sparks says we can learn a lot about ourselves just by watching movies with our inner Awareness Positioning System, turned on. Once we know how to look for it, we can discover our own lives playing out in film, frame by frame. Not only can we do this, we can have fun doing it while enjoying ourselves in the theater, on the couch, and talking it over with our movie buddies. Sparks talks about his passion for movies, describes a template that applies to every film, and inspires us to look at movies in a brand new way. 

"Movies have absolutely blessed my life. For me, movie theaters aren't just popcorn and M&M hide-outs. They are temples. They are altars. They are the halls of mystery. They've become the sanctuary where I go to find myself, to change, to grow. And lose myself, too, to die and be reborn. Who would have thought? One of my most intense passions, movies, has given me over and over again crystal clear glimpses of a wholeness within me, and all kinds of clues about how to make the odyssey toward that wholeness."
~ Tav Sparks

Critical Reviews

"Movie Yoga will take you on a holographic journey to the center of yourself as it invites you to ponder, "What does my reaction to that movie reveal about me?" Tav's warm, passionate, personal style will move you out of thinking about it and into the experience of what he's saying. Drawing from a vast library of films that Tav has experienced, he demonstrates how every movie he has ever watched, good and bad alike, has transformed him in some way, and then he offers a technique that you can use to do the same ñ to walk out of the theatre, at the end of any movie, a deeper, bigger person than when you walked in. This is a book that would make anyone appreciate the work of Hollywood."

Melody Jackson, Ph.D., Smart Girls Productions

"In his book, Movie Yoga: How Every Film Can Change Your Life, Tav Sparks draws on his lexical knowledge of the world of movie-making and his vast experience from almost quarter of a century of therapeutic work with non-ordinary states of consciousness. The result is a unique instrument that could transform one of the most popular mass entertainments into an adventure of self-discovery, self-healing, and inner transformation."

Stanislav Grof, M.D., Author of Psychology of the Future, The Cosmic Game, and When the Impossible Happens

"As someone who appreciates what it means to get lost in movies, I really resonate with Tav's passion for the power of film. Beyond just watching for entertainment, Movie Yoga parts a curtain on the deeper mysteries that films reveal."

H.R. Giger ñ Visionary artist and Oscar winner for "Alien"

"As a producer, I love that Tav Sparks gives people another reason to be inspired by movies. In Movie Yoga, he takes the film experience to a whole new level. His passion and insight for both movies and transformation are clear on every page."

Bill Block, Producer, financier, and CEO, QED Intl.

"Tav Sparks's passion for film is infectious and truly delightful. But more than that, Tav shows us how one of life's simple joys, going to the movies, can be a tool for deep spiritual and emotional transformation. If you love the silver screen and long for the spirit, read this book!"

Jai Uttal, World musician and Grammy-nominated recording artist

"Movie Yoga is an entertaining exploration of the transformation path of movies. It is both deep and fun, two fine qualities in any book. I recommend it highly!"

Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., Author of The Big Leap, Co-Founder of The Spiritual Cinema Circle

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