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Free The Mind: Can You Rewire The Brain Just By Taking A Breath?

Directed & Written by Phie Ambo

Denmark, 2012

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Neuroscientists have formed a pretty clear picture of what a healthy brain looks like — but what, if anything, can their methods tell us about a “healthy mind”? Is it even possible to quantify or measure something as seemingly ineffable (and yet so very much in demand) as contentment? Phie Ambo’s remarkable documentary takes its cue from those questions, which have set the parameters for University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and Transcendental Meditation advocate Richard Davidson’s life’s work. The film shifts deftly between the enthusiastic psychologist/neuroscientist’s presentation of his brain imaging research (which does indeed suggest that meditation can produce physiological results) and carefully observed sequences that explore the firsthand experiences of the people in his care.

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Wanna give the finger to Big Pharma and maybe meet the Dalai Lama? Danish director Phie Ambo’s Free the Mind was one of my big discoveries at Idfa 2012. The film’s a truly revelatory exploration of the mindfulness movement, led here in the States by the University of Wisconsin’s Richard Davidson (who made Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world back in 2006), an expert in “contemplative neuroscience” who moved into the field after being asked by none other than the Dalai Lama why modern neuroscience didn’t study kindness and compassion. Ambo’s doc is a …...