On a recent trip to South India, Sandi had coffee with filmmakers from Kerala. Highly caffeinated, she talks about the status of her documentary Jhaptal, and some of the connections between Ashtanga Yoga and Indian Classical Music, Sustainability, the Guru-Shishya tradition, healing trauma, and surrendering to the Divine Feminine.

Watch the full talk (@ 25 min) here:

Coffee Talk in Kerala with Sandi (Full Talk)

Or watch individual segments by clicking on their question/theme:

1) Why is Yoga important for Artists?

2) How did you come to Yoga and making a Documentary about Indian Classical Music?

3) What can Westerners learn from Indian Classical Music?

4) Why does your Documentary question the Guru-Shishya tradition?

5) Why are more people gravitating to Indian Classical Music?

6) What's the current status of your Documentary?

7) How did Trauma stop your Filmmaking and how did Yoga help you start again?

8) What do you mean by Ashtanga Yoga?

9) What does your Documentary have to do with surrendering to the Divine?

10) Goddess's Own Country

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