The documentary Sadhaka: The path of yoga aims to analyze the true yoga, its purposes and its effects through globally and unanimously recognized figures such as Ramiro Calle (Spain), Surinder Singh as well as relevant members of the Ashram aof Swami Veda Bharati (Rishikesh, India). As from there, key questions will be answered both to the inexperienced and to the yoga practitioner. The function of the narrator, carried out by director Nicolas Gauthier is precisely to respond to the arising problems from a neutral setting, dealing with such a complex and wide issue; furthermore, communicate the doubts and basic questions over a millennial practice without avoiding deeper questions regarding the mystical - esoteric aspirations of this tradition.
A dialogue that it is set between the narrator’s reflections and the answers of the different protagonists.
THE TRUE YOGA
To deal with the question of the true yoga, or genuine yoga we must give a definition of what it is real yoga and what it is not. We must be fair and bright regarding the current practise forms. We would fail the general public if we suggested only efficiency, cultural and anthropological validity of all these forms. The narrator, even without being a specialist in yoga, has got no prejudices. He only has his wisdom and intuition as a guide.
Moreover, the protagonists, highly recognized by the diffusion of yoga’s traditional procedure, have been chosen as a result of not having the stereotyped language on the subject. Not everything is fair and the prospect of an exponential business in a society with a huge lack of spirituality and welfare gives way to the appearance of many fallacies when selling an exotic and attractive activity as a solution to many personal problems. Many pseudo-yogas or denatured ‘yogas’ arose a long time ago which have no link to the true hatha-yoga and which have become a real neurotic worship to the ego and the body. This is why more than ever before, it is necessary to clarify the issue.
An ambitious artistic project featuring the visual touch of director Nicolas Gauthier and the rich, exciting and universal music of composer Luis Camino.
