In energetic language, these are ten movies that inspire and provoke your the second, or sacral Chakra. Try to watch any of them from your “guts”, if you wish to use them to resolve issues related to your primal connection with life’s experience.
- The Doors (1991, Oliver Stone) – The bigger-than-life story of musician Jim Morrison, where art, psychedelic drugs, mystical experiences, unrestrained sexuality, totality of expression and alcohol addiction are inseparably entwined.
- The Pillow Book (1996, Director: Peter Greenaway) – A unique, poetic and visually-stunning journey into the human body as a work of art.
- Life is beautiful (1997, Director: Roberto Benigni) – A most unexpected Holocaust comedy, showing how the joy of life can win even under the harshest conditions imaginable.
- Chocolat (2000, Director: Lasse Hallstrom) – A mysterious chocolate maker unsettles the tranquil life of a conservative French town.
- Into The Wild (2007, Sean Penn) – A young man embarking on a dangerous adventure into the Alaskan wilderness, leaving everything behind for the sake of total experience.
- Where the wild things are (2009, Director: Spike Jonze) – Mischievous little Max unleashes the wild monsters of his subconscious and becomes their leader.
- Life of Pi (2012, Director: Ang Lee) – Young Pi finds himself lost in the Pacific ocean, sharing one lifeboat with a fierce Bengal tiger and a breathtaking journey into life’s mysteries and beauty.
- Begin again (2013, Director: John Carney) – A romantically abandoned unknown musician stumbles across a failed music producer, finding with him the joy of pure creativity and passion for life and music.
- Inside Out (2015, Directors: Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen) – 11-year old Riley has her world turned upside-down when leaving her world of sweet childhood behind. Her internal world needs to come to terms with the loss of joy as she knew it.
- The little prince (2015, Director: Mark Osborne) – An aviator introduces a girl to a world where she discovers what it means to be a child at heart forever.
