I am super stoked to announce the beginning of production on the first Total Soulful Journey original documentary film! “Yoga Saved My Life: The Healing Power of Yoga, Breathwork and Meditation” will take you through inspiring, heartwarming stories of healing and triumph and will also feature a new generation of leaders and healers.

The Director and Producer

My name is Paul Garrett and I will be directing this project. I am an award winning filmmaker and an internationally published photographer, who also worked nine years in the film industry for MGM/UA and Universal Pictures. Years ago I wrote a proposal and received a grant from Pategonia to co-produce and co-direct a wildlife documentary called, “EXPOSED: USDA’s Secret War on Wildlife.” This film went on to win the Best Wildlife Activism Film award at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival in New York City. It was also screened at the Animal Film Festival in Grass Valley, California where it won the award for the Best Short Film. This documentary garnered much praise and accolades from prominent wildlife conservationists, including Dr. Jane Goodall who wrote, “Congratulations to all involved in making this documentary. I hope it will be watched by millions." In addition, “EXPOSED” was also screened by members of Congress on Capital Hill.

Divine Inspiration

One day during the height of the COVID lockdowns I sat on my bed in meditation and asked the Universe, “What can I do with my talent and resources to have a positive impact upon as many people as possible.” To my surprise, the Universe answered, “You will do for yoga what you have done for wildlife and it will be called, Yoga Saved My Life.” I responded to this surprising download with a smile and said, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

The Genesis

Six years ago I did my very first yoga photo shoot. My model was drawn to my photography and flew out to Oregon from the Midwest. Libby was a yoga teacher and a yoga studio owner and she told me, “Yoga Saved My Life.” Years before Libby was the victim of a horrific act of domestic violence and was almost drown to death by her husband at that time who forced the nozzle of their kitchen sink into her mouth and turned on the water until her body went limp. This incident shattered her world, but yoga gave her a path to healing from her PTSD. I have done many yoga shoots since then and time and time again my yoga models have told me that yoga saved their lives along with incredible stories of survival and recovery that I feel need to be shared with the world in order to inspire other survivors of trauma to heal, reclaim their power, their health and their lives.

A Time to Heal and a Time for Second Chances

So how does yoga, breathwork and meditation help people to heal from both physical and emotional trauma? This is what I want to know and will share with you in this film. “Yoga Saved My Life” will explore the healing aspects of these ancient arts, and through powerful testimonials, and interviews with experts this film will move your heart and hopefully inspired you to heal your life, as well.

For the past two years, humanity has been traumatized by a global pandemic and the stressful impacts of the lockdowns including; domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, loss of employment, financial hardships and constant fear. All of this stress has taken its toll on the world. Now more than ever we need yoga, breathwork and meditation to help us cope with stress, to heal and to give us a second chance to live the beautiful lives that we were born to live.

Please sign up for my free newsletter at the bottom of this page to get updates on this film as it progresses. This project is a divine gift and I know that it will be a blessing to everyone who is in it, works on it, promotes it, sponsors it, donates to it, distributes it and to all who see it when it is released.

Thanks so much for your time and your support!

Namaste,

Paul Garrett

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