The Connection (Film)
February 16, 2015Due to public demand, SKJ Consulting are proud to present a second screening of ‘The Connection’; a documentary featuring world leading experts in mind body medicine and remarkable true stories of healing.
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THE FILM
After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, journalist and filmmaker Shannon Harvey travelled the world in search of the missing link in healthcare.
From interviewing world leading scientists to meeting people with remarkable stories of recovery from severe back pain, heart disease, infertility, cancer and multiple sclerosis, this documentary delves into the link between our mind and body.
The film includes an internationally recognized line up of scientists including Dr. Herbert Benson, researchers including Dr. Dean Ornish, writers including Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and renowned medical doctors including Dr. Andrew Weil.
The film also features compelling true stories of recovery such as Professor George Jelinek, a Professor of Emergency Medicine who has recovered from multiple sclerosis, and Dr. Ian Gawler who recovered from an aggressive bone cancer against the odds.
The Connection is a film that proves we have more influence on our health outcomes than we ever thought possible.
THE CONNECTION
Everyday millions of people are turned away from their doctor’s rooms with a diagnosis of a chronic illness. Tests are ordered, drugs or surgeries are prescribed; but often little is offered by way of explanation or cure.
Filmmaker Shannon Harvey was one of them. At 24 years old she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Her immune system had become hyperactive and was attacking normal, healthy tissues. Her muscles and joints were inflamed and she was told if her disease progressed she could end up with organ failure, or wheelchair bound.
In search of a cure, Shannon turned to nutrition, exercise and alternative therapies. But she was still sick. There was one thing she did know. When she was stressed, she got worse and with a background in journalism, Shannon sought answers in pioneering science. She soon realized that in order to change her health she needed to change her mind.
The Connection is a film about how frontier research is proving that there is a direct connection between our mind and our health. The film features scientists, researchers, writers and doctors, as well as remarkable true stories of people adding mind body medicine to their healing toolkit to recover from severe back pain, heart disease, infertility, cancer and multiple sclerosis.
While the science is complex, the solutions for people suffering with illness are astonishingly simple. The film shows that we can counter the harmful affects of stress with an equally powerful relaxation response triggered through specific techniques such as meditation. It shows that emotions can impact the course of an illness for better or for worse and could even be the difference between life and death. The film explains the mechanisms behind belief, which scientists now know contributes 30 to 50 percent of the effect of any known biological cure and explores how scientists at the cutting edge are now learning that the mind can even influence the expression of genes and the rate at which we age.
This is a film for people who have tried everything. It offers answers and proves that you can change your mind, change your health and change your life.
THE EXPERTS
Internationally renowned experts featured in the film include:
Herbert Benson, MD: Discovered the Relaxation Response that helps counter the harmful effects of stress.
Jon Kabat Zinn PhD: One of the first people to bring together eastern meditation techniques with medicine and research to develop the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program.
Dean Ornish MD: A leading physician who directed a series of scientific research studies showing that the progression of coronary heart disease and prostate cancer can often be reversed by making comprehensive lifestyle changes.
Andrew Weil MD: A world-renowned pioneer in the field of integrative medicine.
Esther Sternberg MD: A leading researcher who made discoveries in brain-immune interactions and the effects of the brain’s stress response on health.
Sara Lazar PhD: A Harvard scientist conducting cutting edge research into the effects of meditation and yoga on brain activity and changes in brain structure.
Alice Domar PhD: The first researcher to apply mind body medicine to women with infertility.
David Spiegel MD: Conducted a pioneering study on the power of group support in health outcomes for women with breast cancer.
Craig Hassed MD: An academic who’s ground breaking body of work on the application of integrative and mind- body medicine has raised the bar in the teaching of modern medicine.
Damien Finnis MD: An expert in the clinical applications of the placebo effect.
THE FILMMAKER
Filmmaker Shannon Harvey was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease at 24 years old. Her immune system had become hyperactive and was attacking normal, healthy tissues. Her muscles and joints were inflamed and she was told if her disease progressed she could end up with organ failure, or wheelchair bound. In search of a cure, Shannon turned to nutrition, exercise and alternative therapies. But she was still sick. There was one thing she did know. When she was stressed, she got worse and with a background in journalism, Shannon sought answers in pioneering science. She soon realized that in order to change her health she needed to change her mind.
Shannon is the director and producer of The Connection. She is a former ABC and Fairfax journalist reporting for Australian TV, radio and print online. She runs a small Sydney based production company – www.elementalmedia.com.au – that specializes in online video series and documentary production. The Connection is independently financed and produced by Shannon and her husband Julian Harvey.
“We have more say in our own health than even our doctors.”
Jon Kabat Zinn, Ph.D.
Founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
This is a film for people who have tried everything. It offers answers and proves that you can change your mind, change your health and change your life.
100 people attended the screening of The Connection to rave reviews on 11 November 2014 in Sale. Many of you asked us to show the film again. Now is your chance.
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