Introduction
In college, I worked with a sustainability organization where our leadership team gathered together, via zoom every week, to watch documentaries.
Documentaries provide objective and factual information, offering an educational way to learn about real life experiences, historic events, stories, etc…
This was a great way to watch educational content, learn new material, as well as discuss important topics in relation to the work we were doing.
This blog post contains a list of documentaries with topics focused on mental and physical health. These documentaries are a great way to learn more about mindfulness, exercise, well-being, etc…
Let’s check them out!
Table of Contents
Headspace Guide to Meditation
Headspace Guide to Meditation is a series on Netflix showing and explaining how meditation can help you in your daily life. This series provides 8 episodes with different techniques and exercises to begin meditating.
I recommend watching an episode a day to get the full experience of practicing one technique per day. You can then choose which techniques you liked the most and rewatch those episodes!
Headspace Guide to Sleep
Headspace Guide to Sleep is a series on Netflix showing and explaining how meditation can help you sleep. This series provides 7 episodes with different techniques and exercises to help you wind down at night.
I recommend watching an episode per night to gain the full experience of practicing one technique per day. You can then choose which techniques you liked the most and rewatch those episodes.
The Mind Explained
The Mind Explained is a limited series on Netflix discussing and examining what happens inside the human brain in relation to memories, dreams, anxiety, mindfulness as well as psychedelic drugs.
Brené Brown: the Call to Courage
Brené Brown: the Call to Courage is a documentary film where Brené Brown who, as stated on youtube, has “one of the most viewed TED talks of all time.
[She is also a] research professor and best-selling author [and in this film, she] challenges you to show up, step into the arena and answer the call to courage.”
Lorena, Light- Footed Woman
Lorena, Light- Footed Woman is a 28 minute documentary that focuses on Lorena Ramírez, a Mexican long distance runner.
Lorena is known for having won the Cerro Rojo Ultra Trial in 2017 (a 50km race) whilst doing it wearing huaraches. The documentary follows Lorena and her personal story of running.
Limitless
Limitless is a documentary that focuses on the benefits of running.
The documentary follows eight women in India who explain how running has helped them face self-doubt, increase their confidence, as well as break barriers in society.
Sugar Coated
Sugar Coated is a documentary focusing on the increased consumption of sugar and its relation to health risks.
This film discusses the problems with sugar intake, the deceptions of the sugar industry, as well as problems with how society labels and adds sugar to an increasing amount of items in our grocery stores.
Disclaimer
I don’t always agree with the information presented or explained in documentaries.
Learning about different topics is important but don’t settle with information that is presented to you. It’s important to be critical and think about how information is presented and what stood out to you whether this was positive or negative.