Naked Yoga (1973) Film Academy Award Nominee (Extract)

Please see my channel for a copy of the full film. You must be over 18 and signed in to view. From Wikipedia: Naked Yoga is a short documentary released in 1974 and illustrates the practice of yoga in a natural setting and in the nude. The plot of this movie includes women practicing yoga in Cyprus and in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with images of Eastern art, processed for “psychedelic“ effect. The narrator also relates the practice to Buddhist philosophy. It was shown on television in the UK [Channel 4, in 1986 and 1988], however it has not been released to video. This documentary/short was nominated for an Oscar in 1975, in the category Best Documentary, Short Subjects. It was written and directed by Paul Cordsen. The stars included Elizabeth Taylor-Mead and features the blues singer Alexis Korner as the narrator. Naked Yoga had been on the list of List of lost films. A search for it began in 2004 by the Academy Archive’s Documentary Curator, Ed Carter. After
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