Surya Yoga followers claim gazing into the sun leads to a healthy life

Описание: (15 Jul 2009) SHOTLIST :
Kozhikode, Kerala, India, Recent, 2009
1. Wide of sun rising over the hills
2. Mid of sun
3. Wide of people gazing at sun
4. Mid of Heera Ratan Manek, Surya Yoga teacher gazing at sun
5. Wide of people gazing at rising sun
6. Mid of Valasala gazing at sun
7. Close of Valasala's eyes
8. Mid shot Valasala
9. Mid of people looking at sun
10. SOUNDBITE (Malayalam) Valasala, Government employee:
"Surya Yoga gives you a lot of freshness. It's not because I have any illness. I am over 40 years old now and I just wanted to know if I could escape using glasses for reading. So far, I haven't needed glasses."
11. Various of Manek talking to the group
12. SOUNDBITE (Malayalam) Aravindan, Retired Government Employee:
"I cannot really talk about any outward manifestation of the benefits of Surya Yoga. It's an inner feeling. I have gained immunity to colds. I think I can handle stress much better now. I get an inner strength and it is only after practicing Surya Yoga that I have felt this way."
13. Mid of entrance to Manek's house
14. Various of Manek and his wife Vimala climbing stairs and entering their house
15. Low angle shot of Manek
16. Mid of Vimala seated
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Heera Ratan Manek, Practitioner of Surya Yoga: (AUDIO AS INCOMING)
"Many people in the Western world... they are facing the problem of high obesity, overweight and so the sun gazing is giving them a sure cure. How they can eliminate overeating, lessen the food, get the energy from the sun directly instead of the solid food that we are normally taking in. So, sun energy replaces the energy that we get from the food."
18. Various of people at beach
19. Various of children playing
20. SOUNDBITE (English) K. Pappootty, Astro Scientist:
"To my knowledge, there is no such mechanism by which energy can be directly absorbed from sun. If such a mechanism was there, (the) human race need not worry about the energy problems."
21. Wide of children flying kite at beach
22. Mid of kites in air
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Sreenivas, Directorate of Health Services, Kerala:
"Basically in the morning and in the evening, the sun rays are not as powerful or as dangerous as you see in the noon. But, it is definitely not advisable even in the evening or night to look at sun directly with the naked eyes. Science doesn't really support that, and there can be damage to the eyes."
24. Wide of Manek seated with his group on the beach
25. Mid of Manek
26. Various of other people arriving and joining the group
27. Wide of people at beach
28. Various of Manek and his group gazing at sun
29. Sun seen through the fingers
30. Wide of men gazing at the setting sun
LEADIN
Without the sun, there would be no life on earth.
And in India followers of Surya Yoga claim that gazing at the sun brings perfect balance of mind, body and spirit.
STORYLINE
In the Southern Indian city of Kozhikode, a group of people have adopted the practice of sun gazing or Surya Yoga as an integral part of their lives.
It involves looking at the sun directly, at dawn or dusk, during first 20 minutes after sunrise and last 20 minutes before sunset.
That is the period when sun's rays have the least amount of harmful ultra-violet rays.
Surya is a Sanskirt word for sun.
Valasala, a government employee, says she hopes that gazing at the sun will mean she won't have to wear glasses.
Aravindan, a retired government employee, says he found that has he "gained immunity to colds. I think I can handle stress much better now. I get an inner strength and it is only after practicing Surya Yoga that I have felt this way."

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