Mr. Demko's film shot in the Indian Himalayas Personal Time with Swami-ji 157 mins. 2007 offers rare insights into the nature of yoga. Swami Sundaranand is the film's chief guest.
His film Personal Time with Devi Tide: The Practise of Healing and Awakening 120 mins, 2008, offers viewers an experiential look into the art of being a healing precence and the Sufi perspective on healing (Devi Tide is the North American Head of the Sufi Healing Order).
His film on Sandra Ingerman, an internationally recognized leader in the field of teaching Shamanism and shamanistic healing titled Listen With Your Heart: Sandra Ingerman on Shamanism, Healing & Nature 150 mins 2008 is for those who would like to have an upclose personal encounter with this remarkable teacher and practitioner. Sandra is the author of 6 books including "Soul Retrieval" "Medicine for the Earth" and "How to Heal Toxic Thoughts".
For more information and to order these films please visit The Center for Healing Arts web site
Victor offers both private and group instruction and guided meditation to those wishing to find inner balance, peace and harmony. His workshops, seminars and instruction on meditation and achieving inner satisfaction, peace and happiness are available to Yoga centers, community organizations, corporate and private groups either as individual sessions, a multi part series or on a continuous basis.
Workshops available are:
" A Pilgrimage Meditation to the Himalayas"
Let your problems take a back seat in your life for an afternoon as you simulate a meditation pilgrimage to the Himalayas. Feel uplifted, energized and renewed. Then use that refreshed part of your self to see a new perspective on a challenging situation in your life. Available as either an Afternoon, or Full day workshop
“The Inner Yoga of OM”
OM is a sound, chant and reference that’s being used more and more today in the west. Through the use of sound and meditation: explore, find or deepen your experience of this often used Yoga sound-word. (No or minimal physical movements required) Available as either an Afternoon, Day, Evening or 4 evening series
“Spiritual Development through Accomplishment”
Explore the step by step process of accomplishment outlined and supported by ancient Yogic and Sufi principles. Victor will illustrate and illuminate all points with meditation and examples from his own journey through the various stages of accomplishment. The course is based on Pramahansa Yogananda’s book The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity and Happiness and Sufi Master Hazarat Inyat Khan’s book “Mastery Through Accomplishment”. Available as either 6, 8 or 13 weekly 2 hr. sessions.
“Breath, Purification and the Chakras”
Discover and work with aspects of the Breath for: inspiration, healing and having a better life. Learn and enhance your own inner practice with the elemental purification practices associated with Earth, Water, Fire and Air. Work with the Chakras for inner clarity, healing and happiness. Offered As either an Afternoon, Day, introductory Evening event or as a 3 to 8 week series
- SPECIAL SCREENINGS -
SPECIAL FILM EVENTS are available as single screenings, a series or as part of a more in-depth film and meditation event.
The following films are part of The Center for Healing Arts DVD series.
Films Directed and Edited by Victor Demko
Personal Time with Swami-ji 157 mins. Shot at Swami Sundaranand’s modest home in Gangotri at the source of the sacred Ganges River in the Indian Himalayas. Swami Sundaranand is one of the last of the great reclusive Himalayan yogis.
Personal Time with Devi Tide: The Practice of Healing and Awakening 120 mins. (Devi Tide is the Head of the Sufi Healing Order in North America)
Listen With Your Heart: Sandra Ingerman on Shamanism, Healing & Nature 150 mins. Sandra is an internationally recognized teacher trainer and author of 6 books including Soul Retrieval and Medicine for the Earth
(all films can be purchased at The Center for Healing Arts web site)
Victor will also custom design meditation courses to meet your needs
If you wish a special screening of one of Victor's films for your club,group or organization please contact Victor via http://thecenterforhealingarts.com/contact.php form
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“It’s not what I include in my painting that’s important, it’s what I don’t include” Georgia O’Keeffe
Spiritual transmission from Teacher to Student is at the core of the spiritual path. What is the best way for film to convey this transmission? Devi Tide, Head of the Sufi Healing Order in North America, Sandra Ingerman, a Shamanic Healer and author of Soul Retrieval and Swami Sundaranand a Himalayan Yogi described as the Spiritual Protector of the Himalayas, have all worked with me under my direction in the exploration of this in film art.
Beside essentials like a deep and real knowledge of the esoteric traditions from years of training in the esoteric traditions, carefully paced editing and an unnoticed camera (aids in the calming of the mind), the most important element a filmmaker can posses is a practical knowledge of spiritual transmission that can only come from leading meditation for a number of years him or herself. This knowledge of both receiving and being the vessel through which spiritual transmission can occur is what has guided my film art.
Of course one must first be skilled in standard filmmaking techniques – training like this one has received at the American Film Institute’s Center for Advanced Film Studies is essential to knowing the basis of which cinematic components are best adapted. Without the knowledge acquired from both sides of the equation of receiving spiritual and healing transmission and being the vessel through which it occurs, one is tempted to use standard film techniques which were developed to entertain and excite the mind, not still, heal or awaken the body, heart and soul. How to use visual truth to allow the divine transmission to come through the film’s teaching practitioner directly to the viewer; this is the basis of every aspect of my film work and what has led to the development of these deceptively simple pieces of film art.
