RAM DASS FIERCE GRACE
Directed by Mickey Lemle

In this 2001 feature-length documentary, Abby Reyes has a 15-minute conversation with Ram Dass, who was one of her early teachers. Ram Dass was at the forefront of studies in consciousness for decades. RAM DASS FIERCE GRACE focuses on how Ram Dass dealt with the effects of his own stroke, suffering, and alleviation of suffering. Named by Newsweek as one of the five best non-fiction films of 2002, the award-winning film showed theatrically in over 60 cities nationwide and was broadcast nationally on PBS. Available at Lemle Pictures.

HOW TO COME HOME
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In this 2016 talk, Abby Reyes reflects on what it takes to become again supple and strong in our communities and in our bodies in the wake and presence of trauma — both personal and historical. With stories from social movements around the world including several in which she is involved, Abby describes emerging approaches to embodied action that put love at the center of societal change.