Peace through Yoga for our Soldiers
September 21, 2008 by Susan Watiker
Filed under Fitness
It makes a lot of sense. Soldiers returning from duty who are looking for ways to ease their PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) have an online resource they can turn to: www.ReturningSoldierYoga.org.
Like the website says when you enter, it provides returning veterans with a way to locate yoga classes in their areas for stress relief, general health and conditioning.
Even better, the website helps soldiers find discounted classes, making it more affordable to get involved and engaged. Many of us know about the great benefits yoga has for the body and the mind–nice to know that our soldiers who have been on the front lines experiencing extreme stress are also finding relief and peace through the practice.
Nice to see that the toll war can take on a person could be eased through the healing practice of yoga. Hope those of you who have family and friends who have been there–you, too–check out the website and give yoga a try, and find out why it is such a satisfying and healing form of exercise. Great for the body, mind and spirit.
Peace.
That’s a really wonderful idea. Soldiers will need all the help they can get to find peace and ease PTSD… yoga would be perfect for that.
And that makes me think, why don’t they have a mandatory yoga class for criminals who are ending their jail sentence? I’m really curious as to whether that would have an effect on them after they get out of prison, and if it would help them to reintegrate into society better and not revert back to crime. (Sorry, random tangent- but this provokes a lot of interesting thoughts:)).
What a beautiful way for soldiers to heal. I hope that for the men, their masculinity and socialized attitudes about help-seeking don’t prevent them from taking advantage of this resource! Thanks for posting this!
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