These Photos of Veterans Practicing Yoga Will Leave You In Awe
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In honor of Veterans Day, these service men and women share how discovering the practice of yoga has helped them on the road to recovery from war trauma.
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Positive emotions can alter your inner chemistry from stress-fueled adrenaline and cortisol to oxytocin and other healing neurochemicals.
Consciousness is tied to life force (prana). Both are tied to motion and stillness. Linking the breath with movement creates a healing meditation in motion.
This five-part series explores the insight "American Sniper" offers into the yoga of war, the mind of a veteran, and the practices crucial to finding the next mission.
Yoga is first and foremost a peaceful practice, so for soldiers who return home suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or both, it can be the perfect antidote to the atrocities of war.
Veterans who suffer concussive brain injuries find relief from a Department of Defense supported program that includes yoga.
A disabled Gulf War vet takes up yoga and heals his body and his life.