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scaredofplanes · 7 years

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We’ve lost another soul by choice, and it won’t be the last.

This morning, we woke to the news that Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington had taken his own life at the age of 41. Months prior, we lost Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell by the same method. Death is not nice regardless how it has happened, but suicide just sadly leaves a more sombre overtone over it.

The overtone consists of struggle and pain, which anyone who suffers clinical depression experiences... which goes hand in hand with creatives.

Like all, I was shocked to hear the news of Chester this morning, and when I found out it was suicide, that extra wave of sadness hit even harder. This is because I know how he felt.. the darkness, the pain and the forever path of battle with your brain. Like Chester, Chris, and many millions more, I suffer from medically diagnosed clinical depression, and have had many moments of darkness. One of them nearly lead to suicide, another time lead to the thoughts to reappear.

I am by no means writing this and trying to imply that I am special, or unique, or want attention towards this illness.. I just want to share my story, which will hopefully lead to helping someone else.

Let’s start with that suicide attempt, as it feels it’s where I should start. I was a teenager living in Canberra, with a incredibly strained relationship with my father, as he bailed on my brother and I and shot through to Queensland. I also had a volatile relationship with my only brother, as he was channelling his own way of our father leaving which clashed with how I dealt with it. Dealing with this, while also my continuation of suffering from an eating disorder, I was low... So low that I stumbled into such a dark zone where I nearly never returned. I was home alone, as my mother was probably at shift work and my brother was out doing god knows what, and I just felt numb. I just couldn’t feel. I went to the kitchen, pulled out a steak knife and had it pressing on my wrist, just waiting for the courage to hack away and to finish the job.

Then my conscious kicked in... after having an out of body experience starting at myself about to take my life. I threw that knife straight back in the draw and stood in shock, thinking about what I nearly did. I couldn’t believe that I would ever have a thought like that. I use to cut myself on my arms and across my chest, so I was use to self mutilation, but taking a knife to my wrist.. that was way too much. I’m glad I didn’t go through with it, for many reasons.

Creative people are prone to having depression, as we experience life on a different, more sensitive level. When ever we write literature, music, paint a picture, direct a film, etc.. we tap into incredibly personal experiences to achieve what we are trying to portray. This is a daily occurrence for all of us.. and it can grind on you. Art is a form of expression, but that expression comes with a cost of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses. This is why most creatives turn to drugs and alcohol, to numb themselves from the pain on having to tap into that resource of hate, sadness and raw emotion to create a breathing piece of beauty to the world. Sadly, some of us just can’t take it and decide to finish it before nature does. It’s these events that weighs heavy on me.

When Robin Williams took his own life, I was in shock like the rest of the world. He was always so on, and had a joy in every interview he did and comedic performance he gave. So to take his own life in his 60′s was a shock, but then the reports came out about why he potentially did and it all made sense. He was a manic depressant who abused alcohol and drugs to get through the day so he didn’t had to deal with the pain. I was in such a slump when I found out, a slump that lasted for months. I am a big fan of his work, but on a personally level, I know how he felt for the most part. Even to this day, whenever I see him on TV, that wave of sadness washes over me knowing this insanely talented man is no longer with us sharing his skill to the world.

Fast forward a few years, the news of Chris Cornell broke out and the world just stopped for me when I found out, sitting on the couch watching the news break via Carrie Bickmore on The Project. I wanted to cry then and there, and I nearly did every time I heard him sing for months on end, it got to a point where whenever his voice came on my iPod, I had to skip it as I knew I would shed many tears. Soundgarden was on my bucket list of bands I have to see in my life, as when I first heard Spoonman, I was hooked and considered myself a fan. Also, that damn voice of his, holy shit was it incredible. The tone, the grit and the emotion he could convey in his music was insane, the man was talented in so many ways. However, like Robin Williams, he had abused drugs and alcohol for most of his life and in the end, sadly darkness won.

Luckily, I could never bring myself to self medicate with alcohol and drugs, as I hated the feeling of it when I was on it. Also, alcohol enhanced my depression severely, so if I did abuse alcohol, it would’ve ended quite ugly. Even though I never reached that point, I know it would’ve, so because of this attitude, all I could do was try to work everyday at trying to control this beast that I have harbouring in my brain. It’s going to be a lifelong battle, which I have accepted, and there will be more incredibly dark days that will come along, but it’s just how I need to deal with it is the key. I have been incredibly dark since that day where I had the knife indenting the blade on my wrist, but luckily I never went beyond physically holding anything that could end it. And I never ever want to get there again. I use my music to help express these feelings, to help push away any sense of weight or sadness.

These three creatives all have family with wives and children, which makes the event even more sad. I am conflicted with feelings when family is involved, as I feel taking your own life is selfish, due to the mental anguish that it would cause for their family. On the other hand, I understand the mental state the person is in and sometimes, it’s so hard to break out of it. It’s never clear cut when it comes to suicide, which adds to the pain of it.

Mental illness sadly still comes with a stigma attached to it, which is causing people to hold in all of their emotions, which can lead to suicide. I am still not sure I should’ve shared my story, but leading by example by being open and honest with this illness, I can only hope it my inspire someone to get help themselves or want to help someone they care about in getting help. I have been discriminated in one work place because of it, and experiences like that make you not want to open up in fear that people will treat you differently.. and sadly they will, but just because you have mental illness, it doesn’t make you worthless or lower than them. You are as equal as they are, just with some extra spice to your sauce.

Mental illness is debilitating, as it’s a daily struggle, but don’t ever feel less on yourself for feeling it, or having it, and definitely don’t feel ashamed for seeking professional help. You are not damaged in any sense of the word, just look at it as taking a car to a mechanic to get it finely tuned so it runs well until it has to come back for another tune. I did for nearly 5 years and it was the best the decision I made in my life... I nearly lost my girlfriend of four years before I went to get help... That same girlfriend later turned into my wife, which eventually lead to the birth of my daughter, who is my whole world and I can’t imagine ever being without her or her without me. She is my inspiration now and she inspires me every day in so many ways. I can’t express how much I love her.

Regardless if you like the artists I mentioned, the way that they died is incredibly sad and shouldn’t be taken lightly. It’s been an ongoing fight here in Australia to get proper funding put into the treatment of mental health for sufferers. They cut the free psychology treatment by half, and to pay out of pocket by yourself is incredibly expensive, which I was lucky enough to have help with paying for mine, but other’s don’t so they go without the required help they need. Business’ still don’t take it seriously, and think it’s all in your head (I know it is, but more of the sense of just being a sad sack). Government funding here is all about the short term help of mental illness... They aren’t across the board that it’s a life long illness that needs attention.

Luckily we do have free services that you can call if you are ever feeling down. I am listing for Australia here, but please source your local free service if feeling down. If any of you that I know and mean the world to me ever feel down, PLEASE call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.

I am sorry if this seems like a total mess, as I am feeling many different types of emotion at the moment. Please, for the love of any god, get help if you need it and share your stories with other people to give them hope that there is a way out. It’s a hard struggle, but it’s so worth it. When I see my daughter smile or hear her laugh, the struggle is SO worth it and I can’t wait to see her grow up and achieve so many different things.

Thank you for reading and if you ever feel low, please seek help.

Peace.

#heart on my sleeve #depression #anxiety #mental illness #black dog #chester bennington #chris cornell #robin williams #suicide #are you ok #seek help #love and peace

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chocolate-brownies · 6 years

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The Good Fight: How Yoga is Being Used Within the Military

The Good Fight: How Yoga is Being Used Within the Military:

The U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies have been spearheading efforts to use yoga to manage and mitigate pain and mental health problems among active military.

There is hope that soldiers will receive yoga and mindfulness training before heading into combat.

In July 2010, US Navy pilot Liz Corwin was flying her F-18 fighter jet on a combat mission over Afghanistan at 350 knots. She had been in the air for seven hours and was struggling with the little hand-held urinal that female pilots use to relieve themselves mid-flight. Suddenly, to her left, she caught a glimpse of her wingman—just 50 feet away. The pair were on converging paths. They were so close, in fact, that she could clearly see the control panel inside his cockpit and the squadron’s mascot painted on his helmet. Taking a deep breath, she called on her eight years of aviation training and yanked the jet’s control stick toward her, flipping her plane upside down in an aggressive attempt to avoid a collision. But the turbulence told her it was too late. As she glanced out of her cockpit, there was no question: her wingtip was missing.

See also This 15-pose Sequence was Scientifically Proven to Treat Chronic Low-Back Pain in the Military

Wrestling ego, uncertainty, and self-criticism, Corwin spent the next few moments finding deep breaths to “wrangle those demons back into their pens,” she says. In the back of her mind, she knew the real threat would emerge when she attempted to slow down, deploy her landing gear, and touch down on an aircraft carrier floating somewhere in the Arabian Sea—which at her current speed was every bit of an hour away.

That hour was brutal, says Corwin, calling it the worst of her life. But she tapped into her yoga training, employing the same breathing and mindfulness techniques she had been practicing throughout deployment alone in her room on her yoga mat. Five thousand people awaited her return on the carrier, and she knew it would be a moment of reckoning for her reputation as a pilot—a female one at that.

“The cacophony of voices in my head needed an orchestrator, and I knew I couldn’t let self-doubt and shame be the loudest,” Corwin says. Yoga had been her savior during flight school: “My entire relationship with myself was at stake, but I knew if I could tap into presence, calm, and self-care, I could pull myself together enough to land safely.”

Learn how yoga is being used to treat PTSD and other military-related disorders.

See also Meet the Inspiring Woman Teaching Yoga to Caregivers of U.S. Military Service Members & Veterans

As Corwin recalls, she paused for deep self-reflection and offered up some vital self-love to the woman staring back at her in the rearview mirror of her cockpit. “Yoga had taught me to loosen harsh self-judgements. It taught me that whatever I did didn’t define me, but was a tool for my own awakening. I knew in that moment that what was happening wasn’t a failure, but an opportunity,” she says. “Yoga delivered a sense of peace to the moment of hell I was living in.”

Ultimately, she delivered the best carrier landing of her life—“a perfect pass,” she calls it.

Little did she know that at the same time, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) were already working with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) and the National Institutes of Health to examine exactly how integrative therapies such as yoga and mindfulness meditation might be used to benefit service members like herself.

From PTSD to Pain Management

Traditionally, military leaders often met these practices with skepticism. But over the past two decades, a series of clinical trials backed by a growing catalog of scientific evidence has persuaded high-level DoD health care experts to accept yoga and meditation as legitimate treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain management, and much more.

Part of the appeal: Experts familiar with the research suggest that yoga and mindfulness may actually be more cost effective and faster at promoting healing and preventing certain injuries than more-popular modalities such as surgery and prescription drugs. On a more grassroots level, active service members are tapping into the practice’s performance-enhancing and preventive benefits to make soldiers and operational staff more calm and resilient in the field—before shock, injury, or PTSD set in. In fact, efforts to embed yoga into every branch of the military have never been more aggressive.

Yoga is aggressively being adapted to the military field.

See also How High-Level Pentagon Officials Are Using Yoga to Destress

While much of the early research on yoga and the military focused on how meditation and mindful movement could help veterans mitigate PTSD (which has had significant impact at VA hospitals and has been linked to record suicide rates among vets), by the mid-aughts, other related areas of concern were coming into sharp focus.

According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, studies show that nearly 45 percent of soldiers and 50 percent of veterans experience pain regularly, and there’s a significant correlation among chronic pain, PTSD, and post-concussive symptoms such as fatigue, poor balance, sleep disturbances, and depression (meaning, if you have one, you’re more likely to experience one or more of the others).

“Musculoskeletal and mental health problems have really spiked, thanks to all the things that go along with active combat: carrying heavy loads, jumping in and out of aircraft—plus exposure to infectious diseases and violence,” says 42nd US Army Surgeon General, Eric Schoomaker, MD, PhD, who retired in 2012 and now serves as vice chair for Leadership, Centers, and Programs in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University. Schoomaker is on a mission to bring yoga and its benefits to the frontlines of military health care.

During the mid-2000s, at the government level, new pain treatments and prevention techniques were in high demand. Surgery and prescription drugs weren’t working, and the military was hit especially hard by the opioid epidemic. In fact, in 2005—just two years into the Iraq War—narcotic painkillers were the most abused drugs in the military, according to a DoD survey of more than 16,000 service members. By 2011, it was estimated that up to 35 percent of wounded soldiers were dependent on prescription pain relievers.

In 2009, amidst the growing opioid epidemic, Schoomaker, then the Army Surgeon General, chartered the Army Pain Management Task Force. The goal? To come up with a new, comprehensive pain-management strategy utilizing the most up-to-date research available. The group included medical experts from the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Veterans Health Administration, and Tricare—the military’s health insurance program. Schoomaker tasked the group with extensively researching any modalities that might be effective in combating acute and chronic pain. Among the science-backed solutions presented, he says, were yoga and mindfulness meditation.

Since the Pain Management Task Force published its findings in 2010, interest in what’s now referred to in the DoD as complementary integrative health and medicine (CIH/CIM) has heightened within the government and private health care organizations looking to revolutionize mental and physical pain management in the armed forces. “By then, we recognized that yoga and mindfulness were sorely underutilized in this country,” says retired US Army Colonel Chester “Trip” Buckenmaier III, MD, program director and principal investigator for the Uniformed Services University’s Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management.

But before a case could be made for their implementation among the armed forces, these practices would have to be studied in military-specific environments. Centuries of anecdotal evidence and outside research do not cut it when you’re talking about a globally deployed organization like the US military—especially when someone has to pick up the bill, Schoomaker says.

Several pain-research efforts ensued. One of the most groundbreaking was a study published in 2017 by the journal American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine that examined the practicality and effectiveness of an individualized yoga program, dubbed RESTORE (Restorative Exercise and Strength Training for Operational Resilience and Excellence), designed to treat chronic lower-back pain in service members and their families. Researchers and yoga-treatment experts created a 15-pose asana sequence to promote strengthening, flexibility, and postural alignment—specifically to target core, back, and gluteal muscles. (For the full sequence, click here).

The RESTORE yoga practicing trial group experienced relieved symptoms more quickly than the control group.

Yoga teachers who led the practice went through a 200-hour Yoga Alliance teacher training and an additional 50-hour program-specific course “based on therapeutic yoga,” says lead author Krista Highland, PhD. A “cultural-competence training” ensured that yoga instructors understood how to act within a military structure and how to address “unique clinical characteristics that patients in the military might present with,” such as post-traumatic stress.

Fifty-nine service members participated in the eight-week trial, the majority of whom were active duty. During this time, the RESTORE and control groups continued individual treatment as usual (think medication, physical therapy, chiropractic, injections, massage, or acupuncture). The RESTORE group, however, also incorporated one to two yoga sessions per week, accompanied by breathwork and a guided meditation. Pain levels and symptoms such as physical impairments and sleep disturbance were monitored for six months after the trial began. The yoga and meditation group experienced symptom relief more quickly than those in the control group, reporting lower pain intensity at mid-treatment (four weeks) and post treatment (eight weeks).

“That’s extra months to get back to work, to function socially—to get out with friends and family members,” says Buckenmaier, who was one of the 11 researchers. “That’s so beneficial for these patients.” Schoomaker agrees: “In those weeks in which yoga has restored function and improved pain, other people turn to surgery and drugs—things that get them into trouble.” Instead, Schoomaker says, we ought to be frontloading practices such as yoga that focus on function and whole-body wellness—using them offensively and defensively as the first step in preventive care and medical treatment before chronic pain, illness, and drug use become issues.

While the government amasses the empirical evidence it needs, dozens of yoga non-profits are taking matters into their own hands. Lieutenant Colonel Jannell MacAulay, who retired from the military in June, was just 17 when she snapped her femur in half after a stress fracture went undiagnosed in basic training. Devastated and debilitated, MacAulay went through two surgeries and three months of rigorous rehab. In her determination to become a US Air Force pilot, she tried a variety of therapies—yoga, acupuncture, and trigger-point massage among them—in order to improve mobility.

Once she found a regular yoga routine, scar tissue, stiffness, and pain started improving little by little. “Yoga became a space of non-judgment and gratitude that I wasn’t getting anywhere else in my life,” MacAulay says. “I was completely stressed all the time—just going, going, going. But when I practiced yoga, I could be myself and invest in slowing down, which actually helped me speed up my career path as a professional in the military.”

See also: New Study Finds Yoga Significantly Reduces Depression in Male Veterans

Back in 2012, while government research was ramping up, MacAulay founded Healthy Body Healthy Life—a free, first-of-its-kind health-and-wellness initiative for military families that incorporates yoga, meditation, nutrition, and high-intensity interval training. She also pioneered a similar program at Kirtland Air Force Base, in New Mexico, when she was stationed there last year. Today, the Air Force pays her to travel the globe educating senior leaders about the importance of incorporating yoga into basic training—so soldiers can get ahead of mental and physical injuries before they happen. “We need to better prepare our military, not just to do the job, but to do the job under extreme stress,” she says. “Because that’s the reality in a combat zone. If we’re not using yoga and mindfulness, we’re missing out on creating the best human-weapon systems to operate in those environments.”

She’s not wrong. A resilience-training program that appeared in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 2014 studied 147 Marines who had undergone Mindfulness-Based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT)—a 20-hour, 8-week course that incorporates mindfulness and physical exercises designed by former US Army Captain Elizabeth Stanley, a Georgetown University professor who used yoga and meditation to combat her own PTSD. The MMFT program, developed in 2007, aims to enhance troop performance and mitigate the extreme mental and physical stress that comes with deployment. As part of pre-deployment training, the test subjects practiced MMFT in a mock Afghan village. Shrieking actors and controlled blasts simulated combat stress. Meanwhile, a control group of another 134 Marines went through the same simulation without MMFT.

The research team analyzed both groups’ blood and saliva samples, brain imaging, and a range of cognitive performance tests. The data showed that Marines who practiced MMFT demonstrated greater reactivity, better emotion and stress management, enhanced heart-rate and breath recovery, and a reduced anxiety response. “In other words, these soldiers were not only better equipped for handling stress,” Stanley wrote in the book Bio-Inspired Innovation and National Security, “but they also recuperated more quickly so that they were better prepared to handle any subsequent stressors.”

Today, the US Army is collaborating with Amishi Jha, an MMFT researcher and associate professor of psychology at the University of Miami, to investigate the scalability of mindfulness training designed specifically for military and other high-demand professions.

Yoga and mindfulness improves reactivity, emotion, stress management for those active in the military.

See also: Veterans Who Hit Rock Bottom Open Up About How Yoga Changed Their Lives

A Bright Future for Yoga in the Military

These research efforts and others have paid off in some ways. Today, half of existing US military treatment facilities (MTFs) recommend yoga to patients, and nearly a quarter offer it onsite—according to a report published in 2017 by the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit think tank. Currently, Tricare insurance, the military’s primary medical insurer, will pay for yoga only when it’s administered at an MTF: “The minute you go outside, you can’t get reimbursed,” Schoomaker says. Because sending troops offsite to practice yoga can be tricky. The health and wellness of service members is the military’s first priority, but if practiced incorrectly, asana can cause strain or further injury.

Schoomaker believes RESTORE could pave the way for non-harming, military-specific yoga programs that can be taught on base, because its success was twofold: It proved that yoga could be an accepted, successful treatment within an active-duty military community, and it demonstrated the potential for a standard approach to yoga as a pain-management tool. He compares it to the extensive work done by the chiropractic community and thinks yoga should follow a similar path.

For the uninitiated, by law, chiropractors must be board certified and adhere to state regulations. They’ve also launched very successful lobbying campaigns over the past 50 years to become established practitioners within the health-care community. Thanks to lobbying efforts back in the 1960s and ’70s, today chiropractic is covered by Medicare—and since 2000, chiropractic treatment has been available to all active duty service members.

“Yoga needs a standardized system of treatment that focuses on anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology,” Highland says. Buy-in from bill payers and legislators for additional programs and coverage will require cooperation from the yoga community

by way of national standards or licensure, adds Buckenmaier. Yet that’s the subject

of an ongoing debate among yoga leaders and teachers, who represent dozens, if not hundreds, of different styles and philosophies—all called “yoga.”

“Lawmakers want to know what a group does to self-regulate itself to ensure there’s competency among practitioners before they unleash them on the public,” says Len Wisneski, MD, chair of the Integrative Health Policy Consortium, which advises the new Integrative Health and Wellness Congressional Caucus, a nonpartisan educational forum for lawmakers to discuss potential integrative-health legislation based on new research from experts. The caucus was announced in October 2017 and provides enormous opportunity to integrate yoga into an evolving health-care system focused not just on illness but on prevention and wellness—notably within the military. “People assume the military is rigid,” Wisneski says. “When, in fact, it’s incredibly innovative when it comes to being open to new ideas. They just want to know if something works and what it costs. If it’s non-harmful and noninvasive, they’ll try it.”

To this end, last September, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the DoD, and the VA announced a joint partnership—the first of its kind—to comprehensively study approaches for pain management beyond pharmacological treatments. Twelve research projects, costing an estimated $81 million over six years, will be used to develop, implement, and test non-drug approaches, including yoga and meditation, for

pain management and other conditions treated by military and veteran health-care organizations.

“The future is bright,” Schoomaker says. “For the first time, these three federal agencies are aligned in searching for a better understanding of the scientific effectiveness of these modalities—to tackle some of the issues like how these complementary integrative approaches can be used and delivered to service members.”

But MacAulay and Corwin, who have both taught yoga on several military bases, say that while yoga for pain management is a worthy cause, the dire need is for preventive programs—ones that train soldiers before suffering sets in.

“We can’t wait until we get injured or are out of the service to have these things available to us,” says Corwin, an ambassador for the Give Back Yoga Foundation, a nonprofit that supports and funds research-backed, clinically tested yoga programs for marginalized populations. “We have to get it early on in our careers.” For that to happen, she says, yoga teachers who work with service members must tailor their classes with the unique culture of the armed forces in mind: “Active military members need to be handled so differently [from civilian students]. You have to be conscious of what you’re teaching, because soldiers may not have the luxury of completely surrendering on the yoga mat when they have to wake up the next morning and do something that they’d probably rather not do.”

Another challenge is creating classes that are rewarding and engaging to a population that’s physically fit by trade, says Corwin. “They’re young, they’re athletic—so what kind of yoga classes do they need?” Sweating, she says, is essential.

The military spokespeople and yoga researchers we spoke with agree that

a culturally specific style of yoga will be an integral part of the puzzle, but it’s just one cog in a very elaborate machine. Another thing everyone agrees on is that progress, especially in a global system like the armed forces, takes time.

But things seem to be headed in the right direction for advocates of using yoga as a preventive practice. Thanks to a legacy of research such as the MMFT program, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 requires the Secretary of Defense to launch a pilot program that provides mindfulness-based stress-reduction training to members of the armed forces before they’re deployed to combat zones—in order to study its effects on stress management and PTSD prevention.

“I’m constantly optimistic,” says MacAulay. “Three years ago I gave my first presentation and was called ‘brave’ and ‘bold’ for having the guts to talk about yoga in a professional military forum. But today, more and more senior leaders are inviting me to share this message about yoga and mindfulness with this community.” begin applying yoga and mindfulness to prepare soldiers for combat.

See also: A Healing Meditation for Caregivers of Wounded Warriors (It Only Takes 5 Minutes!)

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The U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies have been spearheading efforts to use yoga to manage and mitigate pain and mental health problems among active military.

There is hope that soldiers will receive yoga and mindfulness training before heading into combat.

See also This 15-pose Sequence was Scientifically Proven to Treat Chronic Low-Back Pain in the Military

Learn how yoga is being used to treat PTSD and other military-related disorders.

See also Meet the Inspiring Woman Teaching Yoga to Caregivers of U.S. Military Service Members & Veterans

Ultimately, she delivered the best carrier landing of her life—“a perfect pass,” she calls it.

Little did she know that at the same time, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and

From PTSD to Pain Management

Yoga is aggressively being adapted to the military field.

See also How High-Level Pentagon Officials Are Using Yoga to Destress

The RESTORE yoga practicing trial group experienced relieved symptoms more quickly than the control group.

See also: New Study Finds Yoga Significantly Reduces Depression in Male Veterans

Yoga and mindfulness improves reactivity, emotion, stress management for those active in the military.

See also: Veterans Who Hit Rock Bottom Open Up About How Yoga Changed Their Lives

A Bright Future for Yoga in the Military

by way of national standards or licensure, adds Buckenmaier. Yet that’s the subject

of an ongoing debate among yoga leaders and teachers, who represent dozens, if not hundreds, of different styles and philosophies—all called “yoga.”

pain management and other conditions treated by military and veteran health-care organizations.

The military spokespeople and yoga researchers we spoke with agree that

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The Good Fight: How Yoga is Being Used Within the Military

The U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies have been spearheading efforts to use yoga to manage and mitigate pain and mental health problems among active military.

There is hope that soldiers will receive yoga and mindfulness training before heading into combat.

See also This 15-pose Sequence was Scientifically Proven to Treat Chronic Low-Back Pain in the Military

Learn how yoga is being used to treat PTSD and other military-related disorders.

See also Meet the Inspiring Woman Teaching Yoga to Caregivers of U.S. Military Service Members & Veterans

Ultimately, she delivered the best carrier landing of her life—“a perfect pass,” she calls it.

Little did she know that at the same time, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and

From PTSD to Pain Management

Yoga is aggressively being adapted to the military field.

See also How High-Level Pentagon Officials Are Using Yoga to Destress

The RESTORE yoga practicing trial group experienced relieved symptoms more quickly than the control group.

See also: New Study Finds Yoga Significantly Reduces Depression in Male Veterans

Yoga and mindfulness improves reactivity, emotion, stress management for those active in the military.

See also: Veterans Who Hit Rock Bottom Open Up About How Yoga Changed Their Lives

A Bright Future for Yoga in the Military

by way of national standards or licensure, adds Buckenmaier. Yet that’s the subject

of an ongoing debate among yoga leaders and teachers, who represent dozens, if not hundreds, of different styles and philosophies—all called “yoga.”

pain management and other conditions treated by military and veteran health-care organizations.

The military spokespeople and yoga researchers we spoke with agree that

See also: A Healing Meditation for Caregivers of Wounded Warriors (It Only Takes 5 Minutes!)

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The Good Fight: How Yoga is Being Used Within the Military

The U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies have been spearheading efforts to use yoga to manage and mitigate pain and mental health problems among active military.

There is hope that soldiers will receive yoga and mindfulness training before heading into combat.

Learn how yoga is being used to treat PTSD and other military-related disorders.

See also Meet the Inspiring Woman Teaching Yoga to Caregivers of U.S. Military Service Members & Veterans

Ultimately, she delivered the best carrier landing of her life—“a perfect pass,” she calls it.

Little did she know that at the same time, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and

From PTSD to Pain Management

Yoga is aggressively being adapted to the military field.

See also How High-Level Pentagon Officials Are Using Yoga to Destress

The RESTORE yoga practicing trial group experienced relieved symptoms more quickly than the control group.

See also: New Study Finds Yoga Significantly Reduces Depression in Male Veterans

Yoga and mindfulness improves reactivity, emotion, stress management for those active in the military.

See also: Veterans Who Hit Rock Bottom Open Up About How Yoga Changed Their Lives

A Bright Future for Yoga in the Military

by way of national standards or licensure, adds Buckenmaier. Yet that’s the subject

of an ongoing debate among yoga leaders and teachers, who represent dozens, if not hundreds, of different styles and philosophies—all called “yoga.”

pain management and other conditions treated by military and veteran health-care organizations.

The military spokespeople and yoga researchers we spoke with agree that

See also: A Healing Meditation for Caregivers of Wounded Warriors (It Only Takes 5 Minutes!)

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Boost Your Fitness by Incorporating These 5 Foods to Your Daily Diet

When it comes to fitness programs and total health, nutrition is the foundation for everything that you do. If you end up having trouble bouncing back after a workout or you awaken and feel a pain which exceeds muscle fatigue that is plain old, you can trace it to a lack of nutritional support.

You may be exerting a lot of effort for nothing if you don’t have a nutrition routine to fuel your workout. You may see progress that is slow or not experience any. Additionally you could be putting your body in danger of hormonal imbalance adrenal exhaustion, as well as harm.

You’re what you consume, which explains why eating is required by any fitness routine despite the fact that it’s a cliché. But, eating healthful may not be enough if you’re eating the wrong foods. Sure, you may be consuming foods, but you aren’t currently eating smart.

To get the body that you would like, every single bite must count. You need to search out the, powerful, disease-fighting, muscle-developing foods that you can. The foods listed below should get you started.

Milk

Milk is ideal if you’re increasing your fitness levels as it refuels you with glucose, provides your bones a dose of healthful calcium, also comprises muscle-healing protein. A good deal of endurance athletes swear by chocolate milk as it offers you the carbs you need after also the protein and a workout your muscles need to repair themselves.

It may be great to help you get the rest you require for your health. Drink a glass that is hot . The casein proteins help.

Dried Fruit

Because they are high in natural sugars, dried fruits are strong resources of carbs. Plenty of people dried fruits are still brilliant in this situation, and can’t deal with consuming energy dyes during long periods. They are a replacement with a lot of high GI carbs. They are superb energy boosters. Have a couple clicks in front of a race and another couple for each hour that you conduct. Be certain you test them out once you work out so that you don’t wind up in a race with a stomach.

Dried fruits–like mangos, apricots, and carbohydrates offer fiber, potassium, vitamins and minerals, and phytonutrients.

Blueberries

You likely realize that blueberries are considered a “super foods” since they have a high level of carbohydrates to counter free radicals, which people believe move through your body damaging cells, sparking illness, and developing premature aging.

You must eat these both before and after you workout to make the most of the GI carbs, which will present your muscles power as speedily as possible. Blueberries tend to be lower in calories than other fruits, so you receive the benefits.

Salmon

Salmon is great as it supplies the body with Omega 3 fatty acid, which people believe keeps the heart healthy and slows down memory loss. People who want to develop muscle benefit from the hefty dose of protein in fish. Moreover, salmon provides exactly the amount of calcium as your daily dose of vitamin D. and a glass of milk

This really is a superb alternative after a workout. Each one of the protein rebuild and will repair the muscles.

Sweet Potatoes

Much like bananas, sweet potatoes are a excellent source of potassium, that is crucial for nerve wracking, water balance, bone health, muscle contraction, and balanced blood pressure. But, they actually contain more of it than a banana does. They also contain copper; it assists in the production of connective tissues, like collagen–that keeps muscles and skin taut healthy.

Potatoes are a part of a session that is carb-loading in front of a race that is very long, like a half marathon.

There are a whole lot of benefits to proper nutrition, particularly in relation to fitness. But, you need to be certain you get enough rest and drink lots of water. It is important that you not depend upon your food selections to correct lifestyle choices. For those who, for example, have a disorder, like alcohol, heroin or some other addiction, a nutritious diet will allow you to feel good, but it can’t fight the damage being done to your body. Make certain to consult regularly with your physician in your heroin misuse treatment facility and to make nutrition part of a bigger health effort.

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Why Access To Planned Parenthood Is Vital And Must Be Protected

In 2007, Amanda Ream ― from Coatesville, Pennsylvania ― was uninsured, recently diagnosed with a chronic, painful bladder issue, and in graduate school at Widener University in Chester when she turned to Planned Parenthood for her health care. She could not get health insurance because of her “pre-existing condition” and could not afford to pay for her basic health care, like family planning and cancer screenings. She turned to Planned Parenthood for high-quality, affordable, compassionate health care. When I met with Amanda, at the Planned Parenthood Upper Darby Health Center, she told me Planned Parenthood had been an important part of her reproductive health care for the entirety of her adult life. She told me that Planned Parenthood kept her healthy and allowed her to control her reproductive future. Patients like Amanda don’t go to Planned Parenthood to make a political statement—they go for affordable and quality health care that they need.

I am a pro-life Democrat. I believe we must do everything we can to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions in this country, including increasing access to contraception and helping pregnant women before and after birth by supporting Medicaid, WIC and other critical programs. Just like other providers, including hospitals, Planned Parenthood is reimbursed for services and federal funds that are not used to pay for abortion. Thanks in no small part to Planned Parenthood’s efforts to expand access to contraception, we have reached a historic 30-year low for unintended pregnancies and 40-year low in the teen pregnancy rate This has led to a record low number of abortions. This progress is directly attributable to the increase in access to, and use of, contraception. That’s a pro-life record to be proud of. Since contraception became legal in the United States a half-century ago, it has been nothing short of revolutionary for women and society. The inclusion of contraception as a preventive service in the Affordable Care Act increased access — at no out-of-pocket costs to the patient — to the full range of FDA-approved contraception. This has led to more than 55 million women with access to contraception without copayments, which has saved them an estimated $1.4 billion in the first year alone. And there is still room to expand on this success. Recent studies have made clear that increasing access to the full range of contraceptive methods, as is provided at Planned Parenthood health centers, could reduce unintended pregnancy by 64 percent and reduce abortions by 67 percent nationally.

The fact is, Planned Parenthood prevents unintended pregnancies and reduces abortions. Blocking access to care at Planned Parenthood could have the exact opposite effect. By increasing access to all forms of contraception and high-quality contraceptive counseling, Planned Parenthood enables women to choose the methods that work best for their bodies and lifestyles.

This is particularly important in my home state of Pennsylvania. We need more health care not less. In Pennsylvania, Planned Parenthood plays an indispensable role in serving family planning patients that rely on the safety net. Right now, over 90,000 Pennsylvanians depend on the 32 Planned Parenthood health centers state-wide for care, including cancer screenings, contraception, STD testing and treatment, and well woman exams. Fifteen Planned Parenthood health centers in Pennsylvania are located in medically underserved areas or healthcare provider shortage areas.

Yet all this progress is at risk. The president and many Republicans in Congress have made it a top priority to “defund” Planned Parenthood and roll back women’s access to family planning care and contraception. The real-life effects of these policies are devastating. In the absence of family planning services provided at safety net health centers, like Planned Parenthood, the rates of unintended pregnancies, unplanned birth and abortion for all women in Pennsylvania could be 56 percent higher and the teen pregnancy rate could be 60 percent higher. And the idea that other providers could just absorb Planned Parenthood’s patients has been contradicted by those providers and by the experts ― in fact the American Public Health Association called the idea ludicrous. By increasing access to care at Planned Parenthood and focusing on family planning, we can build on the progress we’ve made and continue to lower the rate of unintended pregnancies and abortion and provide basic health care for women who cannot obtain much care any other way.

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The Good Fight: How Yoga is Being Used Within the Military

The U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies have been spearheading efforts to use yoga to manage and mitigate pain and mental health problems among active military.

There is hope that soldiers will receive yoga and mindfulness training before heading into combat.

See also This 15-pose Sequence was Scientifically Proven to Treat Chronic Low-Back Pain in the Military

Learn how yoga is being used to treat PTSD and other military-related disorders.

See also Meet the Inspiring Woman Teaching Yoga to Caregivers of U.S. Military Service Members & Veterans

Ultimately, she delivered the best carrier landing of her life—“a perfect pass,” she calls it.

Little did she know that at the same time, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and

From PTSD to Pain Management

Yoga is aggressively being adapted to the military field.

See also How High-Level Pentagon Officials Are Using Yoga to Destress

The RESTORE yoga practicing trial group experienced relieved symptoms more quickly than the control group.

See also: New Study Finds Yoga Significantly Reduces Depression in Male Veterans

Yoga and mindfulness improves reactivity, emotion, stress management for those active in the military.

See also: Veterans Who Hit Rock Bottom Open Up About How Yoga Changed Their Lives

A Bright Future for Yoga in the Military

by way of national standards or licensure, adds Buckenmaier. Yet that’s the subject

of an ongoing debate among yoga leaders and teachers, who represent dozens, if not hundreds, of different styles and philosophies—all called “yoga.”

pain management and other conditions treated by military and veteran health-care organizations.

The military spokespeople and yoga researchers we spoke with agree that

See also: A Healing Meditation for Caregivers of Wounded Warriors (It Only Takes 5 Minutes!)

from Yoga Journal https://ift.tt/2xQPQsu

#Yoga Journal

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