Yoga provides Veterans with tools to manage stress and improve physical health December 17, 2024 Dr. Chien Chen, Chief Officer and Nurse Executive, Healthcare Advancement and Partnerships VA offers free online and in-person yoga classes and mindfulness training to Veterans across the nation. VA hosts these classes through a partnership with Veterans Yoga Project, Inc., which is maintained by the National Center for Healthcare Advancement and Partnerships (HAP). The classes provide a no-cost opportunity to Veterans seeking to…

By: Veterans Yoga Project Yoga - Marine Style, Brianna Renner, CEO VYP ALAMEDA, Calif. - Oct. 29, 2024 - PRLog -- Veterans Yoga Project (VYP), supported by eleven industry leaders, will host Veterans Gratitude Week from Nov. 8-17, 2024, as a call for greater support of our nation's veterans. VYP has designated this time for the past eleven years to show gratitude for our 18 million veterans across the country. Throughout the week, more than 500 yoga classes will be offered on…

I was wrong about post-traumatic growth.  For more than a decade I taught yoga teachers and healthcare professionals about trauma, post-traumatic stress and how yoga practices should include the five tools of Mindful Resilience and can support the journey from post-traumatic stress to post-traumatic growth. I taught what was my limited understanding at the time, that extremely challenging life events can result in trauma and post-traumatic stress, but that they can also result in resilience and positive…