Volunteer & Teacher Spotlight: Sam Eddy HOW AND WHY DID YOU FIRST GET INVOLVED WITH VETERANS YOGA PROJECT? I first got involved with VYP after contacting an ambassador to learn more about yoga for veterans to help out a veteran family member who was struggling with their own PTSD. I knew very little about how and why yoga could be effective for mental illness and was surprised to learn how much yoga can help veterans who…
Veteran & Teacher Spotlight: Romy Cuppernell Written By: Abby Rosmarin Yoga can be a very unsuspecting activity. People can start yoga for all sorts of reasons, only to find that they have tapped into a wellspring of emotional and spiritual wellness. The same can be said for yoga teacher training. People can train to become a yoga teachers for all sorts of reasons, only to find that the training taps into so much more than the…
Veteran & Teacher Spotlight: Josh Maloney Written by: Josh Maloney Whether I had actual ants in my pants or my mind was wandering to everything, but what I should be doing, I was never good at sitting still. My mother will tell you of a boy who felt he needed to interact with everything in his environment. I never thought I would be one who could do yoga as my incapacity to sit still was well…
