From Survival to Strength: Stories of Resilience as Veterans Heal, Find Hope through Veterans Yoga Project

From Survival to Strength: Stories of Resilience as Veterans Heal, Find Hope through Veterans Yoga Project Former service members to reflect on how group changed their lives during nonprofit’s 15th anniversary celebration May 27, 2026 | Alameda, California“Honestly, I think I would have already taken my life.” That was the first thing Ceasar Barajas, 50, said when asked where his mental health would be without yoga. The former Navy hospital corpsman started the practice while in college.…

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Our Why: A Veteran’s Story

Our Why: A Veteran's Story "Yoga is for women. It is not something I ever really put any thought into. It is for the soccer moms to get together once a week and “work out”. Not something for a Marine. Not anything I needed. The problem is that kind of thinking shows just how narrow-minded I had become. A year ago my life fell apart. I had been out of the Corps for several decades and…

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A SAFE, PREDICTABLE, AND CONTROLLABLE ENVIRONMENT: CREATING SPACE FOR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE

Published by permission from The International Association of Yoga Therapists. This article was originally published in Yoga Therapy Today. Only in an open, nonjudgmental space can we acknowledge what we are feeling. Only in an open space where we're not all caught up in our own version of reality can we see and hear and feel who others really are, which allows us to be with them and communicate with them properly. —Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart A…

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