Psychological Flexibility & Yoga Written By: Timothy Avery, PsyD A new study has been published on psychological flexibility (PF) in the journal Psychological Trauma and I thought you might like to hear about it. Psychological flexibility is the changing of one’s mental and behavioral repertoire in response to a given situation to live in accordance with one’s values (if you have been to the VYP Mindful Resilience Training you can probably hear Dr. Dan Libby in…
What's in a word!? Mantram Meditation Reduced PTS(D) for these Veterans Written By: Timothy Avery, PsyD Would you believe it if I told you PTSD symptoms could be reduced by repeating a word silently to yourself? Well, a recent study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry supports that assertion under the specific conditions of the Mantram Repetition Protocol (MRP). Dr. Jill Bormann and colleagues demonstrated mantram repetition can help Veterans with PTSD reduce their symptoms…
Volunteer & Teacher Spotlight: Sandy MacGilvray There is something that can loom over a lot of the volunteers for Veterans Yoga Project. It’s something volunteer Sandy MacGilvray struggled with at first: can I truly volunteer for Veterans Yoga Project when I’m not a veteran – or am I being a fraud?The answer is a resounding YES you can volunteer, and NO you are definitely not a fraud. But sometimes it takes a while to fully understand…
