Veteran & Teacher Profile: Laverne Glover

Veteran & Teacher Profile: Laverne Glover Written By: Capucine Hoybach Meet Laverne Glover, a US Airforce veteran and a proud recent graduate of Veteran Yoga Project’s Inaugural 200-hour Mindful Resilience Teacher Training program.  “I sort of fell into yoga a couple of years ago. I had been a fitness instructor since 1986,” Laverne describes, “but very soon after, I began taking classes at studios in my area.” This eventually led to a chance meeting with VYP’s…

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VYP Family Spotlight: Robert Sturman

Robert Sturman with VYP veterans. Photo Credit: Joe Longo VYP Family Spotlight: Robert Sturman Written By: Laura Diekema Robert Sturman was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He is the son of a veteran, his father serving as a cook in the Army. Other than his father’s time in the service,  he rarely saw anyone in uniform growing up in LA. He uses the language of art to tell stories through photographs. Robert provides VYP…

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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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