1 00:00:01,070 --> 00:00:02,740 - IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THE TIME 2 00:00:02,740 --> 00:00:06,810 IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU'VE BEEN MOST DISTRESSED 3 00:00:06,810 --> 00:00:10,210 AND CAN'T SEE A WAY OUT, AND IF YOU CAN THINK 4 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:13,810 ABOUT FROM THAT PLACE WHAT WAS THE MOST HELPFUL TO YOU, 5 00:00:13,810 --> 00:00:16,240 WHAT ACTUALLY HELPED YOU TAKE THE FIRST STEP 6 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:17,770 OUT OF THAT PLACE, 7 00:00:17,770 --> 00:00:20,370 IT PROBABLY WASN'T A DOCTOR, IT PROBABLY WASN'T A PILL 8 00:00:20,370 --> 00:00:22,070 OR A SURGERY, 9 00:00:22,070 --> 00:00:26,810 IT WAS SOME SKILL OR STRENGTH THAT YOU FOUND WITHIN YOU. 10 00:00:26,810 --> 00:00:31,270 SO, WHAT THIS DOES IS HELP US BUILD THOSE TOOLS 11 00:00:31,270 --> 00:00:32,440 THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, 12 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,710 THOSE STRENGTHS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE 13 00:00:34,710 --> 00:00:36,970 IN A MUCH MORE PROACTIVE WAY, 14 00:00:36,970 --> 00:00:39,540 SO THEY'RE MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO YOU. 15 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:41,640 YOU DON'T WAIT TILL YOU'RE IN A CRISIS MODE, 16 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,770 BUT YOU CAN USE THIS EVERY DAY 17 00:00:43,770 --> 00:00:45,410 TO HELP WHETHER IT'S YOUR SUFFERING 18 00:00:45,410 --> 00:00:47,140 WITH CHRONIC PAIN OR DEPRESSION 19 00:00:47,140 --> 00:00:49,610 OR WHATEVER ISSUE YOU'RE DEALING WITH, 20 00:00:49,610 --> 00:00:52,810 THE POWER OF THESE APPROACHES CAN HELP YOU. 21 00:00:52,810 --> 00:00:54,110 - I WAS IN THE ARMY. 22 00:00:54,110 --> 00:00:56,710 I WAS 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION, AND I SERVED OVER IN IRAQ, 23 00:00:56,710 --> 00:00:59,470 THE VERY FIRST PUSH BACK IN 2003. 24 00:00:59,470 --> 00:01:01,740 - I WAS THE 88 MIKE MOTOR TRANSPORT OPERATOR. 25 00:01:01,740 --> 00:01:04,340 WE DROVE THE 5,000-GALLON FUEL TANKERS. 26 00:01:04,340 --> 00:01:07,070 - VIETNAM 1967, 1968. 27 00:01:07,070 --> 00:01:08,810 - AND I WAS INVOLVED IN GULF ONE. 28 00:01:08,810 --> 00:01:13,640 - I SERVED IN SOUTH BAGHDAD FROM APRIL 2006 TO APRIL 2007. 29 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:19,110 - IT WAS HELL, YOU KNOW, I'D GO OUT ON PATROLS NOT KNOWING, 30 00:01:19,110 --> 00:01:21,140 YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE GOING TO GET HIT. 31 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:23,970 - MENTALLY, IT TOOK A TOLL, PHYSICALLY, IT TOOK A TOLL. 32 00:01:23,970 --> 00:01:25,970 - HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MYSELF. 33 00:01:25,970 --> 00:01:29,970 - I GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROBLEMS, FROM A TO Z. 34 00:01:29,970 --> 00:01:31,510 - ONCE I GOT OUT OF THE MILITARY, I WASN'T ABLE 35 00:01:31,510 --> 00:01:33,070 TO READJUST BACK INTO SOCIETY. 36 00:01:33,070 --> 00:01:35,470 - THERE WAS ONE TIME THAT I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF. 37 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:37,870 - I WOULD LITERALLY BE TENSE, STRESSED... 38 00:01:37,870 --> 00:01:39,270 - I WAS KIND OF DEPRESSED... - HEADACHES. 39 00:01:39,270 --> 00:01:42,170 - I HAD A LOT OF ANXIETY AND ANGER ISSUES 40 00:01:42,170 --> 00:01:43,710 THAT I WAS DEALING WITH. 41 00:01:43,710 --> 00:01:47,670 - ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY BELIEVE 42 00:01:47,670 --> 00:01:52,110 AND I WANTED TO JUST REALLY EMPHASIZE 43 00:01:52,110 --> 00:01:57,770 IS HOW IMPORTANT ALTERNATE OPTIONS ARE 44 00:01:57,770 --> 00:01:59,270 FOR MEDICATION. 45 00:01:59,270 --> 00:02:03,270 NO ONE HAS EVER DIED OF AN OVERDOSE OF TAI CHI, 46 00:02:03,270 --> 00:02:05,310 BUT WE'VE HAD VETERANS WHO'VE DIED 47 00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:06,410 OF AN OVERDOSE OF MEDICATIONS. 48 00:02:06,410 --> 00:02:08,870 SO IT'S HUGE, THIS IS A BIG DEAL, 49 00:02:08,870 --> 00:02:11,140 AND IT REALLY DOES HELP. 50 00:02:11,140 --> 00:02:12,670 - THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ABOUT IT 51 00:02:12,670 --> 00:02:14,310 IS THAT YOU HAVE A CHOICE 52 00:02:14,310 --> 00:02:16,710 TO HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, 53 00:02:16,710 --> 00:02:19,040 HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR SCENARIOS, 54 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,140 YOUR CONDITIONS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. 55 00:02:21,140 --> 00:02:23,870 - ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THE FIRST STEP 56 00:02:23,870 --> 00:02:27,010 TOWARDS THAT FUTURE, AND OPEN YOUR HEART 57 00:02:27,010 --> 00:02:30,470 AND OPEN YOUR MIND AND ACCEPT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, 58 00:02:30,470 --> 00:02:33,670 WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE AND WHAT'S ALREADY OVER WITH 59 00:02:33,670 --> 00:02:35,970 AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO FROM HERE. 60 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,940 - THE BEAUTY OF THIS TYPE OF FOCUS 61 00:02:43,940 --> 00:02:46,340 IS THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU AT ALL TIMES, 62 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:48,410 AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU AT ANY TIME, 63 00:02:48,410 --> 00:02:53,470 AND IT JUST TAKES TRAINING, AND FOR ME, 64 00:02:53,470 --> 00:02:57,070 IT'S JUST BEEN A REAPPLICATION OF MY MILITARY TRAINING 65 00:02:57,070 --> 00:02:59,370 TO FOCUS ON MY BREATHING. 66 00:02:59,370 --> 00:03:02,540 ALL MINDFULNESS TAKES PLACE THROUGH THE BREATH, 67 00:03:02,540 --> 00:03:04,940 AND ONCE YOU RECOGNIZE THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE 68 00:03:04,940 --> 00:03:08,470 IMPLICIT TO YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES, NO MATTER WHAT, 69 00:03:08,470 --> 00:03:10,210 YOU THEN APPLY THAT TRAINING. 70 00:03:10,210 --> 00:03:13,140 SO IT'S THE SAME KIND OF THING AS WHEN THE MILITARY TEACHES YOU 71 00:03:13,140 --> 00:03:16,140 THE VALUE OF DISCIPLINE OR THE VALUE OF INTEGRITY, 72 00:03:16,140 --> 00:03:18,570 AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU ITS UTILITY. 73 00:03:18,570 --> 00:03:22,170 SO, THAT'S THE THING, IT'S SEEING THE UTILITY. 74 00:03:22,170 --> 00:03:23,340 NOW, IN THE MILITARY, THEY TEACH YOU 75 00:03:23,340 --> 00:03:26,710 THE UTILITY OF BREATHING FOR SHOOTING A WEAPON. 76 00:03:26,710 --> 00:03:28,470 AND THAT'S GREAT TRAINING. 77 00:03:28,470 --> 00:03:29,870 YOU IMMEDIATELY SEE THE CONNECTION, 78 00:03:29,870 --> 00:03:32,970 YOU SEE ITS USEFULNESS, AND YOU APPLY IT IMMEDIATELY. 79 00:03:32,970 --> 00:03:36,140 THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF BREATHING TECHNIQUE 80 00:03:36,140 --> 00:03:39,740 IS THAT IT'S NOT GEARED TOWARDS PRECISION 81 00:03:39,740 --> 00:03:42,210 AT A TARGET 300 YARDS DOWN RANGE, 82 00:03:42,210 --> 00:03:45,070 IT'S GEARED TOWARDS THE TARGET INSIDE YOU, 83 00:03:45,070 --> 00:03:47,370 AND THE TARGET INSIDE YOU IS-- 84 00:03:47,370 --> 00:03:50,110 COULD BE, YOU COULD SAY, YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. 85 00:03:50,110 --> 00:03:54,040 - I HAVE SEEN IN THE YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, 86 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,670 HUGE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR THESE GUYS. 87 00:03:57,670 --> 00:04:00,140 ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENTS IN MY LIFE 88 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:03,010 WAS ONE SOLDIER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SAID 89 00:04:03,010 --> 00:04:04,310 THAT WHEN HE WAS EXHALING, 90 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:06,610 HE COULD FEEL THE ANGER JUST LEAVING, 91 00:04:06,610 --> 00:04:09,110 AND IT WAS JUST THIS DEEP SORT OF BREATHING 92 00:04:09,110 --> 00:04:11,010 BEING PRESENT. 93 00:04:11,010 --> 00:04:13,270 I HAVE ZERO, UH... 94 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,810 BASICALLY, MY JOB IS TO OFFER THE TOOLS, 95 00:04:19,810 --> 00:04:22,910 AND THEN THEY TAKE IT ON, AND THEY BREATH, AND THEY MOVE, 96 00:04:22,910 --> 00:04:24,640 AND THEY COME BACK TO THE PRESENT, 97 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,770 AND IT'S BEEN A HUGE PASSION FOR ME. 98 00:04:27,770 --> 00:04:29,470 I WANT IT TO GROW, I WANT IT TO GET BIGGER, 99 00:04:29,470 --> 00:04:30,710 I WANT IT TO BE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, 100 00:04:30,710 --> 00:04:33,210 I WANT IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE AIRPORTS. 101 00:04:33,210 --> 00:04:34,970 I WANT IT TO BE EVERYWHERE WHERE THERE'S ACCESS 102 00:04:34,970 --> 00:04:37,370 FOR THESE VETS TO BE ABLE TO GO. 103 00:04:37,370 --> 00:04:39,410 I WANT IT FOR THE WIVES, BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING, 104 00:04:39,410 --> 00:04:40,970 YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PTSD, 105 00:04:40,970 --> 00:04:43,370 IT'S NOT JUST THE SOLDIERS, IT'S THE FAMILIES, 106 00:04:43,370 --> 00:04:44,670 IT'S THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW. 107 00:04:44,670 --> 00:04:46,970 IT'S HARD FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO COME BACK 108 00:04:46,970 --> 00:04:50,510 AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO TO KIND OF BE 109 00:04:50,510 --> 00:04:53,040 IN THAT MEDITATIVE STATE, BE IN THAT PRESENT. 110 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,940 - THERE'S ONE THING THAT I REMEMBER IN YOGA 111 00:04:54,940 --> 00:04:58,340 WAS TO CHANNEL THE ENERGY, WHICH IS, YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, 112 00:04:58,340 --> 00:05:00,370 AND YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER LIKE THIS, 113 00:05:00,370 --> 00:05:01,870 LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO PRAY. 114 00:05:01,870 --> 00:05:04,870 YOU PUT YOUR THUMBS CENTERED TO YOUR CHEST, 115 00:05:04,870 --> 00:05:07,440 AND YOU JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN, 116 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,670 IN YOUR NOSE AND OUT YOUR MOUTH, 117 00:05:09,670 --> 00:05:11,310 LIKE... [INHALES] 118 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:13,570 AND YOU HOLD IT FOR, LIKE, 5 SECONDS, 119 00:05:13,570 --> 00:05:15,340 AND THEN YOU LET IT OUT THROUGH YOUR MOUTH. 120 00:05:15,340 --> 00:05:17,610 [EXHALES] 121 00:05:17,610 --> 00:05:20,170 AND YOU DO THAT A COUPLE TIMES, AND AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, 122 00:05:20,170 --> 00:05:22,740 YOU PRETTY MUCH WANT TO THINK IN YOUR MIND 123 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:25,710 ABOUT SOMETHING REAL GOOD, LIKE, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, 124 00:05:25,710 --> 00:05:27,710 I LIKE THE BEACH, AND I LIKE WATER, 125 00:05:27,710 --> 00:05:29,370 SO YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO THINK 126 00:05:29,370 --> 00:05:31,770 ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY LIKE, 127 00:05:31,770 --> 00:05:35,570 LIKE WATER, AND YOU JUST THINK ABOUT WATER BEING IN THE OCEAN, 128 00:05:35,570 --> 00:05:39,440 THINKING OF THE SOUNDS OF THE WATER, 129 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,210 THE MOTIONS OF THE WATER, 130 00:05:41,210 --> 00:05:43,440 AND YOU JUST KEEP BREATHING IN... 131 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,240 [INHALES] AND BREATHING OUT... 132 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,210 [EXHALES] 133 00:05:48,210 --> 00:05:50,640 AND WHEN YOU BREATHE OUT, YOU JUST LET IT ALL OUT. 134 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,040 LIKE, WHEN YOU BREATHE IN, 135 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,970 IT'S LIKE BREATHING ALL THE BREATH IN TO YOUR HEAD, 136 00:05:55,970 --> 00:05:57,340 AND THEN WE LET IT OUT, JUST RELEASE IT 137 00:05:57,340 --> 00:05:58,910 ALL THE WAY OUT TO YOUR FEET. 138 00:05:58,910 --> 00:06:02,710 AND DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, MAYBE LIKE 5 OR 6 TIMES, 139 00:06:02,710 --> 00:06:04,540 AND THEN OPEN YOUR EYES, 140 00:06:04,540 --> 00:06:08,070 AND THEN YOU FEEL YOURSELF MUCH EASE, 141 00:06:08,070 --> 00:06:09,640 LIKE, ESPECIALLY YOU WANT TO DO IT, 142 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,170 LIKE, IF YOU'RE FEELING SAD, OR IF YOU'RE FEELING TENSE, 143 00:06:12,170 --> 00:06:15,240 OR A LOT OF US SOLDIERS HAVE ANXIETY, WE HAVE TENSION, 144 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,710 THEY SAY WE HAVE HYPERTENSION, 145 00:06:16,710 --> 00:06:18,510 SO WE GET STARTLED ON A LOT OF THINGS, 146 00:06:18,510 --> 00:06:20,970 AND IF YOU FEEL YOURSELF ABOUT TO LOSE CONTROL, 147 00:06:20,970 --> 00:06:23,570 JUST DO THAT A COUPLE TIMES AND THEN OPEN YOUR EYES, 148 00:06:23,570 --> 00:06:25,070 AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BETTER. 149 00:06:30,170 --> 00:06:31,570 - I WOULD CLOSE MY EYES, 150 00:06:31,570 --> 00:06:33,910 AND I WOULD STILL HEAR EVERYTHING AROUND, 151 00:06:33,910 --> 00:06:39,040 BUT I WAS ABLE TO JUST HEAR IT BUT YET NOT PROCESS IT, 152 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:40,210 SO TO SPEAK. 153 00:06:40,210 --> 00:06:43,910 I WAS ABLE TO FEEL TINGLING, YOU KNOW, IN MY TOES 154 00:06:43,910 --> 00:06:45,240 AND THEN UP THROUGH MY LEGS 155 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,570 AND THEN ALL THE WAY, LIKE, THROUGH MY FINGERTIPS, 156 00:06:47,570 --> 00:06:50,210 THROUGH MY HANDS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY UP TO MY HEAD, 157 00:06:50,210 --> 00:06:54,210 AND IT WAS EXHILARATING. 158 00:06:54,210 --> 00:06:58,040 I DON'T KNOW, I KIND OF LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, 159 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,870 RELATE IT TO, I DON'T KNOW, 160 00:06:59,870 --> 00:07:01,210 LIKE, A DRUG. 161 00:07:01,210 --> 00:07:04,170 IT'S LIKE A NATURAL DRUG WITHIN YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, 162 00:07:04,170 --> 00:07:08,140 TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THINGS, YOU KNOW, 163 00:07:08,140 --> 00:07:09,870 HELP YOU FACE THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, 164 00:07:09,870 --> 00:07:12,470 TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH NORMAL EVERYDAY STRESS 165 00:07:12,470 --> 00:07:14,540 INSTEAD OF HIDING AWAY FROM IT. 166 00:07:19,010 --> 00:07:22,510 AND, LIKE, THE PART WHERE, YOU KNOW, 167 00:07:22,510 --> 00:07:24,370 YOUR MIND JUST CREATES 168 00:07:24,370 --> 00:07:27,410 JUST, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT 169 00:07:27,410 --> 00:07:33,270 WHERE YOU PUT YOURSELF AT, IT'S JUST LIKE NOTHING AROUND. 170 00:07:33,270 --> 00:07:37,370 I WAS ABLE TO FIND THAT PEACE WITHIN MYSELF. 171 00:07:37,370 --> 00:07:43,310 - TO EXPERIENCE A CALM, 172 00:07:43,310 --> 00:07:44,940 A PEACE. 173 00:07:48,110 --> 00:07:52,170 MY BREATHING, IT WAS AMAZING. 174 00:07:52,170 --> 00:07:55,140 THE CORRELATION BETWEEN OUR MINDS 175 00:07:55,140 --> 00:07:56,970 AND OUR BODIES. 176 00:07:56,970 --> 00:08:00,370 IT WAS JUST AMAZING. 177 00:08:00,370 --> 00:08:03,810 IT'S HARD TO REALLY EVEN DESCRIBE 178 00:08:03,810 --> 00:08:08,570 THE PEACE, THE RELAXATION, THE CLARITY THAT I HAD. 179 00:08:08,570 --> 00:08:11,070 - WELL, IT'S JUST, WHAT THIS EXERCISE DOES 180 00:08:11,070 --> 00:08:13,840 IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE. 181 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:18,640 YOU KNOW, IT TAKES YOU TO, LIKE, YOUR HAPPY SPOT OR SOMETHING, 182 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,370 YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR MIND OFF 183 00:08:21,370 --> 00:08:23,670 WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW? 184 00:08:23,670 --> 00:08:25,310 - IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME 5 YEARS AGO, 185 00:08:25,310 --> 00:08:27,270 I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU TO GO "F" YOURSELF, 186 00:08:27,270 --> 00:08:28,640 BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO TRY IT, YOU KNOW, 187 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,070 BECAUSE I'D THINK THAT'S, LIKE, ALL HIPPIE STUFF, 188 00:08:30,070 --> 00:08:34,110 BUT I WAS A DOUBTER, TOO, AND I DOUBTED ALL THAT, 189 00:08:34,110 --> 00:08:39,940 AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A LAST-DITCH EFFORT, 190 00:08:39,940 --> 00:08:45,070 AND, FORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN REALLY HELPING ME OUT. 191 00:08:45,070 --> 00:08:48,640 YOU KNOW, I'M MORE ACTIVE, I'M MORE SOCIAL, 192 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,870 I GO AND TALK TO PEOPLE, 193 00:08:50,870 --> 00:08:53,570 AND ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE OF US, YOU KNOW, THAT I MEET, 194 00:08:53,570 --> 00:08:55,610 LIKE, ON THE STREET OR AT SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, 195 00:08:55,610 --> 00:08:56,870 I ASK THEM, "HEY, YOU KNOW, 196 00:08:56,870 --> 00:09:00,470 "HAVE YOU BEEN EXPERIENCING ANY KIND OF, LIKE, ISSUES, 197 00:09:00,470 --> 00:09:03,210 ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS?" ALL OF THEM SAY NO. 198 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:04,540 WE ALL DO, 199 00:09:04,540 --> 00:09:09,410 BECAUSE WE ALL DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF TITLE, 200 00:09:09,410 --> 00:09:11,940 YOU KNOW, OF SOMEBODY WITH PTSD, 201 00:09:11,940 --> 00:09:15,010 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, CIVILIANS, 202 00:09:15,010 --> 00:09:16,440 PEOPLE THAT NEVER SERVED, 203 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,810 THEY LOOK AT US LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INFECTIOUS 204 00:09:18,810 --> 00:09:20,670 OR LIKE WE'RE GOING TO KILL THEM, 205 00:09:20,670 --> 00:09:24,970 WHICH I THINK IT'S [BEEP]. 206 00:09:24,970 --> 00:09:29,710 BUT, YOU KNOW, I STILL FACE THOSE PROBLEMS EVERY DAY, 207 00:09:29,710 --> 00:09:32,440 BUT IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME LIKE IT USED TO YOU. 208 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,840 YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, 209 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,640 BECAUSE, LIKE, THROUGH TREATMENTS, YOU KNOW, 210 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,440 THERE IS A LOT OF TRIALS AND ERRORS, 211 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,410 BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD TO REALIZE 212 00:09:41,410 --> 00:09:43,610 THAT DEALING WITH PTSD IS SOMETHING 213 00:09:43,610 --> 00:09:46,140 THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 214 00:09:46,140 --> 00:09:48,440 I JUST CAN'T SHY AWAY FROM IT, YOU KNOW? 215 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,510 SO I USE THESE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES, 216 00:09:51,510 --> 00:09:55,440 YOU KNOW, AND, SAY, BE ABLE TO PUT MYSELF IN A WAY 217 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,270 TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH SOCIETY. 218 00:10:00,710 --> 00:10:03,540 - YOU START OUT WITH A SET OF MOVEMENTS 219 00:10:03,540 --> 00:10:05,310 AND A SET OF TECHNIQUES, 220 00:10:05,310 --> 00:10:08,110 AND IT REGULATES AND FLOWS THE CHI IN YOUR BODY. 221 00:10:08,110 --> 00:10:11,810 THE CHI IS ALSO KNOWN AS ENERGY IN CHINESE MEDICINE. 222 00:10:11,810 --> 00:10:13,740 THAT'S WHAT CHI IS. IT'S CALLED ENERGY. 223 00:10:13,740 --> 00:10:16,010 AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT FILTRATES THROUGH YOUR BODY, 224 00:10:16,010 --> 00:10:19,710 AND IT GIVES YOU... 225 00:10:19,710 --> 00:10:21,140 IN ESSENCE, IT UPLIFTS YOU. 226 00:10:21,140 --> 00:10:24,170 IT GIVES YOU A REFRESHENING, 227 00:10:24,170 --> 00:10:27,670 ANOTHER WAY OF TRYING TO BASICALLY 228 00:10:27,670 --> 00:10:28,840 RECHARGE YOUR SYSTEM. 229 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,810 - IT WAS JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT 230 00:10:30,810 --> 00:10:33,470 THAT JUST CALMED ME DOWN CONSIDERABLY. 231 00:10:33,470 --> 00:10:35,970 IT WAS A NICE FEELING, 232 00:10:35,970 --> 00:10:38,410 BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THE ENERGY IN MY BODY 233 00:10:38,410 --> 00:10:41,710 WAS BEING TRANSMITTED 234 00:10:41,710 --> 00:10:45,310 TO A MORE EVEN-KEEL. 235 00:10:45,310 --> 00:10:48,010 PHYSICALLY, I WAS IN GOOD SHAPE. 236 00:10:48,010 --> 00:10:49,940 MENTALLY, I THOUGHT I WAS IN GOOD SHAPE, 237 00:10:49,940 --> 00:10:54,170 AND NOW, ENERGETICALLY, I WAS GETTING IN GREAT SHAPE. 238 00:10:54,170 --> 00:10:56,440 - YOU KNOW, I WAS SKEPTICAL IF THIS WAS GOING TO WORK. 239 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,710 I MEAN, I HAD READ UP ON IT, 240 00:10:57,710 --> 00:11:00,110 I'VE SEEN A VIDEO OR TWO ON YOUTUBE 241 00:11:00,110 --> 00:11:02,110 ABOUT THE QIGONG STUDY, BUT I WASN'T QUITE SURE 242 00:11:02,110 --> 00:11:04,710 IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR ME, 243 00:11:04,710 --> 00:11:07,310 BECAUSE I SUFFERED FROM IT FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 244 00:11:07,310 --> 00:11:08,640 I JUST WASN'T SURE. 245 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,040 BUT AFTER THE FIRST SESSION, I WAS A BELIEVER. 246 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:17,340 - IT ALSO HELPS YOU DEAL WITH DIFFERENT GATES OR KEYS. 247 00:11:17,340 --> 00:11:20,040 THAT HELPS DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY. 248 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,570 I DEALT WITH A LOT OF RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, 249 00:11:23,570 --> 00:11:25,370 WITH RHINITIS. 250 00:11:25,370 --> 00:11:30,540 ONE OF THE KEYS WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE MIDDLE 251 00:11:30,540 --> 00:11:32,710 OF YOUR MEATY PART OF YOUR HAND, 252 00:11:32,710 --> 00:11:36,740 AND YOU ROTATE IT 5 MINUTES, BOTH HANDS, 253 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:40,570 AND IT ALSO STIMULATES YOUR LUNGS. 254 00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:48,670 - IF YOU ARE IN THIS BLACK AREA, YOU KNOW, 255 00:11:48,670 --> 00:11:51,670 THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S PRETTY NEAT ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF 256 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:53,540 IS THAT YOU GET TO RECOGNIZE 257 00:11:53,540 --> 00:11:58,110 THE TEMPORAL OR THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF YOUR THOUGHTS, 258 00:11:58,110 --> 00:11:59,570 OF YOUR FEELINGS. 259 00:11:59,570 --> 00:12:02,710 YOU GET TO SEE THEM AS A FLOW, AS A RHYTHM, 260 00:12:02,710 --> 00:12:05,340 AND IF YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THAT THAT RHYTHM IS GOING TO CHANGE-- 261 00:12:05,340 --> 00:12:08,540 SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO GO UP, SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN, 262 00:12:08,540 --> 00:12:09,740 BUT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE. 263 00:12:09,740 --> 00:12:11,640 AND WHEN YOU REAPPLY YOUR TRAINING, 264 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,610 THAT CHANGE CAN GET SMOOTHER, 265 00:12:13,610 --> 00:12:16,610 SO YOU DON'T GO UP SO HIGH, YOU DON'T DROP SO FAR, 266 00:12:16,610 --> 00:12:17,840 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL 267 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,340 LIKE "THIS FEELING THAT I HAVE WILL NEVER EVER END, 268 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:23,640 AND I'LL NEVER NOT BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS." 269 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,410 YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL THAT WAY. 270 00:12:25,410 --> 00:12:28,210 - IS IT EASY SOMETIME TO REMEMBER THESE TECHNIQUES? 271 00:12:28,210 --> 00:12:29,770 IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. 272 00:12:29,770 --> 00:12:31,410 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DO [INDISTINCT], 273 00:12:31,410 --> 00:12:32,540 THEN YOU SAY, "OH, WAIT A MINUTE, 274 00:12:32,540 --> 00:12:34,270 LET ME REEL MYSELF BACK IN." 275 00:12:34,270 --> 00:12:38,740 THAT'S THE KEY OBJECTIVE, REELING YOURSELF BACK IN, OKAY? 276 00:12:38,740 --> 00:12:41,570 JUST LIKE YOU CAST YOUR LINE OUT IF YOU GO FISHING. 277 00:12:41,570 --> 00:12:44,070 YOU MIGHT MISS A SPOT, THEN YOU GOT TO REEL IT BACK IN 278 00:12:44,070 --> 00:12:45,410 AND GET BACK TO THE SPOT. 279 00:12:45,410 --> 00:12:48,640 BUT THE KEY OBJECTIVE IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOU MISSED IT. 280 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,510 - IT'S CALMING. 281 00:12:51,510 --> 00:12:54,070 WHEN YOU'RE BREATHING AND YOUR BODY, 282 00:12:54,070 --> 00:12:58,370 AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE RIGHT WORDS TO EXPLAIN THIS, 283 00:12:58,370 --> 00:13:03,470 BUT WHEN EVERYTHING IS IN SYNC, 284 00:13:03,470 --> 00:13:05,370 IT'S SPECTACULAR. 285 00:13:05,370 --> 00:13:08,010 - IT'S JUST AN HOUR, BUT THAT HOUR KEEPS YOU GOING 286 00:13:08,010 --> 00:13:10,340 TILL THE NEXT WEEK. 287 00:13:10,340 --> 00:13:13,610 AND THAT'S WHY I ENJOYED IT. 288 00:13:13,610 --> 00:13:15,270 - WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU 289 00:13:15,270 --> 00:13:18,240 IS AT LEAST THAT IT'S WORKING FOR ME, 290 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:23,140 AND IT'S WORKING FOR A LOT OF VETERANS, JUST GO AND TRY IT. 291 00:13:23,140 --> 00:13:25,670 JUST GO AND TRY. 292 00:13:25,670 --> 00:13:28,610 - SO, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF JUST DOING IT AT HOME, 293 00:13:28,610 --> 00:13:31,810 IT'S A MATTER OF DOING IT ANY TIME YOU FEEL TENSE, 294 00:13:31,810 --> 00:13:34,470 SO YOU DO TAKE THE TOOLS WITH YOU 295 00:13:34,470 --> 00:13:38,740 AND USE THEM CONSTANTLY, AND IT HELPS ME GO FORTH. 296 00:13:38,740 --> 00:13:42,110 - IF YOU'RE PHYSICALLY CAPABLE OF MAKING IT HAPPEN, TRY IT. 297 00:13:43,940 --> 00:13:46,340 AFTER THE FIRST SESSION, I GUARANTEE YOU, 298 00:13:46,340 --> 00:13:48,570 YOU'LL BE SOLD, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING 299 00:13:48,570 --> 00:13:52,340 IS YOU'RE MOVING YOUR ENERGY-- IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU. 300 00:13:52,340 --> 00:13:54,610 THERE'S NO ADDITIVES TO THIS. IT'S JUST YOU. 301 00:13:54,610 --> 00:13:56,770 - JUST IN CASE ALL THE FEMALE VETERANS 302 00:13:56,770 --> 00:13:58,040 THAT'S OUT THERE 303 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,340 THAT'S SCARED OR PRETTY MUCH JUST CLOSE-MINDED 304 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:03,140 TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF DOING YOGA, 305 00:14:03,140 --> 00:14:06,240 PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU DO, JUST OPEN YOUR MIND 306 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,010 AND BE OPEN TO THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO TRY. 307 00:14:10,010 --> 00:14:12,670 - ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THE FIRST STEP 308 00:14:12,670 --> 00:14:15,370 TOWARDS THAT FUTURE 309 00:14:15,370 --> 00:14:17,310 AND OPEN YOUR HEART AND OPEN YOUR MIND 310 00:14:17,310 --> 00:14:20,740 AND ACCEPT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE, 311 00:14:20,740 --> 00:14:22,770 AND WHAT'S ALREADY OVER WITH, 312 00:14:22,770 --> 00:14:25,240 AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO FROM HERE. 313 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,240 AND THE FIRST STEP IS YOURS. 314 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,440 - I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY... 315 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,740 NAMASTE, 316 00:14:32,740 --> 00:14:33,970 WHICH I LEARNED IN YOGA, 317 00:14:33,970 --> 00:14:36,010 WHICH MEANS "PEACE BE WITH YOU." 318 00:14:36,010 --> 00:14:39,440 - AND VETERANS WHO BEGIN TO DO THIS 319 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,370 IN THEIR LIVES AND MAKE IT REAL 320 00:14:41,370 --> 00:14:44,840 AND PARTNER WITH US IN MAKING IT BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER 321 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,670 ARE PART OF NOT ONLY, I HOPE, IMPROVING 322 00:14:47,670 --> 00:14:50,270 THEIR OWN SENSE OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 323 00:14:50,270 --> 00:14:53,640 BUT WILL HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT AS WE BRING THIS OUT 324 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,810 TO OTHER VETERANS AROUND THE COUNTRY, 325 00:14:55,810 --> 00:14:58,940 AND REALLY MODEL THIS FOR AMERICA. 326 00:14:58,940 --> 00:15:02,310 I THINK THAT OUR HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW IS QUITE BROKEN 327 00:15:02,310 --> 00:15:03,740 AND PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING, 328 00:15:03,740 --> 00:15:06,640 AND WE HAVE THIS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY, 329 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,670 STARTING WITH EVERY INDIVIDUAL, PERSON, AND VETERAN, 330 00:15:10,670 --> 00:15:13,610 TO LEARN AND SHOW HOW IT CAN BE DIFFERENT, 331 00:15:13,610 --> 00:15:17,640 SO I JUST THANK THE VETERANS ONCE AGAIN 332 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,310 FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY 333 00:15:20,310 --> 00:15:22,510 THAT'S ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF HEALTH CARE.