1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,900 - THE BEAUTY OF THIS TYPE OF FOCUS 2 00:00:05,900 --> 00:00:08,300 IS THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU AT ALL TIMES, 3 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:10,370 AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU AT ANY TIME, 4 00:00:10,370 --> 00:00:15,430 AND IT JUST TAKES TRAINING, AND FOR ME, 5 00:00:15,430 --> 00:00:19,030 IT'S JUST BEEN A REAPPLICATION OF MY MILITARY TRAINING 6 00:00:19,030 --> 00:00:21,330 TO FOCUS ON MY BREATHING. 7 00:00:21,330 --> 00:00:24,500 ALL MINDFULNESS TAKES PLACE THROUGH THE BREATH, 8 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:26,900 AND ONCE YOU RECOGNIZE THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE 9 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:30,430 IMPLICIT TO YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES, NO MATTER WHAT, 10 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:32,170 YOU THEN APPLY THAT TRAINING. 11 00:00:32,170 --> 00:00:35,100 SO IT'S THE SAME KIND OF THING AS WHEN THE MILITARY TEACHES YOU 12 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:38,100 THE VALUE OF DISCIPLINE OR THE VALUE OF INTEGRITY, 13 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:40,530 AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU ITS UTILITY. 14 00:00:40,530 --> 00:00:44,130 SO, THAT'S THE THING, IT'S SEEING THE UTILITY. 15 00:00:44,130 --> 00:00:45,300 NOW, IN THE MILITARY, THEY TEACH YOU 16 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:48,670 THE UTILITY OF BREATHING FOR SHOOTING A WEAPON. 17 00:00:48,670 --> 00:00:50,430 AND THAT'S GREAT TRAINING. 18 00:00:50,430 --> 00:00:51,830 YOU IMMEDIATELY SEE THE CONNECTION, 19 00:00:51,830 --> 00:00:54,930 YOU SEE ITS USEFULNESS, AND YOU APPLY IT IMMEDIATELY. 20 00:00:54,930 --> 00:00:58,100 THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF BREATHING TECHNIQUE 21 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:01,700 IS THAT IT'S NOT GEARED TOWARDS PRECISION 22 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:04,170 AT A TARGET 300 YARDS DOWN RANGE, 23 00:01:04,170 --> 00:01:07,030 IT'S GEARED TOWARDS THE TARGET INSIDE YOU, 24 00:01:07,030 --> 00:01:09,330 AND THE TARGET INSIDE YOU IS-- 25 00:01:09,330 --> 00:01:12,070 COULD BE, YOU COULD SAY, YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. 26 00:01:12,070 --> 00:01:16,000 - I HAVE SEEN IN THE YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, 27 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,630 HUGE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR THESE GUYS. 28 00:01:19,630 --> 00:01:22,100 ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENTS IN MY LIFE 29 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:24,970 WAS ONE SOLDIER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SAID 30 00:01:24,970 --> 00:01:26,270 THAT WHEN HE WAS EXHALING, 31 00:01:26,270 --> 00:01:28,570 HE COULD FEEL THE ANGER JUST LEAVING, 32 00:01:28,570 --> 00:01:31,070 AND IT WAS JUST THIS DEEP SORT OF BREATHING 33 00:01:31,070 --> 00:01:32,970 BEING PRESENT. 34 00:01:32,970 --> 00:01:35,230 I HAVE ZERO, UH... 35 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,770 BASICALLY, MY JOB IS TO OFFER THE TOOLS, 36 00:01:41,770 --> 00:01:44,870 AND THEN THEY TAKE IT ON, AND THEY BREATH, AND THEY MOVE, 37 00:01:44,870 --> 00:01:46,600 AND THEY COME BACK TO THE PRESENT, 38 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,730 AND IT'S BEEN A HUGE PASSION FOR ME. 39 00:01:49,730 --> 00:01:51,430 I WANT IT TO GROW, I WANT IT TO GET BIGGER, 40 00:01:51,430 --> 00:01:52,670 I WANT IT TO BE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, 41 00:01:52,670 --> 00:01:55,170 I WANT IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE AIRPORTS. 42 00:01:55,170 --> 00:01:56,930 I WANT IT TO BE EVERYWHERE WHERE THERE'S ACCESS 43 00:01:56,930 --> 00:01:59,330 FOR THESE VETS TO BE ABLE TO GO. 44 00:01:59,330 --> 00:02:01,370 I WANT IT FOR THE WIVES, BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING, 45 00:02:01,370 --> 00:02:02,930 YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PTSD, 46 00:02:02,930 --> 00:02:05,330 IT'S NOT JUST THE SOLDIERS, IT'S THE FAMILIES, 47 00:02:05,330 --> 00:02:06,630 IT'S THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW. 48 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:08,930 IT'S HARD FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO COME BACK 49 00:02:08,930 --> 00:02:12,470 AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO TO KIND OF BE 50 00:02:12,470 --> 00:02:15,000 IN THAT MEDITATIVE STATE, BE IN THAT PRESENT. 51 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,900 - THERE'S ONE THING THAT I REMEMBER IN YOGA 52 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:20,300 WAS TO CHANNEL THE ENERGY, WHICH IS, YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, 53 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:22,330 AND YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER LIKE THIS, 54 00:02:22,330 --> 00:02:23,830 LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO PRAY. 55 00:02:23,830 --> 00:02:26,830 YOU PUT YOUR THUMBS CENTERED TO YOUR CHEST, 56 00:02:26,830 --> 00:02:29,400 AND YOU JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN, 57 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,630 IN YOUR NOSE AND OUT YOUR MOUTH, 58 00:02:31,630 --> 00:02:33,270 LIKE... [INHALES] 59 00:02:33,270 --> 00:02:35,530 AND YOU HOLD IT FOR, LIKE, 5 SECONDS, 60 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:37,300 AND THEN YOU LET IT OUT THROUGH YOUR MOUTH. 61 00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:39,570 [EXHALES] 62 00:02:39,570 --> 00:02:42,130 AND YOU DO THAT A COUPLE TIMES, AND AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, 63 00:02:42,130 --> 00:02:44,700 YOU PRETTY MUCH WANT TO THINK IN YOUR MIND 64 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:47,670 ABOUT SOMETHING REAL GOOD, LIKE, SAY, FOR INSTANCE, 65 00:02:47,670 --> 00:02:49,670 I LIKE THE BEACH, AND I LIKE WATER, 66 00:02:49,670 --> 00:02:51,330 SO YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO THINK 67 00:02:51,330 --> 00:02:53,730 ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY LIKE, 68 00:02:53,730 --> 00:02:57,530 LIKE WATER, AND YOU JUST THINK ABOUT WATER BEING IN THE OCEAN, 69 00:02:57,530 --> 00:03:01,400 THINKING OF THE SOUNDS OF THE WATER, 70 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,170 THE MOTIONS OF THE WATER, 71 00:03:03,170 --> 00:03:05,400 AND YOU JUST KEEP BREATHING IN... 72 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,200 [INHALES] AND BREATHING OUT... 73 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,170 [EXHALES] 74 00:03:10,170 --> 00:03:12,600 AND WHEN YOU BREATHE OUT, YOU JUST LET IT ALL OUT. 75 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,000 LIKE, WHEN YOU BREATHE IN, 76 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,930 IT'S LIKE BREATHING ALL THE BREATH IN TO YOUR HEAD, 77 00:03:17,930 --> 00:03:19,300 AND THEN WE LET IT OUT, JUST RELEASE IT 78 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:20,870 ALL THE WAY OUT TO YOUR FEET. 79 00:03:20,870 --> 00:03:24,670 AND DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, MAYBE LIKE 5 OR 6 TIMES, 80 00:03:24,670 --> 00:03:26,500 AND THEN OPEN YOUR EYES, 81 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:30,030 AND THEN YOU FEEL YOURSELF MUCH EASE, 82 00:03:30,030 --> 00:03:31,600 LIKE, ESPECIALLY YOU WANT TO DO IT, 83 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,130 LIKE, IF YOU'RE FEELING SAD, OR IF YOU'RE FEELING TENSE, 84 00:03:34,130 --> 00:03:37,200 OR A LOT OF US SOLDIERS HAVE ANXIETY, WE HAVE TENSION, 85 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,670 THEY SAY WE HAVE HYPERTENSION, 86 00:03:38,670 --> 00:03:40,470 SO WE GET STARTLED ON A LOT OF THINGS, 87 00:03:40,470 --> 00:03:42,930 AND IF YOU FEEL YOURSELF ABOUT TO LOSE CONTROL, 88 00:03:42,930 --> 00:03:45,530 JUST DO THAT A COUPLE TIMES AND THEN OPEN YOUR EYES, 89 00:03:45,530 --> 00:03:47,030 AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BETTER.