We also know that yoga is extraordinarily powerful in reducing stress throughout many systems in our bodies. Here's a post from the Mayo Clinic about yoga and stress).
Now, the military is seeking out help from all avenues (a good thing) to address the growing crisis our soldiers are facing - PTSD. More about PTSD here (Wikipedia), here (VA), and here (NIH).
The military is scrambling for new ways to treat the brain injuries and post-traumatic stress of troops returning home from war. And every kind of therapy -- no matter how far outside the accepted medical form -- is being considered. The Army just unveiled a $4 million program to investigate everything from "spiritual ministry, transcendental meditation, [and] yoga" to "bioenergies such as Qi gong, Reiki, [and] distant healing" to mend the psyches of wounded troops.While this is an extreme example, those of us who are actively involved with thousands and thousands of individuals and companies striving to solve their health concerns through yoga see, day after day how powerful this ancient technology is. Its great to see the entrenched military establishment seeking out help in this area. Some great work is already being done...if you haven't seen Richard Miller's iRest program, take the time to find out about it.
The government is looking for proposals:
But many of these treatments haven't been held up to much rigorous scientific scrutiny before. So the Army is looking to hand out $4 million in "seedling grants" to "conduc[t] rigorous clinical studies" into all sorts of "novel approaches." Projects "containing preliminary data" will be eligible for up to $1 million. But even "innovative but testable hypotheses without preliminary data" could get as much as $300,000. Proposals are due May 15.Read the entire article on wired!
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