Wildmind Meditation News
Jan 22, 2012
Vets find ways to de-stress using yoga, meditation
Lindsay Wise, Houston Chronicle: Army veteran Weldon Holder stood barefoot on a yoga mat and extended his arms straight in front of him, fingers interlaced and palms pushed away from his chest.
“Drink the breath and let the awareness reside in the body,” urged his instructor, Pam Johnson. “Long and smooth. Stay with the breath.”
The pair slowly raised their arms above their heads, then back to their sides.
“Stay, stay in this place, be present,” Johnson said. “Let it happen. … Exhale.”
Holder, a burly 37-year-old former Cavalry scout from Houston, started practicing yoga in September at the suggestion of his wife …
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