PTSD

How meditating in a tiny Iowa town helped me recover from war

Supriya Venkatesan, Washington Post: At 19, I enlisted in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Iraq. I spent 15…

April 8, 2016

Brain changes seen in veterans with PTSD after mindfulness training

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Like an endlessly repeating video loop, horrible memories and thoughts can keep playing over and over…

April 4, 2016

Meditation trickles down to ‘regular’ people

Kathleen McLaughlin, The Bulletin: When Kevin Meyer picked up Transcendental Meditation in 1971, the practice was sweeping college campuses. The…

August 21, 2015

Breathing, meditation and helping PTSD

British Psychological Society: Servicemen and women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could benefit from trying breathing-based meditation, a new study…

September 19, 2014

Meditation training may help reduce stress disorders among US military personnel

Medical Xpress: Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Naval Health Research Center have found…

May 17, 2014

The mainstreaming of mindfulness meditation

Frances Weaver, TheWeek.com: Stressed-out Americans, from war veterans to Google workers, are embracing mindfulness meditation. Does it really work? Why…

April 9, 2014

Healing vets’ PTSD with transcendental meditation

Megan Cloherty, Washington, WTOP: Wild and reckless -- that's how Iraq Army veteran David George describes his lifestyle after returning…

August 16, 2013

Free the Mind examines whether mental issues can be treated with meditation instead of medication

Marielle Argueza, Monterey County Weekly: America has become increasingly familiar with mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder and attention…

August 8, 2013

Meditation helping war veterans

Tim Barlass,The Syndney Morning Herald: Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder can be treated with transcendental meditation, says a leading US…

June 9, 2013

Meditation reduces PTSD symptoms in nurses

Practicing a form of meditation and stretching can help relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and normalize stress hormone levels,…

May 30, 2013