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  • Live Whole Health #228: Walking meditation, mindfulness for busy lives

    Live Whole Health #228: Walking meditation, mindfulness for busy lives

    No time for mindfulness? Try this simple walking meditation that can fit right into your busy day! Learn more in this week's #LiveWholeHealth video.

  • Beyond relaxation: The art and science of body scan meditation

    Beyond relaxation: The art and science of body scan meditation

    Discover and participate in the transformative power of body scan meditation with Dr. Deanna Stark.

  • The transformative role of virtual reality-based meditation

    The transformative role of virtual reality-based meditation

    Immersive technology is providing new hope to Veterans with treatment-resistant depression.

  • Live Whole Health #183: Checking in with yourself through Body Scan Meditation

    Live Whole Health #183: Checking in with yourself through Body Scan Meditation

    When was the last time you truly checked in with yourself? ?‍♀️ In our fast-paced lives, it's easy to lose touch with our own body and emotions. Check out this #LiveWholeHealth episode for a guided body scan practice.

  • Organization trains Veterans, service members in yoga, meditation to alleviate military stressors

    Organization trains Veterans, service members in yoga, meditation to alleviate military stressors

    DoD and VA have made yoga more accessible to the military community, but Warriors at Ease still finds service members and Veterans often turn to the highly accessible, low-cost, side-effect-free practices of yoga, meditation and mindfulness as a last resort.

  • #Live Whole Health #151: Tai Chi Moving Meditation

    #Live Whole Health #151: Tai Chi Moving Meditation

    Would you like to move into the new year in a new way? With the holiday season ending and a new year starting, there is no better time than now to get moving into a Tai Chi practice. Tai Chi can bring many gifts into your life, and you can practice it daily in just 15 minutes!

  • From medication to meditation – Whole Health changes lives

    From medication to meditation – Whole Health changes lives

    Two Veterans want to spread the word about how Whole Health has changed their view of VA health care and also their lives.

  • Loving kindness meditation proves effective for PTSD

    Loving kindness meditation proves effective for PTSD

    A VA study has found course of loving kindness meditation was just as effective as one of VA’s front-line treatments for treating PTSD.

  • VA researcher exploring meditation as a therapy for PTSD

    VA researcher exploring meditation as a therapy for PTSD

    Today, Lang is the director of the Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. She’s also a professor at the University of California, San Diego. Her research and clinical work are focused on trauma-related disorders, including the use of complementary and alternative techniques, such as meditation, for treating PTSD.

  • Live Whole Health #85: Stillness in busy times with Yin meditation

    Live Whole Health #85: Stillness in busy times with Yin meditation

    When our days feel overly busy or stressful it can be nice to slow down and find moments of stillness. There are many ways to do that throughout the day, even if just for a minute or two. Here are a few ideas.

  • Live Whole Health #59: Finding Stillness through Yin Meditation

    Live Whole Health #59: Finding Stillness through Yin Meditation

    There are many different styles of meditation – some are yang and some are yin. Yin meditation encourages being open to what might unfold during the experience. A yin meditation helps us to be curious, open, and gentle towards our inner experience and can support self-compassion.

  • Meditation may help Veterans with PTSD

    Meditation may help Veterans with PTSD

    Meditation may be able to help Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Learn about a meditative practice available through VA called the Mantram Repetition Program. Also compassion meditation.

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