1 00:00:00,230 --> 00:00:02,130 I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH QIGONG, 2 00:00:02,130 --> 00:00:07,760 WHICH IS A POSITIVE ENERGY RELAXATION. 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:13,030 IT ALSO HELPS YOU DEAL WITH DIFFERENT GATES OR KEYS 4 00:00:13,030 --> 00:00:16,560 THAT HELPS DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR BODY. 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,030 I DEALT WITH A LOT OF RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, 6 00:00:19,030 --> 00:00:20,900 WITH RHINITIS. 7 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:23,900 ONE OF THE KEYS WAS ACTUALLY 8 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:28,660 GOING TO THE MIDDLE OF YOUR MEATY PART OF YOUR HAND, 9 00:00:28,660 --> 00:00:32,600 AND YOU ROTATE IT 5 MINUTES, BOTH HANDS, 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:37,100 AND IT ALSO STIMULATES YOUR LUNGS, 11 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:39,530 WHICH HELPED OUT TREMENDOUSLY. 12 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:42,630 SOMETIMES IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO BREATHE AT NIGHT. 13 00:00:42,630 --> 00:00:44,060 AND JUST LAYING IN THE BED, 14 00:00:44,060 --> 00:00:47,060 YOU KNOW, JUST RELAXATION, BREATHING, 15 00:00:47,060 --> 00:00:51,960 UTILIZING THE MEATY PART OF MY HAND, ROTATING IT, 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,230 BREATHING, EXHALING, MEDITATION AS YOU'RE DOING IT, 17 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:59,500 RELAXATION, IT OPENS UP MY AIR LUNGS, MY AIRWAYS, 18 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:02,360 AND THAT ALLOWS ME TO GET MORE RELAXATION. 19 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,000 IT ALSO HELPS ME GO TO SLEEP. 20 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,860 DIFFERENT RESULTS HAPPEN TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, OKAY? 21 00:01:07,860 --> 00:01:09,900 SOME THINGS MIGHT HAPPEN OR WORK FASTER FOR YOU 22 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:11,360 THAN THEY WORK FOR ME. 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,060 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST TRY IT, 24 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:16,060 GIVE IT A TRY, BE OPEN-MINDED ABOUT IT, 25 00:01:16,060 --> 00:01:17,700 LISTEN TO YOUR INSTRUCTORS, 26 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:20,830 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF 27 00:01:20,830 --> 00:01:22,930 THAT YOU ARE THE KEY TO HEAL YOURSELF. 28 00:01:22,930 --> 00:01:25,060 AND THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 29 00:01:25,060 --> 00:01:27,700 AS YOU KNOW, AS A SOLDIER, 30 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:30,460 WE WERE TAUGHT ON MENTAL AGILITY, 31 00:01:30,460 --> 00:01:33,630 HELPING US TO KEEP OUR MIND FOCUSED FOR OUR MISSION, 32 00:01:33,630 --> 00:01:36,400 AND ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP TO KEEP YOU FOCUSED 33 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,160 FOR YOUR MISSION, IT'S THE SAME THING WITH QIGONG. 34 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,160 YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT 35 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,200 AS A POSITIVE FORM OF RELAXATION, 36 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,230 A POSITIVE FORM OF HEALING YOURSELF, 37 00:01:45,230 --> 00:01:49,430 WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, YOU JUST GOT TO GIVE IT A TRY. 38 00:01:49,430 --> 00:01:53,730 AS SOLDIERS, WE ARE TAUGHT TO DEAL WITH MENTAL AGILITY, 39 00:01:53,730 --> 00:01:56,630 BEING PREPARED FOR THE MISSION. 40 00:01:56,630 --> 00:01:59,300 ALSO STAYING FOCUSED FOR THE MISSION, 41 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:02,860 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, 42 00:02:02,860 --> 00:02:08,400 WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF BEING OVERTAXED, 43 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,330 SO TO SPEAK, WITH STRESS? 44 00:02:11,330 --> 00:02:15,230 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO COMMIT SUICIDE 45 00:02:15,230 --> 00:02:17,300 BECAUSE OF STRESS, YOU KNOW? 46 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:21,000 AND HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO RELAXATION. 47 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,730 IT'S NEEDED, IT'S NEEDED. IN BASIC TRAINING, IT'S NEEDED. 48 00:02:24,730 --> 00:02:28,130 NOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT I AM A NATIONAL GUARDIST, 49 00:02:28,130 --> 00:02:30,560 WE LIVE DUAL LIVES. 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,260 WE HAVE MILITARY, AND WE HAVE CIVILIAN. 51 00:02:33,260 --> 00:02:37,200 SO THAT'S EQUAL, IT'S EVEN MORE STRESS, 52 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,560 BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES IN LIFE. 53 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,130 SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED AND BE A SOLDIER 24/7. 54 00:02:45,130 --> 00:02:46,900 ALL THE TIME, MY CHILDREN GIVE ME STRESS ALL THE TIME. 55 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:49,400 I HAVE 3 CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, AN 18-YEAR-OLD, 56 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,500 A 16-YEAR-OLD, AND A 6-YEAR-OLD. 57 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:53,960 AND THEY GIVE ME STRESS ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW? 58 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,500 IS IT EASY SOMETIMES TO REMEMBER THESE TECHNIQUES? 59 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:58,100 IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. 60 00:02:58,100 --> 00:02:59,700 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DO [INDISTINCT] 61 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:00,760 THEN YOU SAY, "OH, WAIT A MINUTE, 62 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:02,460 LET ME REEL MYSELF BACK IN." 63 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:07,030 THAT'S THE KEY OBJECTIVE, REELING YOURSELF BACK IN, OKAY? 64 00:03:07,030 --> 00:03:09,700 JUST LIKE YOU CAST A LINE OUT IF YOU GO FISHING, 65 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:12,500 YOU MIGHT MISS A SPOT, THEN YOU GOT TO REEL IT BACK IN 66 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:13,760 AND GET BACK TO THE SPOT. 67 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,600 BUT THE KEY OBJECTIVE IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOU MISSED IT. 68 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,760 WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS, 69 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,400 AND BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN, WE DO MAKE MISTAKES. 70 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,860 BUT THE KEY THING IS TO COME BACK IN 71 00:03:23,860 --> 00:03:26,400 AND THEN RECUPERATE, RECOUP. 72 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,430 "OKAY, LET ME JUST START DOING THIS 73 00:03:27,430 --> 00:03:29,000 "A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NEXT TIME. 74 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,660 "YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO YELL THIS TIME, 75 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:34,230 I'M GOING TO EXHALE, COUNT TO 10, INHALE." 76 00:03:34,230 --> 00:03:36,500 YOU KNOW, POSITIVE ENERGY COMING IN, 77 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:39,400 NEGATIVE ENERGY COMING OUT AS I BREATHE OUT. 78 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,730 YOU KNOW, START DOING MY TECHNIQUES. 79 00:03:41,730 --> 00:03:44,100 YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T COME OVERNIGHT. 80 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:47,560 BUT THE KEY OBJECTIVE IS TO FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. 81 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,760 IT'S IMPORTANT. 82 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,460 BECAUSE ANXIETY HAS NO COLOR, NO BARRIERS, NO AGE. 83 00:03:53,460 --> 00:03:55,660 IT KNOCKS ON EVERYBODY'S DOOR. 84 00:03:55,660 --> 00:03:57,260 AND BECAUSE IT KNOCKS ON EVERYBODY'S DOOR, 85 00:03:57,260 --> 00:04:00,030 YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE KEY TO LOCK THE DOOR 86 00:04:00,030 --> 00:04:01,530 OR TO UNLOCK THE DOOR. 87 00:04:01,530 --> 00:04:03,600 IN THE BEGINNING, I WAS KIND OF SKEPTICAL. 88 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,130 I WAS, IN THE BEGINNING. 89 00:04:05,130 --> 00:04:09,130 UNTIL I STARTED UTILIZING THE KEYS, 90 00:04:09,130 --> 00:04:10,930 IT HELPED OUT A LOT. 91 00:04:10,930 --> 00:04:14,460 I SEE MORE AND MORE USES OF IT. 92 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:19,230 I FEEL THAT I WILL BECOME MUCH BETTER IN BREATHING. 93 00:04:19,230 --> 00:04:20,930 I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT TO SEE MY DOCTOR AGAIN, 94 00:04:20,930 --> 00:04:23,700 BUT HOPEFULLY I WILL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN, YOU KNOW? 95 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:28,000 THAT'S THE KEY OBJECTIVE, TO HELP YOUR BODY HEAL ITSELF. 96 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,460 THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ABOUT IT IS THAT YOU HAVE A CHOICE 97 00:04:31,460 --> 00:04:33,630 TO HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, 98 00:04:33,630 --> 00:04:35,760 HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR SCENARIOS, 99 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,400 YOUR CONDITIONS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. 100 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,700 IT'S NOT THE END. 101 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:43,660 ANXIETY COMES, ANXIETY GOES. 102 00:04:43,660 --> 00:04:46,460 YOUR KEYS, YOU'RE LEARNING, YOU LIVE IT, 103 00:04:46,460 --> 00:04:49,330 AND YOU CONTINUE TO USE IT, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT, 104 00:04:49,330 --> 00:04:52,800 DON'T BE ASHAMED WHEN YOU HAVE TO STOP AND COUNT TO 10. 105 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:53,930 DON'T BE ASHAMED 106 00:04:53,930 --> 00:04:56,300 WHEN YOU HAVE TO START DOING YOUR YOGA EXERCISE 107 00:04:56,300 --> 00:04:58,900 IN THE BATHROOM OR SOMETHING, JUST TO GET SOME RELIEF. 108 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:00,060 WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT TO DO 109 00:05:00,060 --> 00:05:02,930 TO GET TO YOUR NEXT LEVEL IN LIFE IS IMPORTANT. 110 00:05:02,930 --> 00:05:06,060 SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO UTILIZE EVERYTHING 111 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:09,400 THAT THE VA IS TRYING TO TEACH YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT. 112 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,830 IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU, YOUR FAMILY, 113 00:05:11,830 --> 00:05:13,260 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, 114 00:05:13,260 --> 00:05:14,900 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BRIGHTER DAY.