1 00:00:08,120 --> 00:00:09,720 - ACTUALLY, EVERY VETERAN, I THINK, 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,490 IS AWARE OF THE POWER OF THE MIND. 3 00:00:12,490 --> 00:00:15,360 FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE PAIN, 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:16,690 AND YOU GO IN AND SEE A DOCTOR, 5 00:00:16,690 --> 00:00:19,120 THEY'LL OFTEN MAYBE GIVE YOU A PRESCRIPTION 6 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,090 OR PERHAPS DO AN INJECTION. 7 00:00:21,090 --> 00:00:24,420 AND YET MOST VETERANS HAVE UNDERSTOOD 8 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:27,060 OR SEEN SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN INJURED 9 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:28,720 DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE INJURED, 10 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,720 REPORTED NO PAIN UNTIL AFTER THE EMERGENCY WAS OVER, 11 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,320 AND THEN SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT THEY'D BEEN INJURED. 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,190 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PAIN IN BETWEEN? 13 00:00:39,190 --> 00:00:41,760 THEIR MIND WAS CONTROLLING IT. 14 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,520 IF YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO TAP INTO THOSE SAME THINGS, 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,460 NOT AROUND AN ACUTE INJURY, BUT ON A DAILY BASIS, 16 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:50,790 YOU CAN IMPROVE THE PAIN JUST WITH YOUR OWN 17 00:00:50,790 --> 00:00:53,260 INHERENT HEALING CAPACITIES THROUGH THE MIND. 18 00:00:53,260 --> 00:00:56,860 - NO MATTER WHETHER THEY WERE TRAUMATIZED OR NOT, 19 00:00:56,860 --> 00:00:59,390 EVERY VETERAN THAT I WORK WITH HAD PROBLEMS WITH SLEEP, 20 00:00:59,390 --> 00:01:02,060 HAD PROBLEMS WITH IRRITABILITY, HAD PROBLEMS WITH TENSION, 21 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:04,890 FEELING ON EDGE, AND... 22 00:01:07,820 --> 00:01:11,920 JUST BECAUSE THEY LEFT THE WAR ZONE, 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,120 THEY WERE HYPER-AROUSED, 24 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,660 THEY WERE EASILY AGITATED. 25 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:24,360 AND SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS TO HELP THEM, 26 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,590 TO HELP THEM CALM DOWN, TO HELP THEM SLEEP, 27 00:01:26,590 --> 00:01:29,660 TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO NOT OVERREACT 28 00:01:29,660 --> 00:01:33,260 TO THE MINOR FRUSTRATIONS IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES. 29 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:37,520 - YOU'VE SEEN OLDER PEOPLE IN CHINA DOING T'AI CHI CH'UAN, 30 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,160 80, 90, 100-YEAR-OLD PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE, 31 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,760 THAT'S THE EXERCISE THEY DO. 32 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,860 THAT'S THE KIND OF BASIS FOR THE EXERCISE 33 00:01:43,860 --> 00:01:45,320 THAT WE'RE TEACHING VETERANS, 34 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:49,820 IT'S SIMPLE, SLOW, CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT 35 00:01:49,820 --> 00:01:51,220 THAT YOU CAN ALL SUCCEED AT. 36 00:01:51,220 --> 00:01:55,190 AND WHATEVER YOUR CONDITION IS, THERE ARE MOVEMENTS YOU CAN DO, 37 00:01:55,190 --> 00:01:56,920 AND YOU CAN DO THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 38 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:01,420 - IF YOU'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH FATIGUE OR PAIN, 39 00:02:01,420 --> 00:02:04,120 AND YOU'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT YOU NEED TO EXERCISE MORE, 40 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,020 ONE OF THE KEYS IS HOW DO YOU FIND SOMETHING 41 00:02:06,020 --> 00:02:07,560 THAT FITS INTO YOUR LIFESTYLE, 42 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,790 THAT FITS INTO WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE 43 00:02:09,790 --> 00:02:12,790 AN ENJOYABLE ACTIVITY THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE. 44 00:02:12,790 --> 00:02:14,960 - IF I EDUCATE YOU 45 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,190 ABOUT A MODALITY, 46 00:02:19,190 --> 00:02:22,060 A SELF-MANAGEMENT TOOL, 47 00:02:22,060 --> 00:02:24,220 THAT YOU CAN DO YOURSELF, 48 00:02:24,220 --> 00:02:27,820 YOU CAN MODERATE THE FREQUENCY, 49 00:02:27,820 --> 00:02:30,760 YOU CAN TEMPER THE INTENSITY, 50 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,620 YOU CAN DO IT SITTING DOWN, 51 00:02:32,620 --> 00:02:36,060 LYING DOWN, SITTING IN THE SUBWAY, 52 00:02:36,060 --> 00:02:39,060 IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF YOUR LIFE, 53 00:02:39,060 --> 00:02:40,920 AND YOU'RE IN CONTROL OVER IT. 54 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:42,990 AND IF YOU DON'T DO IT ONE DAY, 55 00:02:42,990 --> 00:02:45,260 IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. 56 00:02:45,260 --> 00:02:49,790 BUT YOU MIGHT FEEL THAT, IF YOU DO IT THE NEXT DAY, 57 00:02:49,790 --> 00:02:52,520 IT'S VERY FULFILLING TO YOU, YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER IT. 58 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,260 - THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO GET INTO YOUR MIND 59 00:02:54,260 --> 00:02:56,690 IS THAT YOU COULD HAVE MORE THAN YOU HAVE NOW. 60 00:02:56,690 --> 00:02:57,890 SO, YOU CAN SAY, 61 00:02:57,890 --> 00:03:00,820 "WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BILL OF GOODS," YOU KNOW? 62 00:03:00,820 --> 00:03:03,690 SO, A PART OF YOU HAS TO BE CURIOUS ENOUGH TO SAY, 63 00:03:03,690 --> 00:03:05,490 "WHAT ARE YOU OFFERING ME?" 64 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:07,060 AND FIND OUT WHAT AM I OFFERING YOU. 65 00:03:07,060 --> 00:03:08,760 SO WHAT I'M OFFERING YOU 66 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,360 IS A SERIES OF TREATMENTS, BASICALLY, 67 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,390 THAT CAN HELP MAKE YOU WHOLE AGAIN. 68 00:03:13,390 --> 00:03:15,960 AND THAT MEANS WHOLE, REALLY WHOLE. 69 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,820 LIKE YOUR BODY IS WHOLE, YOUR MIND IS WHOLE, 70 00:03:17,820 --> 00:03:19,160 YOUR EMOTIONS ARE WHOLE. 71 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:20,760 THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU. 72 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,360 AND MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT, 73 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,920 I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE. 74 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:26,560 SO THEN IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF HOW HARD 75 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:27,820 YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK AT IT. 76 00:03:27,820 --> 00:03:30,060 - AND SOMETIMES IT'S A FUNCTIONAL, 77 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:31,490 YOU KNOW, DISORDER. 78 00:03:31,490 --> 00:03:32,920 WHEN A FUNCTIONAL DISORDER, 79 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:35,990 ALMOST LIKE, I WOULD TELL THE PATIENTS, 80 00:03:35,990 --> 00:03:38,760 JUST LIKE A COMPUTER, IT'S A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. 81 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,190 SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A HARDWARE PROBLEM. 82 00:03:41,190 --> 00:03:42,920 IF YOU CHANGE THE HARDWARE, 83 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,790 YOU STILL HAVE TO CHANGE AND UPGRADE 84 00:03:44,790 --> 00:03:47,060 YOUR SOFTWARE CAN BE MATCH. 85 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:50,660 SO YOUR INSIDE HAS ENERGY LINES BLOCKED, 86 00:03:50,660 --> 00:03:54,890 INFORMATION DOESN'T SEND TO THE LOCATIONS. 87 00:03:54,890 --> 00:03:59,060 SO THIS WAY, NO MATTER WHERE, NO MATTER HOW, 88 00:03:59,060 --> 00:04:03,820 YOU ALWAYS LEARN THERE'S SOMETHING SIMPLE, EASY, 89 00:04:03,820 --> 00:04:07,990 EFFECT EXERCISE, CALLED ENERGY EXERCISE, 90 00:04:07,990 --> 00:04:11,820 WILL ALLOW YOUR BODY CAN COME BACK. 91 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:15,820 ALLOW YOUR BODY CAN WALK AS ONE IS. 92 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:19,760 AND THEN ALLOW YOUR MIND BECOME STRONGER. 93 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,960 THEREFORE, YOU WILL HAVE A STRONGER BODY, 94 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,620 YOU WILL HAVE A HEALTHY BODY. 95 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:30,220 - YOU KNOW, ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT PLAGUE OUR VETERANS, 96 00:04:30,220 --> 00:04:32,460 ALL OF THE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, 97 00:04:32,460 --> 00:04:36,990 AND DEPRESSION, AND MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, 98 00:04:36,990 --> 00:04:39,320 WITH THE DIFFICULTY THINKING THAT COMES WITH IT, 99 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,620 AND THE RESTLESSNESS, AND THE FATIGUE, 100 00:04:41,620 --> 00:04:45,660 AND THE CHRONIC PAIN THAT'S OFTEN THERE. 101 00:04:45,660 --> 00:04:50,620 ALL OF THEM CAN BE AT LEAST HELPED SOME, 102 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:54,320 IF NOT SIGNIFICANTLY, BY THESE MIND-BODY APPROACHES, 103 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,290 BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE AFFECTED BY STRESS. 104 00:04:58,290 --> 00:05:01,490 THE BODY AND MIND ARE BASICALLY OUT OF BALANCE. 105 00:05:01,490 --> 00:05:06,320 IF YOU CAN RESTORE THE BODY-MIND 106 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,260 TO EQUILIBRIUM, TO BALANCE, 107 00:05:09,260 --> 00:05:11,960 THEN THOSE SYMPTOMS WILL BEGIN TO DISAPPEAR. 108 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:17,390 - WHEN YOU FEEL A DEEP SENSE OF INNER EQUANIMITY OR PEACE, 109 00:05:17,390 --> 00:05:19,160 YOU MAKE BETTER ETHICAL DECISIONS. 110 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,290 YOU'RE ACTUALLY MORE RESPONSIVE IN THE MOMENT, LESS REACTIVE. 111 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:26,120 THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE MEDITATION 112 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,320 IS TO MAKE YOU VERY RESPONSIVE, 113 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:33,360 VERY PRESENT, VERY AWAKE TO EACH MOMENT. 114 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,790 SO RATHER THAN, SAY, THE CLASSICAL IMAGE 115 00:05:35,790 --> 00:05:38,260 OF SOMEBODY MEDITATING GOING, YOU KNOW, "MMM," 116 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:43,260 EYES CLOSED, VERY RELAXED, WE'RE FINDING JUST THE OPPOSITE. 117 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:47,860 WHILE YOU MAY FEEL WITHIN A DEEP INNER RELAXATION, 118 00:05:47,860 --> 00:05:50,420 YOU'RE VERY PRESENT TO CIRCUMSTANCES, 119 00:05:50,420 --> 00:05:52,920 YOU'RE VERY RESPONSIVE. 120 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,260 SO, WE FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING MEDITATION, 121 00:05:56,260 --> 00:05:58,820 THEY'LL COME BACK TO US, AND THEY'LL SAY, 122 00:05:58,820 --> 00:06:03,220 "I FEEL LIKE I'M MORE MYSELF, MORE ABLE TO BE WHO I AM 123 00:06:03,220 --> 00:06:05,620 "IN THE MIDST OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, 124 00:06:05,620 --> 00:06:07,660 "WHETHER THEY'RE VERY STRESSFUL 125 00:06:07,660 --> 00:06:10,990 OR JUST VERY REGULAR, EVERYDAY CIRCUMSTANCES." 126 00:06:10,990 --> 00:06:15,160 - AS WE PROGRESS ON THIS JOURNEY WITH A PARTNER, WITH YOU, 127 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:19,020 WE'RE PERHAPS GIVING YOU SOME SIMPLE TOOLS, 128 00:06:19,020 --> 00:06:20,260 BUT WE'RE ALSO GIVING YOU A KEY 129 00:06:20,260 --> 00:06:24,120 TO A VERY EXCITING WORLD OF HEALTHCARE. 130 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,820 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CAR KEY, WE TURN IT, 131 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:28,620 AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY HESITATION WHATSOEVER 132 00:06:28,620 --> 00:06:30,760 THAT THAT CAR USUALLY IS GOING TO START UP. 133 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:32,620 BUT ONCE IT STARTS UP, THE COMPLEXITIES 134 00:06:32,620 --> 00:06:34,020 INSIDE THAT ENGINE ARE SUCH 135 00:06:34,020 --> 00:06:35,620 THAT YOU DON'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT, 136 00:06:35,620 --> 00:06:39,460 AND SO, LIKE THE HUMAN BODY, WE'RE GIVING YOU SIMPLE KEYS 137 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:42,120 TO OPEN UP A WORLD THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE 138 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,290 IN YOUR WELL-BEING AND HEALTH.