- IF YOU ARE IN THIS BLACK AREA, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S PRETTY NEAT ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF
IS THAT YOU GET TO RECOGNIZE
THE TEMPORAL OR THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF YOUR THOUGHTS,
OF YOUR FEELINGS.
YOU GET TO SEE THEM AS A FLOW, AS A RHYTHM,
AND IF YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THAT THAT RHYTHM IS GOING TO CHANGE--
SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO GO UP, SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN,
BUT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.
AND WHEN YOU REAPPLY YOUR TRAINING,
THAT CHANGE CAN GET SMOOTHER,
SO YOU DON'T GO UP SO HIGH, YOU DON'T DROP SO FAR,
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL
LIKE "THIS FEELING THAT I HAVE WILL NEVER EVER END,
AND I'LL NEVER NOT BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS."
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL THAT WAY.
- IS IT EASY SOMETIME TO REMEMBER THESE TECHNIQUES?
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DO [INDISTINCT],
THEN YOU SAY, "OH, WAIT A MINUTE,
LET ME REEL MYSELF BACK IN."
THAT'S THE KEY OBJECTIVE, REELING YOURSELF BACK IN, OKAY?
JUST LIKE YOU CAST YOUR LINE OUT IF YOU GO FISHING.
YOU MIGHT MISS A SPOT, THEN YOU GOT TO REEL IT BACK IN
AND GET BACK TO THE SPOT.
BUT THE KEY OBJECTIVE IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOU MISSED IT.
- IT'S CALMING.
WHEN YOU'RE BREATHING AND YOUR BODY,
AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE RIGHT WORDS TO EXPLAIN THIS,
BUT WHEN EVERYTHING IS IN SYNC,
IT'S SPECTACULAR.
- IT'S JUST AN HOUR, BUT THAT HOUR KEEPS YOU GOING
TILL THE NEXT WEEK.
AND THAT'S WHY I ENJOYED IT.
- WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
IS AT LEAST THAT IT'S WORKING FOR ME,
AND IT'S WORKING FOR A LOT OF VETERANS, JUST GO AND TRY IT.
JUST GO AND TRY.
- SO, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF JUST DOING IT AT HOME,
IT'S A MATTER OF DOING IT ANY TIME YOU FEEL TENSE,
SO YOU DO TAKE THE TOOLS WITH YOU
AND USE THEM CONSTANTLY, AND IT HELPS ME GO FORTH.
- IF YOU'RE PHYSICALLY CAPABLE OF MAKING IT HAPPEN, TRY IT.
AFTER THE FIRST SESSION, I GUARANTEE YOU,
YOU'LL BE SOLD, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING
IS YOU'RE MOVING YOUR ENERGY-- IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU.
THERE'S NO ADDITIVES TO THIS. IT'S JUST YOU.
- JUST IN CASE ALL THE FEMALE VETERANS
THAT'S OUT THERE
THAT'S SCARED OR PRETTY MUCH JUST CLOSE-MINDED
TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF DOING YOGA,
PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU DO, JUST OPEN YOUR MIND
AND BE OPEN TO THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO TRY.
- ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THE FIRST STEP
TOWARDS THAT FUTURE
AND OPEN YOUR HEART AND OPEN YOUR MIND
AND ACCEPT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE,
AND WHAT'S ALREADY OVER WITH,
AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO FROM HERE.
AND THE FIRST STEP IS YOURS.
- I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY...
NAMASTE,
WHICH I LEARNED IN YOGA,
WHICH MEANS "PEACE BE WITH YOU."
- AND VETERANS WHO BEGIN TO DO THIS
IN THEIR LIVES AND MAKE IT REAL
AND PARTNER WITH US IN MAKING IT BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER
ARE PART OF NOT ONLY, I HOPE, IMPROVING
THEIR OWN SENSE OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
BUT WILL HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT AS WE BRING THIS OUT
TO OTHER VETERANS AROUND THE COUNTRY,
AND REALLY MODEL THIS FOR AMERICA.
I THINK THAT OUR HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW IS QUITE BROKEN
AND PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING,
AND WE HAVE THIS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY,
STARTING WITH EVERY INDIVIDUAL, PERSON, AND VETERAN,
TO LEARN AND SHOW HOW IT CAN BE DIFFERENT,
SO I JUST THANK THE VETERANS ONCE AGAIN
FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY
THAT'S ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF HEALTH CARE.