1 00:00:10,290 --> 00:00:15,130 [BREATHING] 2 00:00:15,130 --> 00:00:16,270 I WAS GOOD IN P.T. 3 00:00:16,270 --> 00:00:18,270 I WAS ONE OF THEM SOLDERS THAT SCORED LIKE 300 4 00:00:18,270 --> 00:00:19,530 ON THE P.T. TEST. 5 00:00:19,530 --> 00:00:21,600 SO PHYSICAL FITNESS WAS MY THING, 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,930 SO I USED TO LIKE TO PRACTICE YOGA TO STRETCH. 7 00:00:24,930 --> 00:00:26,300 THEN, WHEN I INJURED MY BACK, 8 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:30,100 I PRETTY MUCH, LIKE, WEANED OFF OF DOING A LOT OF EXERCISES, 9 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:32,170 SO PAIN MANAGEMENT ADVISED ME 10 00:00:32,170 --> 00:00:34,500 TO START TRYING TO PRACTICE YOGA AGAIN 11 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,130 TO GET THE FLEXIBILITY BACK IN MY BACK. 12 00:00:37,130 --> 00:00:40,430 THEY PRETTY MUCH BASICALLY HELP YOU CHANGE YOUR MINDSET. 13 00:00:40,430 --> 00:00:43,570 IF YOU HAVE A NEGATIVE MINDSET, THEY PRETTY MUCH CHANGE IT 14 00:00:43,570 --> 00:00:44,570 TO A POSITIVE, 15 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:45,800 "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT. 16 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,000 "IT'S JUST ONE DAY AT A TIME. 17 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,700 "IT MAY TAKE 365 DAYS, 18 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:51,030 BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU THERE," 19 00:00:51,030 --> 00:00:54,700 SO BASICALLY THEY DO CHANGE YOUR MINDSET. 20 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:57,130 YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY MUCH OPEN TO YOGA. 21 00:00:57,130 --> 00:01:00,130 LIKE, A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU THINK WILL BE PAIN, 22 00:01:00,130 --> 00:01:03,830 USUALLY REALLY ISN'T PAIN, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO YOUR BODY. 23 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:06,900 AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING THAT'S PAINFUL, 24 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:07,930 DON'T DO IT. 25 00:01:07,930 --> 00:01:09,630 YOUR BODY, IT JUST PRETTY MUCH GUIDES YOU 26 00:01:09,630 --> 00:01:14,530 IN A WAY TO EASE, LIKE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME, SO... 27 00:01:14,530 --> 00:01:16,900 BEFORE, WHEN I USED TO COME IN THE BEGINNING, 28 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:19,800 I REALLY COULDN'T BEND OVER, NOW I CAN BEND OVER MORE. 29 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,870 I CAN BEND TO THE SIDE, BEND TO THE LEFT, 30 00:01:22,870 --> 00:01:24,500 SO THAT'S PRETTY HELPFUL. 31 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:27,730 SO, IN YOGA, THEY HAVE US DOING THIS CHAIR POSITION, 32 00:01:27,730 --> 00:01:30,730 WHICH IS A LOT LIKE THIS, AND YOU PUT YOUR KNEES TOGETHER. 33 00:01:30,730 --> 00:01:32,170 AND SO USUALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BED, 34 00:01:32,170 --> 00:01:34,530 THE WAY I SLEEP IN THE BED, I SLEEP LIKE A BABY. 35 00:01:34,530 --> 00:01:36,270 I USUALLY SLEEP WITH MY KNEES UP, 36 00:01:36,270 --> 00:01:37,800 KIND OF, SORT OF, LIKE, TO MY CHEST, 37 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,700 SO WHAT I HAVE A TENDENCY TO DO, I TRY TO, LIKE, REACH DOWN 38 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:44,630 AND TOUCH MY TOES OR PUT MY HANDS AROUND MY KNEES. 39 00:01:44,630 --> 00:01:45,630 LIKE, THAT'S ONE OF THE POSITIONS 40 00:01:45,630 --> 00:01:47,330 THAT THEY HAVE US DO IN THERE, 41 00:01:47,330 --> 00:01:50,430 AND THAT PRETTY MUCH STRETCHES YOUR BACK EARLY IN THE MORNING. 42 00:01:50,430 --> 00:01:51,470 AND WHEN YOU'RE IN A LOT OF PAIN, 43 00:01:51,470 --> 00:01:53,230 I GUESS FROM ALL THE GEAR, 44 00:01:53,230 --> 00:01:55,830 FROM THE KEVLAR TO THE RUCKSACKS, 45 00:01:55,830 --> 00:01:58,070 TO THE BELT, TO THE M16. 46 00:01:58,070 --> 00:02:01,200 IT'S LIKE A LOT OF WEIGHT BEARING, ESPECIALLY FOR A WOMAN. 47 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,070 I GUESS YOU'RE FIGURING, WHEN I WAS IN, I WAS 125 POUNDS. 48 00:02:04,070 --> 00:02:06,370 ALL THE GEAR, TOTAL WEIGHT 49 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:09,230 PROBABLY WAS LIKE 100 POUNDS PLUS, 50 00:02:09,230 --> 00:02:12,600 AND THEN YOU'RE RUNNING, AND YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF MILES. 51 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,530 I GUESS OVER TIME, THAT HAS A TENDENCY 52 00:02:14,530 --> 00:02:18,070 TO WEAR DOWN ON YOUR BODY, SO EVEN THOUGH WHEN YOU'RE IN 53 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:20,200 THEY HAVE YOU EXERCISE EVERY MORNING. 54 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,330 LIKE, WELL, BEFORE THE ACTUAL WAR STARTED, 55 00:02:24,330 --> 00:02:27,930 LIKE, THEY HAD A TENDENCY TO HAVE YOU ACTUALLY EXERCISE 56 00:02:27,930 --> 00:02:30,100 IN THE MORNING TIME, FROM LIKE 6:00 TO 7:00, 57 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:31,900 BUT WHEN IT CAME TIME TO THE WAR, 58 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:34,100 IT WAS, LIKE, REALLY UP TO YOU TO GET THE EXERCISE IN, 59 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:38,530 BECAUSE BASICALLY YOU'RE AT WAR, SO IT'S LIKE, YOU'RE ON GUARD, 60 00:02:38,530 --> 00:02:40,800 SO IT'S LIKE, YOU PRETTY MUCH JUST HAVE TO GET 61 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,770 YOUR STRETCHING IN, YOUR PT IN, WHEN NECESSARY. 62 00:02:43,770 --> 00:02:46,470 BASICALLY, IF YOU HAVE ANY PAIN, 63 00:02:46,470 --> 00:02:49,130 MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, 64 00:02:49,130 --> 00:02:52,170 TRY THE PRACTICE OF YOGA, BECAUSE IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL, 65 00:02:52,170 --> 00:02:53,230 AND IT'S HELPFUL. 66 00:02:53,230 --> 00:02:55,270 IF YOU'RE HAVING SAD DAYS, YOU KNOW, 67 00:02:55,270 --> 00:02:59,070 THEY'VE GOT AN EXERCISE IN THERE WHERE IT'S A BREATHING EXERCISE, 68 00:02:59,070 --> 00:03:01,100 I FORGOT WHAT SHE CALLED IT, I THINK SHE CALLED IT TAI CHI, 69 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:02,100 I THINK. 70 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:03,370 YOU BREATHE IN, YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, 71 00:03:03,370 --> 00:03:05,730 YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN, YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH OUT, 72 00:03:05,730 --> 00:03:07,900 AND IT PRETTY MUCH RELAXES YOUR MIND 73 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:09,900 IF YOU'RE HAVING, LIKE, A BAD DAY, 74 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:13,200 AND THEY SHOW YOU PRETTY MUCH HOW TO CHANNEL THE ENERGY, 75 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,730 AND THEY HAVE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE CENTER, AND THEN YOU RUB, 76 00:03:15,730 --> 00:03:17,470 AND YOU CAN FEEL THE HEAT, 77 00:03:17,470 --> 00:03:19,570 AND IT'S PRETTY HELPFUL WITH THE MIND. 78 00:03:19,570 --> 00:03:21,430 AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PHYSICAL PART 79 00:03:21,430 --> 00:03:23,630 THAT YOU FEEL, IF YOU HAVE ANY PAIN IN YOUR BODY, 80 00:03:23,630 --> 00:03:25,000 THE STRETCHING, 81 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,030 AND IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ACCURATE 82 00:03:27,030 --> 00:03:28,400 OR YOU'RE REALLY NOT SURE, 83 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,830 OR YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THEM PEOPLE THAT KNOWS, LIKE... 84 00:03:31,830 --> 00:03:33,900 YOU HAVE A LOT OF VETS, WELL, I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT, 85 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:37,270 BECAUSE YOU EXERCISE FROM BOOT CAMP TO NOW, 86 00:03:37,270 --> 00:03:39,130 BUT WE NEVER REALLY PRACTICE YOGA, 87 00:03:39,130 --> 00:03:41,130 SO THEY PRETTY MUCH JUST SHOW YOU 88 00:03:41,130 --> 00:03:44,730 HOW TO DO ALL THE POSES, WHICH WAY TO MOVE, 89 00:03:44,730 --> 00:03:49,200 NOT TO OVEREXTEND, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. 90 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,800 I WAS DOING BODYBUILDING, 91 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,470 I WAS RUNNING TRACK, 92 00:03:53,470 --> 00:03:55,200 I WAS A HURDLER, I WAS A SWIMMER, 93 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,170 I WAS PRETTY MUCH A VERY ACTIVE FEMALE. 94 00:03:58,170 --> 00:04:00,270 AND THEN, WHEN I GOT HURT, AND ALL THAT CHANGED. 95 00:04:00,270 --> 00:04:02,500 BUT I WAS ACTIVE IN THE MILITARY, TOO. 96 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,870 I WAS JUST OVER 300 ON THE PT TEST, 97 00:04:04,870 --> 00:04:08,370 WHICH WAS, YOU HAD TO DO SIT-UPS, PUSHUPS, 98 00:04:08,370 --> 00:04:10,030 AND A RUN IN TWO MINUTES. 99 00:04:10,030 --> 00:04:11,470 WELL, YOU HAD TO DO AS MANY PUSHUPS AS YOU CAN 100 00:04:11,470 --> 00:04:12,830 IN TWO MINUTES, 101 00:04:12,830 --> 00:04:14,430 YOU HAD TO DO AS MANY SIT-UPS AS YOU COULD IN TWO MINUTES. 102 00:04:14,430 --> 00:04:17,830 SO, MY PUSHUPS, I USED TO DO, LIKE, 45, 50 PUSHUPS 103 00:04:17,830 --> 00:04:18,830 IN TWO MINUTES. 104 00:04:18,830 --> 00:04:21,330 SIT-UPS I USED TO DO, LIKE, 90. 105 00:04:21,330 --> 00:04:24,330 AND THE TWO-MILE RUN, I USED TO DO IT, LIKE, IN 13 MINUTES, 106 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:27,900 SO I WAS PRETTY ACTIVE AND PRETTY FIT. 107 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:30,700 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WAR HAPPENED, 108 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:33,700 WITH THE INJURY, THAT PRETTY MUCH SET ME BACK. 109 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:35,870 SO, FOR ME, BEING AN ACTIVE PERSON 110 00:04:35,870 --> 00:04:38,470 THE WAY I USED BE TO NOW WAS, LIKE, 111 00:04:38,470 --> 00:04:42,230 SOMETIMES, IF I THINK ABOUT IT, IT KIND OF MAKES ME SAD, 112 00:04:42,230 --> 00:04:45,770 BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I USED TO BE REAL ACTIVE, 113 00:04:45,770 --> 00:04:47,770 AND IT'S LIKE, NOW I CAN'T DO THE THINGS 114 00:04:47,770 --> 00:04:51,300 LIKE I USED TO DO BEFORE, BUT I'M GETTING BACK THERE, 115 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:53,130 SLOWLY BUT SURELY, MY MINDSET IS LIKE, 116 00:04:53,130 --> 00:04:54,770 "I CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT..."