"Breathe...innnhale...exxxhale...begin to quiet the mind," Pam Gaboury, in a soft and steady tone, encourages her small group of students at a recent session.
As is typical with yoga, there's the attention to breathing, being in the moment, releasing the stress and clearing thoughts from the day - stretching, focusing on the connection between body and mind.
For active military personnel, veterans and their immediate families, that connection may be even more integral in their overall health, indicate some recent studies including one that led to the creation of "Yoga Warriors," a program Gaboury and the Attleboro YMCA have joined up to provide free of charge to service people and their spouses, parents, sons and daughters.
"It's calming down that fight or flight" mindset, said Gaboury, a certified yoga teacher, nurse and mother of a third tour of duty son who is now serving in Afghanistan.
As is typical with yoga, there's the attention to breathing, being in the moment, releasing the stress and clearing thoughts from the day - stretching, focusing on the connection between body and mind.
For active military personnel, veterans and their immediate families, that connection may be even more integral in their overall health, indicate some recent studies including one that led to the creation of "Yoga Warriors," a program Gaboury and the Attleboro YMCA have joined up to provide free of charge to service people and their spouses, parents, sons and daughters.
"It's calming down that fight or flight" mindset, said Gaboury, a certified yoga teacher, nurse and mother of a third tour of duty son who is now serving in Afghanistan.
BY SUSAN LaHOUD
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