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Launching `Operation Warrior Wellness" VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
Bringing TM to Veterans suffering from PTSD
by Bob Roth <http://www.tm.org/blog/author/bob-roth/> on December 29,
2010
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Veterans, medical doctors, researchers, and celebrities came together at
the Paley Center for Media in midtown Manhattan on December 13 to
support the David Lynch Foundation's launch of Operation Warrior
Wellness. The outreach aims at providing funds to teach the
Transcendental Meditation <http://www.tm.org/> technique to 10,000
veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorderPTSD
<http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-pt\
sd/index.shtml> and their families.
[David-Lynch-Meditation]
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n.jpg> Academy Award-nominated filmmaker David Lynch
<http://www.lynchweekend.org/> hosted the event.
"It's so good that we have Operation Warrior Wellness. Soldiers
are truly suffering. There are so many benefits from Transcendental
Meditation, but for sure it is a `stress-buster.' And when the
soldiers get this technique they are going to get their lives back
again." Mr. Lynch said.
[Operation-Warrior-Wellness]
<http://www.tm.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Operation-Warrior-Wel\
lness.jpg> Operation Warrior Wellness
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nd> was inspired by Jerry Yellin, a decorated World War II fighter
pilot who himself suffered from the acute problems caused by
PTSDand who later enjoyed the stress-relieving benefits of the TM
program. "We have the ability to teach traumatized young veterans to
meditateand help them enormously," Mr. Yellin said.
[Colonel-Brian-Rees]
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g> Colonel Brian Rees <http://istpp.org/news/fellows.html> , M.D., who
recently completed his fourth deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan, spoke
about the suitability of the Transcendental Meditation technique for the
military. "Research has found TM to be very effective treatment for
PTSD. It's easy to do, easy to learn and effortless to perform.
It's really a very suitable intervention."
[Norman-Rosenthal-Meditation]
<http://www.tm.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Norman-Rosenthal-Medi\
tation.jpg> Norman Rosenthal, M.D.,
<http://www.normanrosenthal.com/biography.html> clinical professor of
psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School and for 20 years a
senior researcher at the National Institutes of Mental, conducted recent
research showing the beneficial effects of the TM technique on PTSD.
"Fifty years of research on this technique have produced astonishing
results. I have been impressed by the excellence of the science and the
large number of peer-reviewed publications. As a psychiatrist who tries
to treat people with medications and therapy, I am fully aware that
these approaches are far from perfect. Now, we have at our disposal a
new meditation-based approach that can in a powerful, simple, and
profound way help people, who, for the most part, do not receive any
other ongoing input from mental health professionals. I think is very
exciting development, especially in this era of diminishing
resources."
The news conferences ended with a special videotaped message from Clint
Eastwood <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/bio> , who has been
practicing Transcendental Meditation for over 40 years:
"I am a great supporter of Transcendental Meditation. I think that
it is a great tool for anyone to be able to utilize to reduce stress.
And when you consider the stress that our men and women of the Armed
Forces endurethe anxieties of going through combatthen TM is a
great tool for them. But it's great approach for anyone to use in
life in general; otherwise why would I have been doing it all these
yearsalmost half of my life!"
