Photo: Janel norton
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Yoga and meditation
For VETERANS, Active Duty, Police & fire and their families |
Photo: Janel norton
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Blue Horizons Wellness is providing yoga and meditation classes to Veterans, Active Duty, Police and Fire, and their families (children 9 and older are welcome to attend the class) on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. These classes consist of yoga poses and movement for the first 50-60 minutes followed by guided relaxation and/or meditation.
Yoga and meditation support the well-being of our service members (Vets, Active Duty, Fire, Police, EMS and other First Responders) and their families and foster meaningful connections between military and service communities and civilian communities. |
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Yoga and meditation are mind-body practices that promote health and well-being. Research shows that these practices can:
Our teachers have training through Warriors at Ease*.
- Reduce stress.
- Reduce sensation of chronic pain.
- Improves sleep.
- Creates a sense of calm in body & mind.
- Decrease symptoms associated with PTSD and trauma.
Our teachers have training through Warriors at Ease*.
Sign up for a class today! Classes are by Donation. That means if you cannot afford to pay for the class you don't have to. But it also means, if you can pay for the class, please drop a $10 bill in the jar. And, if you can afford to pay for a friend or someone you don't know, please drop in funds for them.
*Warriors at Ease (WAE) is a non-profit organization founded in 2009 to respond to the need for specially trained yoga and meditation teachers to serve the military community. WAE, together with leading research institutions, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), have cultivated an innovative approach that is changing the face of soldier and veteran’s care.
Blue Horizons Wellness's mission is to increase awareness about the power of yoga and meditation to facilitate healing and to share evidenced-based practices that support health and healing for those suffering from PTS and other trauma.
Blue Horizons Wellness's mission is to increase awareness about the power of yoga and meditation to facilitate healing and to share evidenced-based practices that support health and healing for those suffering from PTS and other trauma.
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Blue Horizons Wellness is an Affiliate Studio of Warriors at Ease.
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“Warriors at Ease is offering a very different and unique approach that so many of our veterans respond well to during the recovery and beyond. DVNF is proud to be a partner of WAE in the work they’re doing to help veterans heal!”
Joseph VanFonda
USMC Sgt.Maj. Ret.
CEO, Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF)
“Warriors at Ease is offering a very different and unique approach that so many of our veterans respond well to during the recovery and beyond. DVNF is proud to be a partner of WAE in the work they’re doing to help veterans heal!”
Joseph VanFonda
USMC Sgt.Maj. Ret.
CEO, Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF)
Veteran Support Groups
in Muskegon
in Muskegon
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The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) exists to provide critically needed support to disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded—physically or psychologically—after defending our safety and our freedom. Thanks to a generous grant from DVNF, Warriors at Ease was has been able to develop and launch our newest course Teaching Yoga and Meditation to Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma.
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