A Soldiers Heart

River Falls Journal

Hello Everyone, I'm posting this afternoon to share some good news. Last Thursday I was interviewed by Debbie Griffin at the River Falls Journal, our weekley newspaper and the article was published in this weeks edition on the front page! My excitement and delight about this is because it means that information about the support circle, A Soldiers Heart, will reach that many more people. The more people it reaches, the more people it has the possibility of helping and that is why I am doing this. Whooo Hooo!

I hope to help many people through this circle, and in turn, help them to help others. A kind of 'Pay It Forward". To learn more about the Pay It Forward idea CLICK HERE

I am so honored to be able to do this and I thank Debbie Griffin at the River Falls Journal for listening and hearing what I shared and in turn writing a really great article.

For those of you that do not get the River Falls Journal, here is a link to the homepage CLICK HERE

The article should be posted to the River Falls Journal website sometime today (8.5.11).

I wanted to share a bit more with you about the Wellness Inventory (R), one of the tools that we'll we working with in the circle. You can read about it at this link CLICK HERE

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. I hope to see you on Tuesday!

Blessings,

Nellie

 

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Theater Of War

I shared with you in my first post the reasons behind my desire to create a supportive community for our military based on what my dad and been through, and my own personal history.

Part of what moves me is PTSD. Called many things over the years, by many people. Today a friend shared the article below with me and the timing could not be better. It speaks to PTSD and how long it has been with us, and what is being done about it through the powerful work Bryan Doerries, a cofounder of Outside the Wire. I've posted the first couple of paragraphs below. The rest can be read at the link provided. I hope you find it helpful.

Blessings,

Nellie

Theater Of War

2011/07/19

Timeless tales

Center stage

By Christina Wood

Nobody understands the strains of war and the toll long deployments can take on a servicemember better than a fellow servicemember. That’s why Outside the Wire LLC, an organization based in New York, relies on plays written by a battle-hardened general to get people talking about the challenges faced by members of our armed services and their families.

Playwright Sophocles fought his battles more than 2,000 years ago, which only adds an interesting dimension to the conversation.

Theater of War, launched in 2008, is the brainchild of Bryan Doerries, a cofounder of Outside the Wire. Before then, Doerries says, “I didn’t know what sacrifice was.” Since then, more than 150 staged readings of Sophocles’ plays Ajax and Philoctetes have been performed for military communities across the country and in Europe. Each reading has been followed by a discussion that might be life-changing for someone in the audience.

“Last year, after one of our performances in New York City, a veteran walked up to me and said, ‘Knowing PTSD goes back to B.C. gives me the feeling that I’m otally alone,’ ” Doerries says. “I guess that’s our message: If you have served or [have] cared for someone who has served, you are not alone in this room, you are not alone across the country, and most important, you are not alone across time.” To read the rest of the article Click Here

 

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Warrior Pose . . .

Yoga is a wondeful way to provide self care. It can be a way to release stress and care for ourselves. I've done yoga for myself for many years now and I know how helpful it has been. With that knowledge I share the article below with you. It is a wonderful article from NPR. It starts below and the link provided will take you to the full article. I hope you find it helpful.

Blessings,

Nellie

 

Warrior Pose Part Of Rehab For Army Veterans

by Blake Farmer

April 20, 2011 from WPLN

The Army is famous — or perhaps infamous — for its high-octane drill instructors. But for many soldiers who have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, push-ups, pull-ups and platoon runs have become impossible, so the Army has been developing what it calls "enhanced" physical training.

For soldiers taking a yoga class at the Warrior Transition Unit — which serves war-wounded soldiers — at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, the gentle commands of instructor Hylan Hampton have replaced the yelling of Army physical training. Read the rest of the article here Warrior Pose

 

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