the army + yoga = the scientific research the medical industry won't fund
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more from Green:
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/03/army-bioenergy.html
the army is handing out $4million in grants to research the effects of alternative therapies on PTSD. therapies proposed for study run the gamut:"Music, animal-facilitated therapy, art, dance/movement, massage therapy, EMDR [Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing] program evaluation, virtual reality, acupuncture, spiritual ministry, transcendental meditation, [and] yoga," might all be considered worth of the military's largess. So would "biologically-based treatments, botanicals, and nutritional supplements for enhancing cognitive function and mood in patients with trauma spectrum disorders, including TBI and/or PTSD, depression, anxiety, and/or substance dependence/abuse." Even proposals for wild-sounding "therapies using bioenergies such as Qi gong, Reiki, distant healing and acupuncture" would be accepted.
the popular theory is that the only reason these alternative means of healing have not already been further researched is because of the totalitarian grip of the medical/pharmaceutical industry on research $$, so it will be interesting to see what comes of this!
check out the full article above.
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kcr04002
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I am so touched to see the progressive and positive apporoaches to helping restore dignity and peace to these underrepresented Americans.
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