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successful that iRest immediately became a permanent program offered by the Walter Reed Deployment Health Clinical Center, providing every wounded warrior the opportunity to take part in a three-week healing regimen of what became known as ‘Integrative Restoration’ or ‘iRest Meditation’.
When I first started the research at Walter Reed, I called the program, Yoga Nidra. But I was quickly informed by the military that soldiers in the program couldn’t relate to the word, Yoga Nidra. With this realization, I subsequently changed the name of my program to Integrative Restoration, or iRest for short. ‘Integrative’ because the program teaches us how to self-regulate our emotions, thoughts, and body sensations. It enables us to become fully integrated human beings. And ‘Restorative,' because the program nourishes and restores our body and mind to its intrinsic essential nature of well-being, wholeness, and interconnectedness, with ourselves, others, and the universe.
Regardless of its name, the research, and program that was instituted at Walter Reed, was hugely successful. As a result, research has continued, with over 35 studies completed to date (2018), and more on the way. Research has proven the ability of iRest to address symptoms of PTSD, TBI, depression, pain, and sleep related issues, as well people undergoing treatment for cancer and MS. iRest is currently supporting Active Duty, Veterans, and families of service members in over 85 VA and military settings across the United States, as well as in Canada, Australia, Germany, and the UK. With now over 4,000 trained iRest teachers, the current number of facilities offering iRest include military hospitals and bases, Veterans' hospitals and facilities,
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