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and non-military organizations throughout the world. And in 2010, as a result of the research with iRest, the U.S. Army Surgeon General, and Defense Centers of Excellence declared Yoga Nidra a complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the treatment of PTSD and chronic pain.
The 10 Tools of iRest
Trauma can leave you feeling disconnected — from yourself, from your friends and family, and from the world around you. iRest helps reestablish your connectedness — with yourself, with your partner, and with your children, friends, and workmates. And for those returning from war, it enables healing to take place so that you can finally feel that you’ve come home. iRest allows you to heal the sensations, emotions, thoughts, memories, and images that underlie the symptoms of PTS and PTSD. It provides you with the self-care tools you need to navigate your daily life, and restore your inner sense of ease and well-being. As one Veteran from an iRest study at the Miami VA so beautifully said when asked for his reflections, “Every program I’d been in before finding iRest emphasized what was wrong about me. iRest showed me what’s right about me. Knowing what was right about me helped me the face what needed healing. Through my practice of iRest, I feel I finally came home.”
The 10 tools that form the iRest Program can be incorporated into every part of your daily life. These are ‘tools for life,' that foster health, healing, and wellness at all levels of your body, mind, and spirit. To produce true healing, treatment must reach
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