SeiteNeuWarriors At Ease-Supporting Those Who Serve & Sacrifce

Our Accomplishments
The achievements of our esteemed faculty and highly trained teachers are
exponential and have helped us to advanced our long-term goal of offering
standardized yoga and meditation classes across the full spectrum of health care
on military installations and in VA facilities. Additionally, our organization has
accomplished the following in 2016-2017:
• Served on The George W. Bush Institute’s Health and Wellbeing Task Force and participated in
Stand-To, A National Veterans Convening in Washington, D.C. in June 2017, where we helped
outline key priorities and created an action plan to drive improved outcomes for veterans and
their families
• Launched Train, Teach & Transform in
January 2017, a program that provides free
yoga classes across four key regions as well
as teacher training scholarships to injured
service members, veterans, and military
spouses funded through a $100K grant from
the Bob Woodruff Foundation
• Developed and successfully launched a
pioneering on-line training called “Teaching
Yoga to Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma,”
funded through at $24K grant from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation
• Offered yoga and meditation retreats in four key regions for service members, veterans,
spouses, and caretakers in partnership with other veteran service organizations and Military
Family Readiness Groups, funded by the Walter Reed Foundation, private companies, and
individual donors
• Expanded an innovative mind-body program for veteran college students in partnership with
Manhattan College and Sivananda Ashram (Bahamas)
• Participated in a national symposium of subject matter experts that resulted in a publication
released by the Yoga Service Council called “Best Practices for Yoga with Veterans,” a book
distributed nationally to support the integration of yoga and meditation into VA facilities
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