Military & VeteransFor your body and your mind, start yoga and see what works for you. A yoga practice — no matter what style — may become like brushing your teeth ... a daily necessity that also brings you vigor and peace.
Marty Yura is a yoga teacher and co-owner of Vista Yoga. A veteran with a Masters in Psychology, he served as a psychologist in the military for five years. He now teaches yoga to civilians as well as to veterans with PTSD and other physical and mental health conditions through the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program.
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Pursue yoga. Try it out. Find a teacher. Sometimes it’s like, if you stop brushing your teeth, your teeth will fall out. So, if you stop doing yoga, maybe your back pain will continue and things like that. Practice, whether it be with us or anywhere else. Some people will just gravitate to slam, bam yoga and move fast and be sweaty, and some people might go to the other end of the continuum of restorative yoga. Doesn’t matter. That’s what I want to leave people with. Do something on your own if it works for you. If you find this works for you, then don't have this be just an event, just an experience.
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About the author: Marty Yura, MA
Marty Yura is a yoga teacher and co-owner of Vista Yoga. A veteran with a Masters in Psychology, he served as a psychologist in the military for five years. He now teaches yoga to civilians as well as to veterans with PTSD and other physical and mental health conditions through the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program.
