Veterans Yoga through The Yoga Foundation

The Yoga Foundation designed and offered a program of one-on-one therapeutic yoga classes for severely impacted or injured Army veterans. Hahra was involved directly in development and planning for this program, which included protocols for working with volatile and potentially violent/unpredictable individuals in their own homes. Hahra was also part of the team of teachers delivering these pilot classes. The program advanced beyond the pilot stage and continued successfully with evaluations and changes in 6 week blocks for each participant. This was deep and challenging work for all the teachers involved and TYF saw some great results for a highly demanding program.

Most participants were managing a combination of trauma, grief and physical impairment or disability. A few participants practiced with assistance dogs. Family members and therapists were part of the program implementation and delivery in and stayed contact with the teachers throughout.