New Campaign Uses Yoga to Aid PTSD Sufferers
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
The Lev El Lev Israel organization launched the "Breathing Anew, Living Anew" campaign to fund yoga therapy for soldiers and combat support personnel diagnosed with PTSD. The program, which lasts at least 18 months and includes family support, utilizes trauma-sensitive yoga to help participants manage symptoms. While yoga is not a cure, it aims to help individuals cope with the condition.
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- Lev El Lev Israel launched a campaign to fund yoga therapy for PTSD sufferers.
- The "Breathing Anew, Living Anew" campaign supports soldiers and combat support personnel.
- Yoga therapy sessions focus on breathing and regulation techniques for trauma survivors.
- The program offers at least 18 months of free support, including family assistance.
- Organization clarifies yoga is a coping tool, not a cure for PTSD.
The "Breathing Anew, Living Anew" campaign, launched today by the Lev El Lev Israel organization, aims to fund yoga therapy sessions for individuals diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from operational incidents. The initiative also extends support to the families of these soldiers and combat support personnel.
According to Lev El Lev CEO Shamil Atlas, the organization's core mission is to bridge the gap between the relief experienced during support sessions and the subsequent challenges faced at home. "People think the hardest moment is the retreat itself, but the hardest moment comes two days later. At home, when the group is no longer there, but the body is still on alert," Atlas explained.
The organization provides at least 18 months of free support, including community integration, mind-body work, and personal mentors to assist with returning to studies, work, and accessing rights. A key component of this support is a weekly trauma-sensitive yoga therapy session. Participants learn breathing and regulation techniques to manage hypervigilance and overwhelm outside of the sessions.
Lev El Lev clarifies that yoga is not a replacement for PTSD treatment. While acknowledging potential benefits supported by limited findings from the U.S. National Center for PTSD, they emphasize that these tools "don't cure PTSD, but they help live with it," Atlas stated.
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