YOGA  AND MEDITATION WITH
VETERAN CAREGIVERS

Our class for Veteran Caregivers is a part of a full day of programming offered at the Easter Seals Veterans Rally Point in Norwalk, CT.  Veteran and United We Om teacher Rebecca Smith will share practices and tools to address self-care and nervous system response in an accessible way.  The movement, breathing and mindfulness practices can be integrated into the participants every day life, expanding their repertoire of stress management skills.
Sponsored by our Partners in Social Impact, lululemon Farmington, CT

OUR TEACHER 

Rebecca Smith
Getting more yoga into the hands of Veterans and those that care for/about them is what initially drove Rebecca to become a yoga teacher. The simple but profound practices of breath work, mindful movement, meditation, and guided rest quickly made a positive shift in her own life and she immediately began sharing them with her fellow Veterans at UCONN in 2010. Though her yoga career has taken several paths since then, teaching the Veteran community is still her most heart-centered work. Rebecca is a New Haven, CT based full time yoga teacher, E-RYT 500, co-teacher of 300 hour trainings with Lara Ward of Lotus Gardens Yoga School, and an ambassador and assistant trainer for Veterans Yoga Project.
"Often times, the people who could benefit from yoga practices the most have the least access to it, or may feel the most stigma attached to it. There are so many places the practice is being taken by great organizations to help alleviate these issues. It is an honor to be a part of United We Om. As a Veteran myself who has seen what dedicated practice can do, I’m particularly partial to providing yoga to my brothers & sisters in arms, and their support systems."

EASTER SEALS VETERANS RALLY POINT

VETERANS RALLY POINT IS A PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM funding FREE LIFE CHANGING SERVICES provided by Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut to veterans/servicemembers/guard/reserves and their families and is a program of the highly acclaimed, award winning Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.

For many of the brave men and women veterans/servicemembers who have served our country, the journey home is complicated and challenging.  Whether our veterans/servicemembers are recovering from physical and/or psychological injuries or trying to navigate the civilian world to gain meaningful employment, Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut walks with veterans/servicemembers on their journey every step of the way. Easterseals is committed to ensuring the successful reintegration of veterans/servicemembers and their families into civilian life by offering a “hand up” to veterans/servicemembers and military families, removing barriers so they can live their best life. At Easterseals, no one is left behind!  These services are free and local, serving our Connecticut Warriors.

http://veteransrallypoint.com