Videos

Yoga Warrior: Veteran Copes with PTSD 

An AARP segment featuring Robin’s work with veterans suffering from PTSD. “Jeff Sargent spent two decades in the U.S. Army fighting on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. After retirement, Jeff suffered from PTSD. A friend mentioned doing yoga as a form of treatment and Jeff replied ‘real men don’t do yoga.’ He realizes now how short minded he was. Jeff started doing yoga and the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits have been endless. He’s been able to block out the fiery explosions and gunfire from the battlefield and mentally focus on the present. He says Yoga saved his life and was so moved by the practice that he is now finishing up his Masters degree in Yoga Therapy with the hopes to break the stigma and to help other soldiers suffering from PTSD.”

Chris Giddinge: “A Time for War, A Time for Peace”

A production by filmmakers Samantha Adamson, Geet Jeswani, Keenan Holmes of the American University School of Communication featuring Robin’s yoga as a healing tool for veterans.“’Every war has its after-war’” writes Pulitzer Prize-winner David Finkel in Thank You For Your Service. And so it is with war medic, Chris Giddinge, who movingly tells of his journey to heal himself and other service members through the practice of yoga nidra.”

Robin Carnes honoree at Smithsonian Institution’s Sackler Gallery gala benefit 

“Robin Carnes, Executive Director of Warriors At Ease was an honoree at the Smithsonian Institution Sackler Gallery’s benefit gala for their new exhibit, Yoga: The Art of Transformation. She was honored for her work with military service members using both hatha yoga and iRest Yoga Nidra to help them with combat-related issues, such as PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), TBI (traumatic brain injury) and other unexplained medical illnesses. Alec and Hilaria Baldwin were hosts at this beautiful event on Oct 17, 2013.”