IMAGE: Clint Eastwood is a 40-year practitioner of Transcendental Meditation who is partnering with David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas and Oliver Stone to support Operation Warrior Wellness.
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Clint Eastwood and David Lynch along with a panel of researchers, veterans and active duty soldiers will launch "Operation Warrior Wellness" - a national initiative to teach 10,000 veterans and their families a simple meditation practice for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The launch on Monday, December 13, will highlight a conference on the research and applications of Transcendental Meditation for PTSD, to be held at the Paley Center for Media in New York at 11 am (ET), and webcast live at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7migggcab&et=1104060815318&s=644&e=0011TIew7Srg-Uic3L8L_NAFCNvY7-Ku0-zVIh3d3fXb_qCLz6H-hMZXii2d45-J0vf8WiwslRufeaQbsGfJSIN7X0Xlz0XsAGxgm7SQQb8g8G7n84V-ia-vV7cJmHiCrF5. Mr. Eastwood will appear via video.
Joining Eastwood and Lynch in person will be British comedian Russell Brand, a David Lynch Foundation supporter.
Hundreds of thousands of vets suffer from PTSD
An estimated 30% to 35% of the 1.64 million U.S. troops deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001 meet DSM-IV criteria for PTSD.
Almost half of all veterans with PTSD have never sought help of any kind, and of those who do, half receive inadequate treatment. Care for all these veterans could cost society between $4.0 and $6.2 billion biannually.
Researchers will present evidence showing that Transcendental Meditation can be an effective aid for veterans suffering from combat stress and PTSD, including anxiety, depression, anger episodes, hypervigilance, insomnia, and substance abuse.
Meditating veterans from World War II, Vietnam, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan will report on how Transcendental Meditation has aided their recovery from PTSD.
IMAGE: During a news conference on Dec. 13, filmmaker David Lynch will launch Operation Warrior Wellness -- a national initiative to teach Transcendental Meditation to 10,000 veterans with PTSD and their...
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Operation Warrior Wellness partnering with veterans organizations.
Operation Warrior Wellness is currently working in partnership with national and local veterans groups, the Doe Fund for homeless veterans in New York City, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), Hope for the Warriors, and Urban Zen.
"When I heard that 18 veterans commit suicide every day, and that more soldiers have died by committing suicide than die in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, I knew the Foundation had to do something to help,' Mr. Lynch said. "Operation Warrior Wellness is raising the funds to teach 10,000 veterans with PTSD and their families to meditate. But that is just the beginning. There are hundreds of thousands of suffering vets-and everyone of them should be able to learn to meditate if they want to."
"Change Begins Within" Benefit Event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The David Lynch Foundation is hosting its second annual "Change Begins Within" benefit gala on December 13 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Funds raised during the gala will help fund Operation Warrior Wellness. See http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7migggcab&et=1104060815318&s=644&e=0011TIew7Srg-WNfhUFRrfyUUfKe7T0KTAGYky9wTRjgV9SXpHs6vwlcsgsHqiC5UtkmM7v3eP1MEerJ2g7pkG6QitVzxB7oGiGHSMGcCoNaqtcqFge5_dkcibYUVmaikmg.
The Foundation was established in 2005 as a 501(c)(3) to provide scholarships for instruction in Transcendental Meditation for at-risk individuals-inner-city youth, veterans, American Indians on reservations, and incarcerated adults and youth. To date, the Foundation has funded 150,000 people to meditate.
Panelists to speak at the conference
Clint Eastwood
David Lynch
Martin Scorsese
Russell Brand
Colonel Brian M. Rees, M.D., M.P.H., command surgeon, 63d Regional Support Command, with 34 years of commissioned military service, who recently completed his fourth deployment in Afghanistan. Col. Rees serves as co-chair of Operation Warrior Wellness.
Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., senior researcher in psychiatry and psychobiology for 20 years at the National Institute of Mental Health; clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School, who conducted research on TM and Iraq veterans with PTSD.
John Hagelin, Ph.D., Harvard-trained quantum physicist who has led an international scientific investigation over the past 25 years into the applications of Transcendental Meditation for health and education; president of the David Lynch Foundation.
James Krag, M.D., recent president of the Psychiatric Society of Virginia and currently clinic psychiatrist with the Veterans Administration.
Sarina Grosswald, Ed.D., George Washington University-trained cognitive learning specialist and published researcher on the effects of TM on PTSD and ADHD.
Jerry Yellin, A P-51 pilot in WWII who flew 19 missions over Japan, and was victimized by PTSD for 25 years before learning to meditate in 1975. Mr. Yellin is a member of the Military Writers Society of America; author of three award-winning books, and honorary board member of the Iwo Jima Association of America. Jerry serves as co-chair of Operation Warrior Wellness.
Ed Schloeman, Vietnam vet
Dan Burks, Vietnam vet
Lt. Col. Brenda Marlinbanks, Iraq vet
David George, Iraq vet
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VIDEO
Healing the Wounds of PTSD Through Meditation
LINKS
DavidLynchFoundation.org
DoctorsonTM.org
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7migggcab&et=1104060815318&s=644&e=0011TIew7Srg-WNfhUFRrfyUUfKe7T0KTAGYky9wTRjgV9SXpHs6vwlcsgsHqiC5UtkmM7v3eP1MEerJ2g7pkG6QitVzxB7oGiGHSMGcCoNaqtcqFge5_dkcibYUVmaikmg
To watch the webcast of the press conference and Change Begins Within Benefit Event click here: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=7migggcab&et=1104060815318&s=644&e=0011TIew7Srg-Uic3L8L_NAFCNvY7-Ku0-zVIh3d3fXb_qCLz6H-hMZXii2d45-J0vf8WiwslRufeaQbsGfJSIN7X0Xlz0XsAGxgm7SQQb8g8G7n84V-ia-vV7cJmHiCrF5
To view a bibliography for research on Transcendental Meditation, stress and stress-related disorders, click here.
USA Today and other articles on celebs and the TM cause for Veterans:
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