Yoga has shown to assist Veterans and First Responders dealing with extreme stress. Around twenty Veterans commit suicide every day. That's 20% higher than non- Veterans (https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2951). Yoga has been shown to reduce PTSD, anxiety systems, and respiration rates , which gives Veterans a better quality of life, reduces depression, and reduces Veteran suicides (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jts.21936).
The following organizations are in alphabetical order
Checkpoint One
Comeback Yoga
Connected Warriors
Exalted Warrior Foundation
Mindful Yoga Therapy
VETOGA
Veterans Yoga Project
Warriors At Ease
Warrior for Life
Yoga For First Responders
Yoga For Vets
Location: Doswell, VA
Checkpoint One is a 501c3 non-profit located in Doswell, Virginia. We offer a non-riding Equine Assisted Therapies & Coaching (specializing in mental health and personal development), yoga, and other stress management-nature-infused services to our First Responders (including ER doctors/nurses/mental health professionals), Military/Veterans, and their immediate families and caregivers.
Website: https://www.checkpointone.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/checkpointoneorg/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/checkpoint_1/
Location: Denver, CO
"Comeback Yoga, founded in 2014, is a 501(c)3 non-profit that delivers free yoga classes to help military personnel, their families and supporters develop resiliency in response to their life experience that may include post-traumatic stress. Comeback Yoga also provides relevant master teacher training for its teachers to enable them to offer yoga classes best suited to the population we serve."
Website: https://www.comebackyoga.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comebackyoga/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comeback_yoga/
"Connected Warriors, Inc.’ goal is to support, improve and facilitate the well-being of Veterans, Service members and their Families in communities nationwide and overseas by providing effective wellness programs at no charge."
Website: http://www.connectedwarriors.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConnectedWarriors/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connectedwarriors/
"Exalted Warrior Foundation is a nonprofit 503(c). The Exalted Warrior Foundation facilitates an adaptive yoga instruction program that is designed for wounded warriors in the active military, veteran hospital facilities, and veterans within communities around the country. Faced with the demands of both a physical and emotional recovery, adaptive yoga allows newly disabled veterans to reconnect with both themselves and their loved ones. Warriors with amputations, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries have greatly benefited since the program began."
"Mindful Yoga Therapy is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help Veterans find a calm and steady body/mind to continue productive and peaceful lives through the support of the mindful practices of yoga."
"Veterans Yoga Project is on a mission to support recovery and resilience among our veterans, families, and communities. We envision a future where veterans, their families and our communities have access to a full range of mind-body practices to facilitate recovery and resilience."
Website: https://www.veteransyogaproject.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veteransyogaproject.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veteransyogaproject/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VeteransYoga
"VETOGA’s mission is to provide yoga, meditation, and healing arts to military, veterans, their families, and communities. We accomplish this by holding free monthly yoga classes, events and veteran specific 200-Hour Teacher Trainings throughout the year. VETOGA is a non-profit based in Washington, D.C."
"Our mission is to increase awareness about the power of yoga and meditation and educate a network of professionals qualified to share evidenced-based practices through programs that support the health and healing of service members, veterans and their families."
Website: http://www.warriorsatease.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warriorsatease/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warriorsatease/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarriorsAtEase
Location: Miami, FL
"Warrior For Life, Inc. is dedicated to raising awareness of Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and associated conditions by connecting veterans and their families to the healing powers of yoga, the outdoors and community engagement."
"Yoga for First Responders (YFFR) has a mission of bringing yoga philosophy, through somatic and cognitive exercises, to practical applications for first responders around the country. We will do this through training teachers and psychologists on our unique approach and continue to support them while initiating yoga programs into training academies, police and fire departments, and local community settings."
"Yoga For Vets simply wants to allow Veterans, Active Service Members and First Responders to enjoy the benefits of yoga through four or more free classes."