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Amy discusses with Pamela Stokes Eggleston, who is the Executive Director of the Yoga Service Council and Founder of Yoga2Sleep, Consultant, Advisor, Contributing Editor, National Speaker, Co-Founder of Retreat-To-Spirit. She is a certified yoga teacher and yoga therapist with specialized certifications in plant-based nutrition, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), and yoga for trauma to work with military service members, Veterans, and their caregivers. Amy and Pamela talk about sexual trauma within the US Military troops, and why fighting against prejudice against others is part of living our yoga.

They touch on the following:

• Pamela’s in-depth knowledge and her experience dealing with women military vets who went through sexual trauma
• Dealing with negative people
• Pamela’s case study on military sexual trauma in the book YOGA AND RESILIENCE: Empowering Practices for Survivors of Sexual Trauma
• Teaching Yoga Therapy to military or veterinary spouses
• Post-Covid reflections and where do we go from here with our yoga services
• Yoga therapists engaging in political conversations around race and ethnicity
• Social Justice as one of the 5 yamas of Patanjali’s 8 Limbs of Yoga

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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground.

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Books mentioned in the podcast:

YOGA AND RESILIENCE : Empowering Practices for Survivors of Sexual Trauma

Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com

Meet Pamela http://www.yoga2sleep.com/

Contact Pamela via yoga2sleep@gmail.com