![]() ![]() This holistic approach to “healing all of the self” has proven to work especially well for populations with PTSD, a type of anxiety disorder that is notoriously difficult to treat. So I began to utilize that not just as a relaxation technique or approach but really for healing all of our self as a human being.” Along the way, as we’re working in meditation, we see that it has a healing effect because we have to learn how to deal with all the aspects of our being human-our body, our emotions, our mental thoughts and, as you said, this inner deep healing of well-being. He explains: “I began looking at the protocol of Yoga Nidra as a complete path of meditation. What’s behind Miller’s success? First, it’s worth noting that Yoga Nidra is different than what many people imagine when they think of yoga-it’s as informed by the philosophy of mindfulness and Miller’s experience as a clinician as it is traditional poses and breathing techniques. Both active duty military personnel and veterans have access to the services. To date, there are iRest Yoga Nidra programs in 35 V.A. It inspired similar research studies in Miami Brooke Army Medical Center as well as many other Veteran Affairs and Department of Defense sites. But, regardless of what anyone was calling it, the Walter Read program was a huge success. ![]() And then ‘Restorative’ because I feel that the program…helps restore us to our essential well-being and wholeness and our interconnectedness, both with ourselves and the universe around us.”Įventually, the army agreed to change the name back and Miller began calling it Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra. ‘Integrative’ because I feel that it helps integrate us as a human being and helps us to become fully functional with our emotions and thoughts and body sensation. “But very soon, the military came back to me and said that they didn’t understand this word, ‘Yoga Nidra’…They said, “Look, we’re Marines and we don’t do Yoga’… So I thought long and hard and, with their support, changed the name to Integrative Restoration. “When we began study, it was ‘Yoga Nidra,’” Miller explains. It was so successful that the program immediately became a permanent part of their Deployment Health Clinical Center, giving every wounded warrior the opportunity to undertake to a three-week program of what Miller had begun calling “Integrative Restoration” or “iRest.” Miller agreed, and began to organize a study at Walter Reed hospital for a small group of wounded veterans with PTSD. But, in 2004, the military approached clinical psychologist and yoga expert Richard Miller to ask if he would consider adapting the meditative yoga practice he had developed for a very vulnerable population: veterans with PTSD. ![]() If someone asked you to guess which institutions are green lighting programs to explore the healing power of yoga and yoga therapy, the United States military probably wouldn’t be high on your list. He spoke to us about his work with military, the power of holistic healing, and the science behind meditation. In addition to his research and writing projects, Richard lectures and leads trainings and retreats internationally.Richard Miller, clinical psychologist, is best known for developing Integrative Restoration (iRest), a method of yoga therapy developed for veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Author of Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga, Richard serves as a research consultant studying the iRest Yoga Nidra protocol that he has developed (Integrative Restoration ~ iRest, a modern adaptation of the ancient nondual meditation practice of Yoga Nidra) researching its efficacy on health, healing and well-being with diverse populations including active-duty soldiers, veterans, college students, children, seniors, the homeless, the incarcerated, and people experiencing issues such as sleep disorders, PTSD, chemical dependency, chronic pain, and related disorders. He is also a founding member and past president of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology and a senior advisor for the Baumann Foundation for the study of Awareness and its impact on well-being. Richard is the founder of iRest Institute, co-founder of The International Association of Yoga Therapy and founding editor of the professional Journal of IAYT. Among his mentors were Jean Klein, T.K.V. For over 40 years, Richard Miller has devoted his life and work to integrating the nondual wisdom teachings of Yoga, Tantra, Advaita, Taoism and Buddhism with Western psychology. Founder of iRest Institute, Richard Miller, PhD, C-IAYT, ERYT-500 is a clinical psychologist, author, and researcher. ![]()
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