This past weekend I executed an event I have been planning for the past two months. A "Spa and Wellness Day" for families of soldiers overseas. Joining forces with the Military Family Resource Center (MFRC) Cambridge we collaborated to offer a day of wellness and relaxation, an opportunity for families to come together in support of one another. We are all united by a common thread - and must remain strong as our heroes depart on their journey.
My involvement with the MFRC is important for my own strength and wellness - as my own loved one leaves for War.
The support offered by the MFRC is such an important community connection for the families. Monthly meetings, dinners, guest speakers, and special events are only some of the forums of support. We are able to gather to learn, share our thoughts, our strength and our struggle.
Offering the "Spa and Wellness Day" was of special importance to me - as I was able to share Yoga with many ladies who have never experienced this wonderful practice. Yoga is very much a tool for wellness, a way to keep the Self independently healthy in mind and body. This is ultimately the most important approach we - the families - the "strength behind the uniform" can take to ease the difficulties we are faced with during deployment.
Keep well, stay strong, and breathe.
Yoga helps us to stay positive and strong. Through practice we develop awareness, directly transferring to our ability to be emotionally strong, present, alert, fit, conscious in the midst of anything and everything. Fully available to our families here and abroad.
In yoga we practice controlling the fluctuations of the mind - something we are undoubtedly to experience.
Keeping well is the only answer for working through the difficulties of deployment. It is my honor not only to share yoga with the families - but to keep myself strong - to be the supportive partner my soldier will need on the home front.
"I know the greatness of heart to see the difference between duty and his love for me. I understand that I may know, when duty calls him he must go. I will practice each day, to fill the time when he's away. And know when he's in a foreign land, I must stay positive and understand. When he is on duty in the field, I am his home strength, his shield. And though I know deployment maybe long, I will stay healthy, positive, and always strong."
