{"id":4980,"date":"2011-09-12T11:45:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T15:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2011-11-02T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:34:49","slug":"matching-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/research\/matching-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"DLF receives $500K matching grant to help veterans with post-traumatic stress learn TM"},"content":{"rendered":"

The David Lynch Foundation<\/a> announced on September 11th that it has received a $500,000 matching grant to be used to teach the Transcendental Meditation technique to 10,000 veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS) and their families.<\/p>\n

David Lynch, founder of the David Lynch Foundation, is inviting philanthropists and foundations to match the offer by Veterans Day, November 11th, 2011.<\/p>\n

Hollywood directors Clint Eastwood<\/a>, Martin Scorsese<\/a>, and George Lucas, as well as Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/a>, Paul McCartney, Jerry Seinfeld, and Russell Brand<\/a> have joined Lynch in support of the outreach.<\/p>\n

\"Operation-Warrior-wellness\"Lynch’s veteran’s initiative comes from Operation Warrior Wellness (OWW)<\/a>, a division of the David Lynch Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 2005 to bring Transcendental Meditation to at-risk populations.<\/p>\n

\"Norman-Rosenthal\"

Dr. Norman Rosenthal<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Norman Rosenthal, M.D.<\/a>, psychiatrist and medical researcher at Georgetown University Medical School<\/a> and author of the New York Times bestseller, Transcendence: Health and Transformation through Transcendental Meditation, research on the TM technique on the veterans who have served in Iraq<\/a> and Afghanistan, and in Vietnam, has shown daily TM practice to be an effective means for reducing symptoms of PTS–and treating disorders associated with the illness. Findings include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Reduced PTS: 40 to 50 percent reduction in PTS symptoms, including depression, anxiety, flashbacks, and insomnia (More on TM & PTSD<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Greater resiliency: Reduced stress levels and quicker recovery from stress (More on TM & reducing stress<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Decreased substance abuse: Decreased smoking, alcohol, and drug abuse (More on TM & reducing substance abuse<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Reduced cardiovascular disease: Decreased blood pressure, harmful cholesterol, and atherosclerosis; and a 47 percent reduction in cardiovascular-related mortality (More on TM & improved cardiovascular health<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Decreased medical expenditures: 14 percent reduction in annual medical expenditures, as compared to the norm (More on TM & decreased healthcare utilization<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"David-Lynch\"<\/a>

David Lynch<\/p><\/div>\n

“Operation Warrior Wellness is giving our dedicated service men and women a meditation technique that is a traumatic stress buster,” said David Lynch. “When they get this simple, effortless technique they will get their lives back.”<\/p>\n

Operation Warrior Wellness is working with veterans’ service organizations, army bases, and military colleges to bring the Transcendental Meditation technique to active duty personnel and veterans and their families.<\/p>\n

Veterans of four wars, from WWII to the present, launched the Operation Warrior Wellness initiative in December 2010. Researchers and celebrities joined founding veterans<\/a> Jerry Yellin, Ed Schloeman, and Col. Brian Rees, MD, at a press conference<\/a> and inaugural gala event<\/a> at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.<\/p>\n

In June 2011, CNN anchor Candy Crowley<\/a> hosted an event in Washington, D.C.<\/a> honoring this initiative. Crowley concluded: \u201cThe initial research offers so much hope: reduced anxiety, depression, hypervigilance, and insomnia, as well as reductions in substance abuse, violent behavior, and suicidal tendencies\u2014better than many things being tried and at far less a cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Heather-Harnett\"

Heather Hartnett<\/p><\/div>\n

For more information on how to contribute to the matching grant campaign of Operation Warrior Wellness<\/a>, please contact Heather Hartnett at 212-644-9880, or email.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The David Lynch Foundation announced on September 11th that it has received a $500,000 matching grant to be used to teach the Transcendental Meditation technique to 10,000 veterans with post-traumatic stress (PTS) and their families. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}