Navy Veteran Supply Corps Officer, Tara Jackson

Welcome to the Veteran's PATH podcast. Veterans PATH is a nonprofit introducing veterans to the life changing and life saving practices of meditation and mindfulness. I'm your host, Jon Macaskill - a Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness teacher and now serving as the Deputy Executive Directory and Podcast Host/Producer for Veteran's PATH. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org to find out more! My guest today is Navy veteran Tara Jackson. Tara recently retired after a little over 20 years of active duty service in the Navy as a Supply Officer. After a few tough tours, in particular a year long GWOT Support Assignment in Baghdad and Um Qasr, Iraq, she began to realize that she needed to find some help. She turned to Transcendental Meditation (TM), which over time provided the calm she was looking for. Tara has a BA in History from the University of Memphis, MS in International Relations from Troy University and am currently a MS Yoga Therapy candidate at Maryland University of Integrative Health. She is a 500 hour certified yoga teacher and teaches classes here in the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. In this episode we discuss: * Simple ways to start meditating * Sticking with it - it takes time and effort! * Her struggles with what she was exposed to Contact Tara here for any details or questions you may have: mettayogatherapy@yahoo.com