Warrior Surf – (South Carolina) Works to provide free surf therapy, wellness coaching, yoga, and community to veterans struggling with PTSD, anxiety, depression, transition issues, and other mental health issues.
Surf Program: Warrior Surf offers a 12-week long program that provides the opportunity for up to three surf lessons per week, along with many additional opportunities for engagement in the surfing experience. The goal of Surf Ops is to support every participant in the development of the surfing skills, competency, safety, etiquette, and ocean-knowledge necessary to surf unassisted and independently by the end of the 12-week program.
Wellness Program: The Warrior Surf Wellness Program offers nine module-style sessions to veterans, active duty service members, and their immediate families. Their curriculum was developed by a clinical psychologist to help participants live a life aligned with their values. Each session draws upon evidence-based research to enable participants to learn and practice new skills to help them cope with various situations, build stronger relationships, and make better decisions. Participants are paired with a wellness coach to work through the modules one-on-one, learn how to recognize unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Using evolutionary psychology and cognitive tactics, participants gain a deeper understanding of where automatic responses come from and learn more adaptive ways of responding.
Yoga Program: The WSF Yoga Program not only provides numerous physical benefits (increased flexibility, mobility, better balance, and relief of physical pain) and mental benefits (present moment focus, relief of stress and anxiety, and mental clarity), but the practice of yoga and meditation creates incredible shifts in participants by empowering them to connect with and be the best version of themselves. The variety of yoga classes and mindfulness tools include connecting with the breath, self-exploration, and connecting with intuition – a concept that seems foreign to most veterans.
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