The Program

Professional athletes have been using systematic training in yoga, meditation, and breathing practices to improve overall performance and manage stress. These practices focus on improving resilience, strength, focus, speed, peak performance and endurance. The CALM WARRIOR program is specifically designed to introduce these skills to the members of the law enforcement community.

The Calm Warrior Rx program focuses on integrating three key activities: Breathing, Focus / Meditation and Modified Yoga
We have created the Rx in short segments, knowing that many times after experiencing a stressful incident, you may only have 1 or 2 minutes to reboot and recharge. The Calm Warrior Rx for Stress and Anxiety can be extremely useful in very short increments, or longer if you have the time.
It consists of 5 practical steps:

1. Assessment, Awareness: observe, witness
2. Breathe efficiently
3. Concentrate, Center with focus
4. Discern: act, avoid or accept
5. Ease: relax muscle tension

Breathing is natural. It is automatic, and it is something you always have within your reach to help regulate stress.
In a stressful situation focused breathing can allow us to:

• Minimize the effects of stress
• Harness the good stress to develop focus and expand the senses
• Manage the effects of adrenaline surges before and during an incident
• Reduce the effects of the adrenaline dump after a stressful incident

We all need time to decompress. The meditation techniques we teach you are applicable to real life situations, refreshing your mind and benefiting your body – (this is not about trying to blank out your mind and chanting om!)
 
Physiological Benefits:
Lowers Blood Pressure
Slows the heart rate
Increases exercise tolerance.
Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation
Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
Decreases muscle tension
Helps with chronic pain
Strengthens the immune system
Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing
Relaxes your nervous system
 
Psychological benefits:
Increases serotonin levels, influences mood and behavior.
Helps control your own thoughts and can help resolve phobias & fears
Helps with focus & concentration
Increased brain wave coherence.
Improved learning ability and memory
Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
Increased emotional stability
Develops sharp intuition
Increased Productivity
Improved relations at home & at work ~ Able to see the bigger picture of life in a given situation
Increased ability to solve complex problems
Develops better reaction time to a stressful event.
Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction
Reduces road rage
Decrease in restless thinking
Decreased tendency to worry
Increases listening skills
Helps you make more accurate judgments

 
Spiritual benefits:
Helps keep things in perspective ~ Provides peace of mind

 

Postures adapted to the police profession focused on strong postures and awareness
Develop flexibility and core strength
Develop focus