The Guns & Yoga Podcast

Tactical Tip Tuesday - Microcast 4

Tactical Tip Tuesday is a weekly microcast where we will share a tip, tool, or dose of inspiration for the week ahead.

This week: Breathing

Episode #4: Yoga For First Responders with Olivia Mead

Olivia Mead is the founder and Executive Director for the non-profit organization, Yoga For First Responders.  Olivia is is a life-long yoga practitioner and has been teaching yoga since 2003.  Olivia saw the need to design a program to specifically address the needs of First Responders by applying the ancient wisdom of yoga.  She developed the Yoga for First Responders protocol which is culturally informed and job specific.  The program was developed to  help first responders to build resilience, enhance performance, and process stress.

YFFR YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBU0mRTMl-GkNjo8AAS92iw

DISCOUNT CODE FOR CYBER ACADEMY: GunsAndYoga  https://cyberacademy.yogaforfirstresponders.org/

DISCOUNT CODE FOR THE RESILIENT WOMEN LEADERS CONFERENCE:  GUNS20

LINK>>YFFR Resilient Women Leaders Conference 2021

Article Links:

https://www.firerescue1.com/firefighter-training/articles/training-for-firefighter-mental-resilience-cDfwMUGJUQZGVqMv/

https://amuedge.com/5-reasons-first-responders-should-take-yoga-seriously/

Developing Firefighter Resiliency: Link to >> Amazon 

Tactical Tip Tuesday - Microcast 3

Tactical Tip Tuesday is a weekly microcast where we will share a tip, tool, or dose of inspiration for the week ahead.

This week: Wired for Connection

TED TALK LINK:  https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend

Episode #3: Building Resilience: Surviving Secondary Trauma with Darren Ivey

Darren Ivey is a Major with the Kansas City Police Department.  He is a United States Air Force Veteran and has been with his current agency since 1992. He served as the Department’s CIT Commander from 2012 – 2018 and through a partnership with Truman Medical Center’s Behavioral Health, Ivey led a team that developed a training program called “Building Resilience: Surviving Secondary Trauma”.  This training helps address the occupational risks of secondary trauma and acute stress.  Thousands of law enforcement, mental health professionals, and other first responders from across the country have attended the course since it's inception in 2015.   Major Ivey has a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice Administration and a Masters  Certificate in Criminal Justice Education.  He has an International Critical Incident Stress Certification for assisting individuals in crisis and group crisis intervention and was an inaugural member of the first Commander Peer Support Group in the Country. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Class 274.

During our conversation, we talk about the impact secondary trauma has on first responders, peer support, childhood adversity, the importance of self-care, and retirement.  Darren addresses the need to implement robust systems to follow up on initial resilience training. 

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BLUE HELP:  https://bluehelp.org/

Darren Ivey - Pause First

His email is Darren.Ivey@gmail.com

Tactical Tip Tuesday - Microcast 2

Tactical Tip Tuesday is a weekly microcast where we will share a tip, tool, or dose of inspiration for the week ahead.

Episode #2: The Impact of Fatigue on Performance, Safety, and Well Being. A conversation with sleep researcher, Dr. Stephen James.

Dr. Stephen James is a sleep researcher with the University of Washington, College of Nursing.  He has a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice and studies the impact of sleep deprivation on police performance.  Dr. James spent 23 years in the British Military as an Irish Ranger, and knows first hand the impact lack of sleep can have. Dr. James and his wife have created a sleep hygiene training based of their research which improves work performance and overall well being.  His research findings have been published internationally and help to inform policy and decisions made by agency leaders.

 

During this episode, Dr. James talks about ideal shift length, his thoughts on rotating shifts,  intermittent fasting, circadian rhythm, tactical napping, cops as functional athletes, yoga and why incorporating exercise into your shift is important.

 

Address/Contact:

 

Stephen James Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

College of Nursing

Washington State University

412 E Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA 99202

(509) 368-6835 [office] | (509) 385-9385 [cell] | stevejames@wsu.edu

Websites:

Simulated Hazardous Operational Tasks Laboratory in the Sleep & Performance Research Center

Counter Bias Training Simulation (CBTSim)

Tired Cops article:  https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/jr000248d.pdf

 

Research spotlight: Stephen James and Lois James focus on human response to stress | Washington State University College of Nursing | Washington State University

 

Tactical Tip Tuesday - Microcast 1

Tactical Tip Tuesday is a weekly microcast where we will share a tip, tool, or dose of inspiration for the week ahead.

This week check out the following links -

• Police One: How Yoga and Meditation Helped Sharpen My Aim
• Pause First Academy:  https://pausefirst.com/
• Pause First Academy on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjUmBuMRzr8&t=7s
• Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/meditation-app

Episode #1: From Pain to Purpose – Mindfulness for First Responders with Kim Colegrove

A discussion with Kim Colegrove the author of Mindfulness for Warriors, and the founder of Pause First.

• Amazon Book Link: Mindfulness for Warriors
• Pause First Academy: https://pausefirst.com

Welcome to the Guns & Yoga Podcast

An introduction to the Guns & Yoga Podcast.