Hyperarousal or heightened anxiety. Flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive memories. Intense physiological stress symptoms: pounding heart, rapid breathing, nausea, muscle tension, sweating. Difficulty falling or staying asleep. Irritability or outbursts of anger. Difficulty concentrating. Hypervigilance, or being constantly “on guard.” An exaggerated startle response, or jumpiness. Inability to relax. All these symptoms are very familiar to PTSD sufferers and their families.
Pacific Light, Wind and Waves Healing Music DVD for Stressed and Anxious Patients.
Into this mix comes the award-winning "Pacific Light" DVD, and the elusive promise of an interlude of healing peace, that might even involve a good night's sleep.
Time, Inc. awarded Pacific Light its first place award for health and medical media. Alternative Medicine mgazine calls Pacific Light "a breathtakingly beautiful video." And over 400 hospitals use "Pacific Light" to help provide an atmosphere of healing peace for distressed patients and their families. Walter Reed, the Mayo Clinic, the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps at Twentynine Palms, plus hundreds of other institutions are becoming fans of this DVD, a combination of stunning cinematography of some of the West Coast's most beautiful locales, filmed at sunrise and sunset, with no cheesy voiceover instructing patients to relax -- instead, the Grammy-nominated, award-winning soundtrack of R. Carlos Nakai's cedar flute music, as arranged by Billy Williams.
Pacific Light is the second DVD in a series by Thomas Day Oates, Jr., an amazing person and personal friend, whose own bouts with serious illness changed his career path into cinematography. Oates has a very strong conviction about the importance of distressed patients and their families being able to create a space for "healing peace" - he believes the words are almost synonymous -- and that without a sense of peace, people can't begin to heal.
Apparently, a number of hospitals, hospices, and patients agree -- the testimonials are pretty impressive; and even without them, watching a clip of the gorgeous scenery and its peace-inducing soundtrack make the point instantly accessible. For hospitals and institutions, click here. For individuals and families, click here. Website linked here. Ordering info: 1-877-835-0838. Special pricing for veterans and their families: $19.98, including shipping and handling (within the U.S./APO/FPO). Call to inquire.
Editor's Note: You know who/where else needs this DVD? Balad Military Hospital in Iraq. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. The Combat Stress Control Unit. Mologne House Hotel in DC. Military chaplains in Iraq, Afghanistan, and stateside. PTSD residential programs at the VA. VA Medical Centers. Wounded warrior units. Wounded troops, wherever they are recovering, at home and abroad. The possibilities are practically endless. And not just for the troops themselves: for their caregivers as well, who often are also suffering from vicarious trauma.
