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. Check out https://www.veteranspath.org or find us on social media to find out more! .Today, my guest is Army veteran and mindfulness teacher, Ben King. Ben is an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient who has helped hundreds of veterans “armor down” with mindfulness, meditation, and yoga practices. Before the pandemic Ben’s work teaching mindfulness to Veterans and honoring our nations fallen warriors could be found in such notable publications as National Geographic, the Washington Post and numerous other books and publications. Since COVID Ben has continued his work teaching mindfulness online. .  Mindfulness helps you solve the problem before it becomes the problem.  First you recognize it  Then, you realize the whole picture is not what you’re feeling. There’s more to it.  The interaction with the breath - your ultimate weapon.  You’re doing it to get back to the open hearted space  Connect with Ben here: http://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-h-king-7b325846 See Ben every morning on Armor Down on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter:  https://www.facebook.com/Thriveasacivilian/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCslH9qbMnjUTIBgA7NqTuxA  https://twitter.com/ben_armordown?s=21  http://www.armordown.com  http://www.mindfulmemorialday.org