Robin Carnes

Robin is a leading pioneer in bringing evidence-based somatic approaches into healthcare. From 2006-2012 Robin was yoga, qigong & meditation instructor for a Defense Department acute PTSD treatment program at Walter Reed Medical Center. She co-founded Warriors at Ease, a non-profit that serves military communities. Robin has trained hundreds of Mental Health professionals to bring somatic skills to their clients. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Woman’s Day Magazine, Huffington Post, and Army Magazine, as well as the award-winning documentary, Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue America’s Healthcare.  Robin was honored by the Smithsonian Institute in 2013 for her work with the military.  Currently, Robin offers Qigong with Robin online classes (30 min on Mon-Wed-Fri mornings) with civilian students from Europe to Texas, and works with private clients.   For fun, Robin loves singing in her 50’s-80’s cover band, Close Enough. She lives in Silver Spring, MD.