After the war "Mike" Gladych emigrated to Seattle, Washington, obtaining a PhD degree and becoming a United States citizen. Until his death, he lived in the area where he practiced psychotherapy. He was a long-term practitioner of Yoga Nidra and integrated yoga into his therapeutic approach. Mike was considered by many who knew him to be a Yogi, a name that he did not resist. As he described it, he encountered a man from India in a boarding house in England where he lived during World War II. A woman opened her house to people in the armed forces and others. Mike said that he struck up a conversation with the man, who described that he was a Yogi and had been charged by his master (not sure if that is the right word) to travel to England and teach willing people about Yoga. Mike was enthralled and accepted the man's teachings. According to Mike, he told the man that he had to resign his commission in the Air Force because he spent his days dropping bombs on people and trying to kill enemy pilots. The man told him that he had made a commitment to England and asked how he could break that commitment. Mike says that he asked the man, "Am I supposed to drop bombs on people all day and then talk to you about Yoga at night?" and that the man replied, "Yes, of course." Mike said that his mission in life was to help people live harmoniously, which appears to have meant being at peace with the contradictions in life. Despite the many contradictions in his own life, Mike always seemed to be at peace with things, and he tried to share that with others. His visiting card for his psychotherapy practise read "Yoga Therapy." His wife, Elizabeth, "Pengie" died in 2008. Honours and awards Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Cross of Valour (Poland) four awards Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Silver Star and two clusters (United States) Distinguished Flying Cross - twice (United States) Air Medal and three clusters (United States) Croix de Guerre (France) (personal claim) References Sources Chronicles of Courage An interview with Michal Gladych, 13 September 2002 Horrido- Raymond Toliver & Trevor Constable (bantam Books 1977) Aces High- Christopher Shores & Clive Williams (Grub Street 1994) Aces High(Volume 2) - Christopher Shores (Grub Street 1999), Page 95. The Real Roots