Elizabeth has mentioned Mathew Sanford and his writing before, a book called “Waking.” He is the subject of a piece on NPR which they describe as: “An unusual take on the mind-body connection with author and yoga teacher Matthew Sanford. He’s been a paraplegic since the age of 13. He shares his wisdom for us all on knowing the strength and grace of our bodies even in the face of illness, aging, and death.”
Yoga Stories: Meditation helps Brooklyn teens
April 16, 2012 at 9:55 am (Yoga in the News, Yoga Stories)
Tags: 8 petals yoga, bellingham yoga, yoga bellingham, yoga classes in bellingham
Since we all know yoga is really meditation in action, sharing here this neat article about use of meditation in Brooklyn schools and for kids in trouble with the law.
The articles describes kids agitated by violence they’ve just seen:
“There was a brawl,” called Ian Alsopp, 18, shaking his head. “It went down. It went down.”Riding the subway after school, he said, he saw about 20 teenagers beat up another boy…“This is where you actually use this,” the instructor, Greg Snyder, told Mr. Alsopp. “Notice the thought. That’s fine. Notice the anxiety. Notice the fear. Use the meditation to focus your mind. Are you with me?”
Read the whole story here:
Yoga Stories: A Paraplegic Yoga Teacher
March 4, 2011 at 5:07 pm (Inspiration, Yoga Stories)
Tags: Matthew Sanford, yoga inspiration
Some of you may remember Elizabeth mentioning a book she was reading called Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendance by Matthew Sanford. Sanford is an Iyengar yoga teacher who has been paraplegic since age 13. 
He says, ‘It took a devastating car accident, paralysis from the chest down and dependence on a wheelchair before I truly realized the importance of waking both my mind and my body.”
For those interested in seeing a video about Matthew Sanford’s story go here.
To get the book at the Bellingham Public Library go here.
To read his personal website, which is very interesting, go here.
(photo credit:http://blog.onbeing.org/post/647709850/a-fluid-connection-severed-and-united-krista)
