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SCI Superstar: Matthew Sanford
Learn the backstory on my awesome yoga teacher, Matthew Sanford on SPINALpedia! A paraplegic for over three decades, find out how ts Yogi master has homed in on the importance of the mind body relationship post-injury, and how he's sharing it with others at his amaaazing yoga studio, Mind Body Solutions.
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Learn to love your entire body with yoga
Adapted yoga has transformed my life is so many amazing ways since my spinal cord injury.
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SCI Superstar: Chanda Hinton Leichtle
After dropping to 58lbs because of chronic pain that came out of no where 12 years after her injury, Chanda Hinton Leichtle’s life was transformed by acupuncture, massage and chiropractic care (& yoga!). Learn all about the biggest guru of alternative therapies for people with spinal cord injuries, and her foundation, The Chanda Plan Foundation. Read this entry
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Podcast #87: Reveca Torres – Fashionista, SCI Support Ring Leader
In Episode #87 of No Free Rides, Tiffiny talks yoga, fashion and the make-or-break importance of family and peer support when you have a spinal cord injury with the founder of Backbones (one of the best SCI support networks out there), Reveca Torres.
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Adaptive yoga teacher training recap
Twice a year I have the opportunity to help out with adaptive yoga teacher training weekends at my yoga studio Mind Body Solutions, a great non-profit. My yoga studio is one of the few yoga studios in the country that teaches adaptive yoga and they were the first to teach it in fact. My studio was founded by this amazing guy: Matt Sanford As you can see, Matt uses a wheelchair. He was paralyzed in a car accident when he was 13 years old and discovered yoga in his 20’s while living in California. He decided to found a studio in the early 90’s to teach to others what he figured out…
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10/4/10: No Free Rides, episode #69 – Ms. Wheelchair America 2011
Ooooh-wee. I’m excited about this one. In episode #69 of our podcast No Free Rides, I interview the brand new Ms. Wheelchair America 2011 Alexandra McArthur. You will be enamored with this effervescent 22 year from from North Carolina, who’s new to using a wheelchair.
