Paraplegic an unlikely yoga expert
Matt Sanford was paralyzed from the chest down in an auto accident at age 13. Now, at age 38, he’s teaching able-bodied men and women the art and value of yoga.
Tickle Matt Sanford’s toes and he won’t feel a thing. Ask him to stand and he cannot.
Ask him to demonstrate upavista konasana, and he makes this yoga pose look easy, gliding gracefully out of his wheelchair and onto the floor. Legs wide, hands by his thighs, toes pointing up, upper inner thighs pushed in and down, stretching out through his heels, he lifts his chest and collarbone.