Yoga For Trauma with Matthew Sanford

For the final show of 2016 and this season of Safe Space Radio, we revisit my 2011 conversation with Matthew Sanford. Matthew is a yoga teacher focusing on trauma recovery. He was paralyzed from the chest down at age 13 in a car accident that killed his father and sister. As a teen, he was encouraged to overcome the silence of his paralyzed body, but he learned that he could listen to it instead. Over time, he began to experience his body's silence as a source of strength and connection. He encourages all of us, as we age, to listen to the increasing silence of our bodies in new ways.