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The Magic of Yoga

September 21, 2011 by

[HTML1]Matthew Sanford has explored yoga in a way that very few others ever have. His eighteen-year experience as a paralyzed yoga practitioner gives him an unprecedented perspective and he shares it with people of all abilities – from the very advanced traditional student to the beginner with disabilities. His teaching challenges any student’s perception of yoga, what it needs to look like and what it can be. He understands the connection between Yoga and Vitality and explores his with the audience on V for Vitality.

More about Matthew Sanford
At age 13, Matthew’s world turned upside down when a devastating car accident killed his father and sister and left him paralyzed from the chest down. Advice from his doctors to “forget his lower body,” however, was what really crippled Matthew, leading him to ignore his once-athletic body, until at age 25 he discovered yoga and the healing power of the mind-body connection.

Now 43 and still paralyzed, Matthew is not only the founder of Mind Body Solutions, but also a nationally recognized yoga teacher, public speaker, critically acclaimed author and leading voice in the integrative health movement. He has inspired and enhanced the lives of thousands.

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About Susan Brender

Susan Brender has 20 years experience as a television producer with diversified broadcasting experience in the Political, Entertainment, Legal, and Business arenas. She is the recipient of the ACE Award for (Best Program in an Educational Series): Teenagers: Drinking and Driving “A Killer.”

As a producer on CNBC, The Charles Grodin Show, Susan was the driving force behind a critically acclaimed series that examined the inequities in the justice system. Her other network cable producing experience includes Pozner/Donahue, and Gerry Spence Shows. At MSNBC, Susan lent her producing expertise to a variety of talk programming with leading newsmakers. She also produced business news segments for the top-rated, nationally syndicated business news program, The Wall Street Journal Report.

In the field of documentary film, Susan worked with the accomplished independent documentary makers, DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegeduson a project about the youngest person on death row.

Susan became involved in the “Dot.Com” world in 2001 where she became Vice- President and Director of the Women's Channel for Stellar Networks, a Seattle based Company. Today Susan's interests lie in the Arts and Health arena. She is currently working in communications and development for non-profits dedicated to arts and education and arts and health.

Susan is also the Host of V for Vitality on WomensRadio. V for Vitality features interviews with artists discussing how the arts play a vital role in maintaining youth and vitality. This show will discuss the fundamental importance of the arts in the mind-body-spirit relationship as a health strategy.