by KRISTA JAHNKE
Tickle the bottom of Matthew Sanford’s foot, and he won’t feel it.
He’s been paralyzed from the chest down since a car accident more than 30 years ago.
But squeeze his ankles — really squeeze them — and he’ll sense it. A subtle energy, a sort of hum, will rush from his bone and spark to life in his brain.
Help Sanford onto a yoga mat, and the 44-year-old who hasn’t walked since he was 13 will achieve poses that trouble even the strongest able-bodied practitioners.
Not that that’s the point.
His message is not about how he is able, despite being disabled. It’s about how we all can live more fully in our bodies with a stronger mind-body connection. And don’t you dare say he overcame anything, he says.
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