Matthew Sanford

Matthew Sanford is an expert in the process transformation through the healing power of yoga. Paralyzed from the chest down at age thirteen and beginning yoga at age twenty-five, Matthew knows firsthand the transformative effect that yoga can have on the mind-body relationship.

He is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, a sought-after public speaker. He is the author of the critically acclaimed WAKING: A MEMOIR OF TRAUMA AND TRANSCENDENCE (Rodale: 2006). Matthew has also emerged as a leading voice in the integrated health movement.

He won the 2010 Pioneer of Integrative Medicine Award from the California Pacific Medical Center’s Institute of Health and Healing. Previous recipients include Dr. Deepok Chopra, and Dr. Dean Ornish. He also has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, People Magazine, and American Public Media’s On Being.

For more information: www.matthewsanford.com

Clients Include:

Target
American Express
Medtronic
General Mills
Mayo Clinic
Detroit Medical Center
Charleston Area Medical Center
Sutter Health
University of Minnesota
University at Buffalo
University of Mary
Quinnipiac University