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I've heard,' “ recalled Nevins, who
lives near Jacksonville, FLa. But he
eventually agreed to give yoga a try. At
his first lesson, he found himself frus-
trated, wobbling and unstable on his
prosthetics. In a fit of resentment,
Nevins took off his prosthetic legs and
flung them aside, a radical move
because he said, he was ashamed of
his stumps - only his doctors and fami-
ly had seen them.
His friend instructed him: Root
down and rise up. This time, he imag-
ined roots growing downward from his was or just hoping to find new motiva- Africa Yoga Project in Nairobi, Kenya.
stumps. “I raised my arms, and it felt tion and direction. When he's not leading classes for hun-
as though life was shooting out of my “The fact is, all of us are living with dreds of participants, he can usually
hands,” he said. “Tears were stream- the invisible wounds of some kind of be found sharing his passion for life,
ing down my face.” war,” he said. “Yoga helps you to let go Registration for the Wounded Wa
Nevins couldn't wait for his next of the things that don't serve you any- rrior Yoga session which is presented
lesson and then the next. Now Nevins, more.” by Old Glory Flags and Flagpoles, is
46, a single father of three, has made it Nevins has been invited to teach available online in advance at
his mission to encourage others to find yoga throughout the world, from the www.cantonlibertyfest.com or at the
yoga, whether wounded in war as he White House in Washington, DC to the event for $10.