Adapting Yoga

Wednesday was a day that pointed me to how adaptable yoga can be.  After Chair Yoga class I bumped into Tim doing some exercise in the next room.  Tim was practicing some exercises on his knees.  Tim, who moves around in a wheel chair, can "stand" on his knees like I can on my feet.  It's painful to me to watch him! So we tried some of the standing postures with Tim on his knees! We decided next class, we will put a mat in front of Tim's chair so Tim can 'stand' and do the standing postures instead of in his chair.
After I finished talking with Tim, I bumped into Jackie in the locker room.  Jackie has attended the Chair Yoga class and the "laid back yoga" class.  Jackie has MS that causes her right leg to be uncooperative. Neither class seemed to work for Jackie.  I began our conversation by asking if Jackie had tried the adaptive yoga class she had found.  Jackie said she had not.  Somehow the conversation turned to me demonstrating how Jackie could use a chair to support her while doing standing poses. I saw a light dawn in Jackie.  She said that the chair had just been a thing to do yoga in not part of the yoga poses.  Jackie was so excited to go home and try yoga again making the chair part of her poses. 
I have always wanted to bring yoga to everyone.  I learned a lot from my conversations with Tim and Jackie and felt very encouraged.