The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 17 - Stretching with Marty Klein of Blind Yoga

<p>In Episode 17 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, host Greg Lindberg is joined by Air Force veteran, author, and yoga enthusiast Marty Klein of Blind Yoga. Klein discussed: </p> <ul><li>His pre-blindness childhood and how he was into playing many sports as a boy</li> <li>Serving in the U.S. Air Force before having to leave the military due to his visual impairment</li> <li>His accomplishments in billiards</li> <li>The work he has done in the counseling field spanning 45 years</li> <li>How he got interested in yoga</li> <li>What inspired him to create the Blind Yoga programs</li> <li>His audio-described yoga programs and how they are designed for blind individuals, as well as how they teach a visually impaired person how to advocate for themselves if they are in a yoga class with mainly sighted participants</li> <li>The physical and mental benefits of doing yoga for anyone, but especially for people with disabilities or other ongoing challenges</li> <li>The books he has written on a variety of blindness topics</li> <li>A documentary film he wrote and directed on wounded and disabled military veterans transitioning back into civilian life and the epidemic of veteran suicide</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Visit <a href='http://www.blindyoga.net'>www.blindyoga.net</a> to learn more about and purchase Klein’s Blind Yoga audio yoga programs. Check out Klein’s six-minute yoga flow with narration at <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV2KxhM0Dm8'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV2KxhM0Dm8</a>. Check out the Blind Yoga Facebook page at <a href='https://www.facebook.com/BlindYogaMartyKlein/'>https://www.facebook.com/BlindYogaMartyKlein/</a>. Watch his film, Why Can’t We Serve, with captions and audio description by visiting the following link and using the following password: <a href='https://vimeo.com/284206434'>https://vimeo.com/284206434</a> and the password is Marty2. Learn more about the film at <a href='http://www.whycantweserve.com'>www.whycantweserve.com</a>. His memoir, Blindsighted: One Man’s Jo