I'm participating in Yoga Reaches Out because Boston Children’s Hospital is near and dear to my heart. This is my fourth year participating in Yoga Reaches Out and my second year being asked to be a demo teacher! As many of you know, I was born with Cystic Fibrosis. To fight off repeated lung infections I would spend weeks at a time in Boston Children’s Hospital getting IV antibiotics, inhaled medications and airway clearance. The doctors, nurses and staff are such an amazing group of people, making both children and parents comfortable in a very uncomfortable situation. Children’s manages to be an inviting and warm place, completely designed around children while at the same time providing top of the line treatment and groundbreaking research. I can say with certainty Boston Children’s Hospital saved my life (on more than one occasion) and will forever be a place I champion.
- give children battling the most complex diseases treatments they can’t find anywhere else;
- help children in your town and those across the world get a second chance;
- fuel 3,600+ researchers working to find cures at the world’s leading pediatric research hospital;
- help patient-families (many of whom travel from far away to find answers) with urgent needs, including housing, food and clothing;
- bring crucial care to families through not one, but four outpatient psychiatry clinics;
- provide wellness services like Reiki, yoga and a safe place to simply exhale for families facing the stress of caring for a critically ill child;
- and so much more.