John Wright considers himself a true New Yorker. At the age of 62, John decided to move to Tampa, Florida after retiring from law enforcement Manhattan, New York. John’s career in law enforcement involved corporate security for law firms as well as security for the World Trade Center. John moved to Tampa in 2007 and not long after found himself lying in a hospital bed showing all signs and symptoms of a stroke.

 In December of 2006, John was found in his room unconscious by a fellow resident in his complex that noticed he had not been around in a couple of days. John was rushed to the hospital and shortly after noticed he had lost mobility and speech on the entire right side of his body. John also had noticed that his memory was extremely affected as well. John was given physical therapy to increase his motor and speech skills; however his therapy didn’t help as much as he would have hoped. 

In April of 2008, John was still struggling with the lack of use on the right side of his body but tried to keep his spirits high. At this time Dayal Santosuosso began offering yoga and relaxation classes to seniors at the Baptist Manor in Tampa Florida. John immediately tried a class and was hooked. Within one class John already noticed some of his feeling return to his right side.  He strongly feels this was due to the yoga. Each week Dayal teaches a one hour class to the residents at Baptist Manor and John hasn’t missed a week yet. He’s been practicing his stretches, breathing and meditation every day on his own time and feels his mobility has increased 150% in 2 months.