With My Own Two Hands

I first heard this song sung by my kids and their classmates at a school program. It brought tears to my eyes then, and has since become a source of inspiration for me as I pursue my path of using the power of yoga to help transform our education system.

On Monday afternoons, when I remember (can't believe I forgot last week!), I have the opportunity to work with an autistic kid in a yoga therapy program called Spectrum Yoga Therapy. He's 14, speaks without using words that you or I would recognize, and gets really excited a lot. Working with him today, I was able to feel the power of my own two hands in a really tangible way. Giving him a foot massage, he was able to fully relax and lay there smiling blissfully, giving me the other foot whenever I stopped working with one. I think he would've loved to have the foot massage take up the full hour, but we were able to find the same relaxed calm in other poses as well. Afterward, I felt grateful to him for reminding me of what I whole-heartedly believe:

I can change the world
With my own two hands
Make it a better place
With my own two hands
Make it a kinder place
With my own two hands, with my own, with my own two hands.

I can make peace on earth
With my own two hands
I can clean up the earth
With my own two hands
I can reach out to you
With my own two hands, with my own, with my own two hands.

I'm going to make it a brighter place
With my own two hands
I'm going to make it a safer place
With my own two hands
I'm going to help the human race
With my own two hands, with my own, with my own two hands.

I can hold you in my own two hands.
And I can comfort you, with my own two hands.
But you've got to use, use your own two hands.
Use your own, use your own two hands.

You can hear Jack Johnson and Ben Harper singing this song here.