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silvera is eager to help others find balance, as he has. >> i still have sergeant silvera back there, but can deal with him better. the stigma has been there and it's prevented like guys from coming to yoga. >> reporter: guys like himself, who come from intense backgrounds who main not know it can be a life changing practice. >> it likely saved my life like who i was in the past, who i am now. >> reporter: silvera has gone beyond the barbed wire working with the prison yoga project sharing the practice with incarcerated individuals and watching its power unfold. >> it's such an opportunity to heal. power in the lower body. >> reporter: he says in recent years he's started to see a shift. the stigma is losing strength. >> most of the time we have 50/50 men and women in the class, which is very different than it was even ten or 15 years ago. though what you can accomplish. >> reporter: clearing minds and creating community with every class, in the hopes of creating positive change. >> i wish the whole world would participate. i think it would be a better place altogether. >> reporter: h
silvera is eager to help others find balance, as he has. >> i still have sergeant silvera back there, but can deal with him better. the stigma has been there and it's prevented like guys from coming to yoga. >> reporter: guys like himself, who come from intense backgrounds who main not know it can be a life changing practice. >> it likely saved my life like who i was in the past, who i am now. >> reporter: silvera has gone beyond the barbed wire working with the prison...
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silvera is eager to help others get balance as he has. >> i still have sergeant silvera back there but i can manage them better. >> he is on a mission to break a barrier that yoga is not for men. >> the stigma has been there and it has prevented guys from coming to yoga. >> guys like himself, who come from intense backgrounds, who may not know it can be a life-changing practice. >> it likely saved my life. who i was in the past, who i am now. >> silvera has gone through the barbed wire, working with the prison yoga practice, sharing it with incarcerated individuals and watching its power unfold. >> it is such an opportunity to heal. >> he says in recent years, he has started to see a shift . the stigma is losing strength. >> most of the time, we have 50-50 men and women in the class which is different than it was 10 or 15 years ago. >> clearing minds and creating community with every class, in the hopes of creating positive change. >> i wish the whole world would participate. i think it would be a better place altogether. >> he will continue to do his part to try to make that happen on
silvera is eager to help others get balance as he has. >> i still have sergeant silvera back there but i can manage them better. >> he is on a mission to break a barrier that yoga is not for men. >> the stigma has been there and it has prevented guys from coming to yoga. >> guys like himself, who come from intense backgrounds, who may not know it can be a life-changing practice. >> it likely saved my life. who i was in the past, who i am now. >> silvera has...
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has. >> i mean, i still have sergeant silvera back there. but i can manage him better. >> reporter: and he's on a mission to break down a barrier that yoga isn't for men. >> the stigma has been there and it's prevented like -- guys from coming to yoga. >> reporter: guys like himself. who come from intense backgrounds. who may not know it can be a life-changing practice. >> it likely saved my life. like -- who i was in the past, who i am now. >> reporter: silvera has gone beyond the barbed wire, working with the prison yoga project. sharing the practice with incarcerated individuals and watching its power unfold. >> you know, it's such an opportunity to heal. power in the lower body and opening the upper and flow. >> reporter: he says in recent years, he's started to see a shift. the stigma is losing strength. >> most of the time we have 50/50 men and women in the class. which is very different than it was even 10 or 15 years ago. like notice what you can accomplish. >> reporter: clearing minds and creating community with every class. in the
has. >> i mean, i still have sergeant silvera back there. but i can manage him better. >> reporter: and he's on a mission to break down a barrier that yoga isn't for men. >> the stigma has been there and it's prevented like -- guys from coming to yoga. >> reporter: guys like himself. who come from intense backgrounds. who may not know it can be a life-changing practice. >> it likely saved my life. like -- who i was in the past, who i am now. >> reporter:...
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. >> reporter: when zaun silvera found his breath for the first time at a yoga class in fairfax.s a life-changing conspiracy. >> full forward, exhale. >> reporter: one that he knew he'd want to share with others. >> oh my god i cried. like whoa. here's my body. inhale. >> reporter: it was quite a surprise for the marine corps veteran. who. at the time, thought yoga was for hippies and definitely not for men. >> and just blew my mind. it was just -- just hadn't had that kind of experience since boot camp. difficult, transformational, and just changed how i looked at things. >> reporter: since then, silvera has opened his own studio in san francisco. >> moving flowing. >> reporter: as you can see, he runs it like a boot camp sometimes. >> up dog. lift your hips downward facing dog. >> reporter: he is eager to help others find balance as he has. >> i mean i still have sergeant silvera back there. but i can manage him better. >> reporter: and he's on a mission to break down a barrier that yoga isn't for men. >> the stigma has been there and it's prevented like -- guys from coming to
. >> reporter: when zaun silvera found his breath for the first time at a yoga class in fairfax.s a life-changing conspiracy. >> full forward, exhale. >> reporter: one that he knew he'd want to share with others. >> oh my god i cried. like whoa. here's my body. inhale. >> reporter: it was quite a surprise for the marine corps veteran. who. at the time, thought yoga was for hippies and definitely not for men. >> and just blew my mind. it was just -- just...