Whatever Happened To ... The Kenyan Kid Who Says Yoga Saved His Life?
When Walter Mugwe was a teenager in Nairobi, he was angry, frustrated — and getting into trouble. Then came yoga. Now he's 30. Is the practice still his passion?
In 2015, I interviewed Walter Mugwe, a young Kenyan who says yoga saved his life. As a teenager in Nairobi, he was into drugs and crime. Then he discovered yoga and turned his life around. He was back in Washington, D.C., in May, and I wanted to see how he was doing.
I was thrilled to see that Walter Mugwe was back in D.C., where I first met him, and teaching at , a local studio that has supported him and the nonprofit group he works with, the . I happily signed up for one of his hot yoga classes, which
