Over the past few months, I have started practicing yoga and visiting individuals at the Community Empowerment Center. Although the time I spent practicing yoga and visiting CHC was short, I feel like my experiences transformed me into a better person. The connection I see between yoga and CHC is that both have helped and taught me to become a better person in many ways. These two experiences helped me relax, see the state of my body better, see the world in a positive way and also helped me gain self-confidence. My experiences practicing yoga and going to CHC have had a positive influence in my life. Yoga and CHC affected me in the sense that they both helped me relax and unwind for once. In a way, they both helped me to cut myself off from the outside world and focus on the present in the sense that it makes me forget my daily problems and stress and allows me to go to a happy place . Some of my peers have told me it's because they distract from the real world, but I doubt it really works that way. I believe they help me close my mind to reality, because both experiences make me feel so busy with what I'm doing at the moment that by the time I'm done, my mind ends up with a blank page and would end up feeling so refreshed since I have nothing to think about for once. The film Praying with Lior shows how Lior was able to disconnect from the world around him and focus on the present and his connection with God. I was able to relate to this because I feel disconnected from the world when I practice yoga and when I spend time with the individuals at CHC. One thing I'm sure of is middle of paper. ......at CHC have had a positive influence on becoming a better person. So that’s the connection I see between my experiences with yoga and HCC. Works Cited Carson, Sandra. “See the good.” Ekhart Yoga. Np, March 28, 2012. Web. March 13, 2014. Ekhart, Esther. “Yoga and your body image”. Ekhart Yoga. Np, June 5, 2012. Web. March 25, 2014.My Left Foot: The Christy Brown Story. Real. Jim Sheridan. Perf. Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker. Miramax Movies, 1989. Amazon.com. Internet. March 24, 2014. Praying with Lior. Real. Ilana Trachtman. First-Run Features, 2008. Amazon.com. Internet. March 25, 2014. Sanford, Matthew. “The grace of the body.” Interview conducted by Krista Tippett. On being. Np, May 3, 2013. Web. March 13, 2014. Vanier, Jean. “The wisdom of tenderness: lived compassion, L’Arche and human becoming.” Interview conducted by Krista Tippett. On being. Np, August 22, 2103. Web. March 13. 2014.