Through the eyes of a child | Gina Derry | TEDxMarionCorrectionalSalon 2014

Expressing the pain and changes that a young child faces growing up in prison visiting rooms and the later recovery journey from drugs and alcohol to healing and yoga. Gina Derry is a survivor of an abusive, psychopathic father and an alcoholic mother. Her father went to prison when she was 6 years old. She has carried a lifetime of trauma from a neglectful, fatherless childhood. A vast majority of her trauma comes from visiting her father in prison and yearning for a relationship with him. Gina is a certified yoga teacher and has practiced for over a decade. This is where she found her path to healing. Along with the Yoga on High Foundation, Gina is a co-developer of the “Power of Transformation" Yoga program designed solely for the inmates of Marion Correction Institution. Her work at Marion has already brought her a lifetime’s lesson of gratitude and forgiveness. After TEDxMarionCorrectional she will continue her Dharma, speaking up for the children in prison visiting rooms. Hari Om!