By age 9, Ricks was legally blind. Still, she has not let this stop her from becoming a yoga fan and a top-notch massage therapist.
Jillian Ricks is a licensed massage therapist. She's a passionate fan of yoga and belly dancing, too. She is also legally blind, a fact of life that han't kept her from becoming one of Chattanooga's most celebrated healing experts, adept at delivering soothing body meridians massages.
Ricks was recently interviewed by the city's Times-Free Press about her dedication to yoga and meditation exercises, her experience with massage therapy and her struggle to overcome her particular form of eye trouble, called Stargardt disease.
According to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, this inherited condition affects about 25,000 people in the U.S., occurring in an estimated one in 10,000 kids. Beginning in childhood, Stargardt disease starts to cause eyesight to degrade rapidly.
By age 9, Ricks was legally blind. Still, she has not let this stop her from becoming a yoga fan and a top-notch massage therapist.
"I do not think it affects me at all," she told the news source. "I have the tools needed so I may run a business just like everyone else. I also have a loving husband and family who help me in any way I may need."
Ricks serves as inspiration for all yoga lovers who do not let their physical limitations get in the way of their dreams.
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Hi I’m Dannia,
I do yoga and I’m a fun too. After reading this article it increases my dedication to enhance my physical limitations and which inspires me. Thinking that God gives most of us complete package of blessing which others waste it from non-sense and even destroying it. Thanks for the shared insight and inspiration Ricks may God bless you always.
Regards!