By Amanda Foust

For most, everyday life is full of movement and balance. However, Jason McCrocklin has spent his whole life experiencing movement much differently. He has faced a lifelong neuromuscular disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. SMA is a form of muscular dystrophy that attacks the nervous system and prevents the signal from the spine to get to skeletal muscles.

“I’m basically what you would consider a high-level paraplegic,” McCrocklin said, “I use my chair every day and have very limited use of arms and hands.”

McCrocklin does not let his lack of physical movement within his body get in the way of his creative movement within his mind. When he was a young child, he would use drawing and sketching as an outlet. Today, he explores art through the use of digital prints. He said, “I always had the urge to create since I was little, and it’s something I decided to really develop.”

The art McCrocklin creates is often abstract with bright, bold colors.

“I use line drawings to create scenery and then fill in with bold colors to tell a story,” he said. “I use a theme in each one of those illustrations.” He cannot physically move his arms to paint on canvas, so he prints his creations from the computer.

Body Mind and Core Studio is a yoga studio in Carmel. Proprietors Natalie and Matt Hayden discovered McCrocklin while they were looking to add diversity to their studio and feature more events. “We are integrating art and yoga,” McCrocklin said. “I am unable to move but I am able to produce images associated with movement.”

At 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, the Body Mind and Core Studio. 1344 S. Range Line Rd., is partnering with McCrocklin for a show. There will be a yoga class at the very beginning of the event celebrating movement, followed by a discussion with the artist and wine and hors d’oeuvre service.. The yoga class is $25, but from 6 to 9 p.m. the event is open free to the public.