Research & Articles
There is a wealth of evidence to support the idea that yoga and meditation in a prison setting is helpful.
The Prison Phoenix Trust in the UK have collaborated with Oxford University on two pieces of research around yoga and meditation in a prison setting.
The first showed that a ten-week programme of yoga and meditation in a prison setting will reduce emotional distress and improve impulse control. The second showed that these effects are progressive, and the more the person practices, the stronger the effects will be.
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Do Your Stretch; Yoga as a Rehabilitative Intervention
Dr John Sinclair, Yoga Education in Prisons Trust, Churchill Fellow 2017BBC News Article – How Yoga is helping prisoners stay calm
26 Sept 2013.Freedom Inside: A Study of Yoga In Prisons
Rose Parkes, Senior Lecturer in Community & Criminal Justice,De Montfort UniversityIs Yoga Beneficial to the Health of Long Sentence Prisoners?
Jayatma SaraswatiYoga For People In Prison
AgnimudraTeaching Yoga and Meditation In Prisons In the U.S
Madhuramurti