Yoga for Indian jail birds: Varanasi Central Jail - Jail reform in India

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Yoga, the Indian art of exercise and meditation, can strengthen muscles, improve concentration and increase a sense of spiritual well-being, its practitioners claim. The prison authorities believe yoga will not only improve their fitness, but make them calmer, less violent and more positive when they are finally released. One of the oldest methods of keeping body fit and avoid ailments, Yoga is a purely Indian tradition that has since been passed down generations, and has spread throughout the world as one of the most wanted and beneficial forms of exercise. Yoga is not just plain acrobatics or aerobics. Rather, it is a wholesome approach of uniting the body with the mind and spirit.The postures of yoga are beneficial to the body because they bring a harmonious balance within your internal