Make the most of Yoga classes, prisoners told

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsHome Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan on Thursday urged prisoners at  Poojappura Central Prison to make the most of the free yoga classes launched there by the Sri Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust. The classes will help alleviate mental stress and help improve health, Radhakrishnan said, inaugurating the initiative here the other day. No one is born a criminal and few choose the path of crime deliberately, he said. DGP (Prisons) Alexander Jacob presided over the function. This was the fourth instance in the country of yoga being taught in jails and the first in Kerala, he said. The Tihar Jail in Delhi, Yerwada Jail in Maharashtra and the Gwalior Jail had successfully experimented with yoga. He also lauded the Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust for launching the initiative in Poojappura. The yoga classes, which form the 70th project of the Trust, are being offered for free. Noted Yogacharya Rajakrishna will be conducting the classes, Trust executive director K N Anandakumar said. Trust vice-chairman K Gopakumaran Nair, Adv Muttathara Vijayakumar and jail superintendent B Pradeep also spoke. first published:August 17, 2012, 11:51 ISTlast updated:August 17, 2012, 11:51 IST 
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