{"id":770,"date":"2012-02-10T10:19:13","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omsweetom\/?p=770"},"modified":"2012-02-10T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T15:19:13","slug":"practicing-yoga-in-prison-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omsweetom\/2012\/02\/practicing-yoga-in-prison-cell.html","title":{"rendered":"Practicing Yoga in Prison Cell"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now, we’ve all read about the benefits of teaching yoga to children. \u00a0And despite the ongoing separation-of-church-and-state debate, \u00a0some schools do offer yoga classes to their students.<\/p>\n

Another group finding the benefits of yoga are prison inmates. \u00a0I ran across \u00a0this is a beautiful piece about Gino Sevacos, an inmate in San Quentin State Prison, who practices yoga five times a week in his cell. \u00a0Check out the interview with Gino on Elephant Journal :\u00a0http:\/\/www.elephantjournal.com\/2012\/02\/goal-of-life\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By now, we’ve all read about the benefits of teaching yoga to children. \u00a0And despite the ongoing separation-of-church-and-state debate, \u00a0some schools do offer yoga classes to their students. 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