While it is not currently practiced in a penitentiary environment, Dahn Yoga makes news for a similar reason - namely, its practitioners can use the stretching and breathing exercises to decompress.
Sometimes Dahn Yoga news stories about relaxation techniques pale in comparison to local or national news items that are ostensibly about the same thing. Recently, one such story came out of Aspen, Colorado, where a large group of men will be practicing weekly yoga positions while under guard. The catch, of course, is that they are inmates in the Pitkin County Jail.
These men will begin regularly engaging in regular yoga-related relaxation techniques, starting on March 18, the Aspen Daily News reports.
Jail administrator Don Bird told the newspaper that keeping the prisoners calm and working to reduce their stress levels can have a positive impact on the jail environment.
"They come to jail as punishment, not for punishment," Bird said, quoted by the news source. "We want behavior modification while they’re in there, and want to de-stress the jail atmosphere as much as possible."
While it is not currently practiced in a penitentiary environment, Dahn Yoga makes news for a similar reason – namely, its practitioners can use the stretching and breathing exercises to decompress, whether it's at work, at home or at one of the hundreds of Dahn Yoga centers nationwide.
