Benefits of Yoga
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mbw901
I work in a jail that houses 360 male and female(capacity0, and have responsibility for the JDC and the best part of my work week, is that I also teach Hatha Yoga and have for the past seven years. I was fortunate enough to be a certified Yoga teacher from jump, and then the county assisted in my attending a training in Chicago; The Prison Yoga Project with James Fox. James started in San Quentin about 17 years ago, check out the site for details...
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Looking Ahead. Looking Back.
This is a time of two goodbyes. I am saying goodbye to the corrections profession and to Corrections.com. Both departures, though amicable, are a bit difficult for me. That is because the corrections career and writing have become a large part of who I am. In saying farewell to Corrections.com, I look back over a dozen years and hundreds of articles. I enjoyed the avocation greatly but cannot simply cease without a word. To digest this change, I need to conclude with my personal way to bid adieu. In other words, I want to look ahead and then look back at the corrections profession through my eyes... read full story
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